Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

This week Charli and Bethany talk about four things to help you decide what virtual events to attend.

Then Charli interviews Simon Bradshaw, the Engineering Director for CIRCOR Pumps Americas, in Monroe NC. They discuss impactful moments of his career, advise for future engineers looking to get into the pump industry, and the future of the pump industry in regards to artificial intelligence and IIOT.

[Interview Starts at 22:44]
 
At CIRCOR, Simon's responsibilities include the quoting, design and execution of orders for positive displacement pumps and associated systems. Prior to joining CIRCOR, he worked for ITT Goulds Pumps, Sulzer Pumps and Weir Pumps, where he held various positions of engineering and contractual responsibility. Additionally, he has supported the Hydraulic Institute in the development of pump standards and best practice guides. Mr. Bradshaw has accumulated 34 years in the pump industry. He attributes this to having never exhausted the fun inherent in moving fluid between two improbable locations. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Heriot Watt University. He is also a registered Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom and a member of the Institute of Engineering Designers.

Contact & Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-bradshaw-33649834/

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• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, September 8
• Empowering Brands Meetup - Tues. September 21
• Empowering Women in Industry Slack group
• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Leadership Summit
• 10 Tips to Improve Operations of a Salt Water Disposal Pump
• Power Station Circulating Water System Assessment
• LRVS, Sept. 14-15
  
  

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This week Charli and Bethany talk about five things you can learn from social listening.

Then Charli interviews Thomas J. Furnival, Vice President of the Marshall Institute, about his role in the maintenance community and how mindset influences leadership.

Tom is also a speaker at our leadership summit - watch it here!

[Interview Starts at 30:02]

Thomas (Tom) is a business leader who is passionate about education, growth, and potential.  Since joining Marshall Institute in 2007 Tom has brought strategic vision, action, and growth through forward-focused and people-centered leadership.  

Tom has a BA in Business and Marketing from The University of Stirling, Scotland and is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP). 

Contact & Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasjfurnival/
https://marshallinstitute.com/ 
https://christinafurnival.com/ 

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• Nominate an Industry Person of the Week
• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, September 8
• Empowering Brands Meetup - Tues. September 21
• Empowering Women in Industry Slack group
• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Leadership Summit
• Armstrong Fluid Technology: Armstrong Introduces the Industry’s First Self-Regulating Variable-Speed Fire Pump with Fire Manager 
• Tsurumi’s automatic bar screen proves ideal solution for wastewater plant in southeast Michigan

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This week Charli and Bethany talk about how to generate and use more user-generated content in your marketing strategy.

Then Charli interviews Chris Brown, President of Geiger Pump & Equipment Company, about leadership and pump distributor during the pandemic and the benefits of building personal relationships in the industry.

[Interview Starts at 30:38]

Chris Brown is President of Geiger Pump & Equipment Company where he has worked since 1994.  Chris is a registered Professional Engineer in the District of Columbia and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Loyola College in Baltimore.  Community service is a passion for Chris, who is active in STEM advocacy for underserved youth in Baltimore, as well as serving on the boards of the Maryland Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and The Marion House of Baltimore.

Contact & Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoper-brown-p-e-b4184b5/
https://www.geigerinc.com/

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• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, September 8
• Empowering Brands Meetup - Tues. September 21
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• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• Leadership Summit
• Foot Valves 101
• Graphalloy® Bearings Running Reliably for a Major Food Manufacturer

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On this bonus episode, Charli interviews Dr. Barbara Swinney, Life and Leadership Coach and Coach Trainer at The DEEPER Leader Institute for Personal and Professional Development. They talk about the importance of focusing inward and finding your values helps you lead.

Dr. Swinney will also be speaking at the Empowering Pumps Leadership Summit on August 30.
https://empoweringpumps.com/leadership-summit/

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An educational leader of more than 25 years, Dr. Swinney has served teachers, students, parents, business leaders, and communities in her role as a classroom teacher, principal, and Assistant Superintendent.  Using a holistic approach to leadership, Dr. Swinney has been able to help a number of leaders increase their leadership capacity, increase their influence, and improve their bottom line. 

She is a John Maxwell Certified Life and Holistic Leadership Coach and Coach Trainer, Speaker, and Author of “It’s Always DEEPER: Six Steps to Achieving Perpetual Success” and “Leading the DEEPER Way:  Six Steps to Holistic Leadership, and DEEPER Women Teach-Anthology Project.  She is also a co-author of “The Miseducation of the Alpha Woman” and has been featured in several publications.   

https://barbaraswinneyinc.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-barbara-swinney-7ba14b108/

https://twitter.com/bswinneyinc

https://www.instagram.com/bswinneyinc/

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• Empowering Brands Meetup - Tues. August 17
• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, September 8
• Empowering Women in Industry Slack group
• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• Leadership Summit

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We are happy to have Charli back on the podcast after a month off, and today her and Bethany discuss the benefits of user generated content for content marketers. 

Then Charli interviews Dr. Adam Brooks about his work helping to teach people working in STEM how to effectively communicate their work. 

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Dr. Adam Brooks is a national award winning Speaker and Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama with a Ph.D. in Communication and Information Sciences. He has used that expertise to help people and organizations make their ideas more effective. Dr. Brooks recently published the book Engineered to Speak: Helping  You Create and Deliver Technical Presentations through Wiley Press. His work has been recognized by the National Communication Association, TEDx, The National Forensic Association, as well as companies including Caterpillar and Regions Bank.

