Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

Charli has Asha Budhlall on this week to talk about how her journey to Product Management in the Pump Space.

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Asha Budhlall is a talented Product Manager at Mueller Water Products, specializing in potable water pipe assessment and monitoring technologies. With extensive hands-on experience in operations and product management, she excels in developing and deploying innovative solutions for critical distribution and transmission systems. Asha is passionate about