Contact & Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-brooks-ph-d-8b5b1217/
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Engineered to Speak book

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• Empowering Brands Meetup - Tues. August 17
• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, September 8
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• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• METCAR’S Material Grades
• Pump Monitor Stops Cavitation/Pump Damage

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This week Bethany and Bekah talk about how implementing an advocate marketing strategy can benefit your company.

Then Charli interviews Howard (H.J.) Dewes, Business Development Manager, HVAC- Hydronics for the ABB Drives business. They discuss leadership, H.J.'s advice for people just starting their career, and what the energy revolution is and what the implications are for this industry.

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 H.J. has spent more than thirty years at ABB, where he has contributed to the growth of the business, from the factory floor and logistics to channel management, sales, business development, marketing and acquisition integration.

H.J. served in the United States Navy and holds a degree in from Marquette University with majors in Organization Leadership and Communication Studies. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Hydraulic Institute (HI), which drives quality, performance, and energy standards for the pumping community, and on the National Electrical Manufacturers’ Association’s (NEMA) Artificial Intelligence Task Force. 

[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hjdewes/
https://new.abb.com/drives 

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• Empowering Brands Meetup - Tues. August 17th 
• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, Aug 11th 
• Empowering Women in Industry Slack group
• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• Advocate Marketing
• Step-by-step Guide to igasket+ App
• State of Manufacturing

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This week Bethany and Bekah talk about how the Instagram algorithm and how to use that knowledge to grow your audience.

Then Charli interviews Hilary Johnson, an MIT doctoral student, all about her invention process and research that led to the invention of a new kind of centrifugal pump called a "variable volute" pump.

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Hilary Johnson, an MIT doctoral student, who just won the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, has solved a big problem related to hydraulic pump inefficiencies. She has invented an entirely new kind of centrifugal pump (called a “variable volute” pump) that does something engineering experts previously thought was impossible -- it physically adjusts to more efficiently move water based on immediate need, resulting in energy and cost savings. The 5 percent energy improvement over the lifetime of a pump is a huge savings considering the hundreds of billions of kilowatt hours they consume. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-anna-johnson/
https://www.hilaryannajohnson.com/
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• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• Hootsuite Instagram Algorithm
• Extending the life of energy efficient HVAC equipment
• Radial Cutting Mechanism VS Axial Cutting Mechanism

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This week Bethany and Bekah talk about how to use hashtags to grow your instagram audience.

Then Charli interviews Thiago Ebel,  Lead Turbomachinery Research Engineer at Dyson, and  Host of the Entropy to Work Podcast.

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Thiago is an enthusiastic, curious and friendly engineer with professional and academic international experience in fundamental and applied scientific research, technical sales Business-to-Business and consultancy projects.

Thiago has experience in 1D and 3D CAE tools as well as coupling them, thermodynamics cycle studies, turbomachinery modeling and design for wide range of applications. He is very passionate about energy, propulsion and turbomachines in general.

Other than that, he is an amateur musician, surfer, writer, triathlete and, recently, created the Entropy to Work Podcast

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiagorve/
https://www.fluxuseng.com
https://open.spotify.com/show/3C17Hz4XoW36OeDT4Tdad5 
YouTube Channel: https://cutt.ly/WzMd2Wm 

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• Empowering Brands Meetup - Tues. August 17th 
• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, Aug 11th 
• Empowering Women in Industry Slack group
• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• Electronic Switches – Creating New Efficiencies in Your Plant & Equipment
• Why Braided Pipe Connectors Are the Best Option for Vibration Control
• WaterWisePro Maintenance & Construction Expo

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This week  Bethany and Bekah talk about part three of Bekah's three-part series on self-care. This third part focuses on 'the soul' and how physical health impacts self-care.

Then Charli interviews Matthew J. Nelson, PE.

Matt Nelson is the host of the HVAC 360 podcast and is dedicated to improving HVAC education worldwide. As a licensed mechanical engineer for the past 20 years, he enjoys sharing his experiences as a designer, a design-build contractor, and a commissioning authority on a wide variety of building projects. Still working as a commissioning practitioner today, he likes helping owners and teams navigate their projects and construction issues.

[Interview Starts at 25:00]
 
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www.HVAC360.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattnelsonpe/

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• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• Self-Care Video Part 3
• Solving‌ ‌Progressive‌ ‌Cavity‌ ‌Pump‌ ‌Issues‌
• 3 Things To Consider When Selecting A Coating System

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This week  Bethany and Bekah talk about part two of Bekah's three-part series on self-care. This second part focuses on 'the body' and how physical health impacts self-care.

Then Charli interviews #pumptalk celebrity Jennifer K. Muir, P.E., the Founder and President of JKMuir, a versatile, innovative environmental engineering and energy consulting firm specializing in water, wastewater, and industrial processes. 

Charli & Jen discuss the sustainable direction the pump industry is moving and what that looks like for municipalities.

[Interview Starts at 23:12]
 
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With over 15 years environmental engineering experience, Jen is a specialist in the planning, design and management of water and wastewater treatment facility projects, sustainability initiatives, and energy conservation improvements for large and small scale facilities. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-muir-67a57823/
https://jkmuir.com/

Resources and Links:

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• Empowering Women Meetup - Wed, July 14th (every second Wed)
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• Empowering Women in Industry Podcast
• Industry Person of the Week
• Sponsor Empowering Women
• Lunch & Learn with Vince
• Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
• Self-Care Video Part 2
• Well dewatering done well: What to consider when planning the job
• What You Need to Know about Explosion Proof Pumps

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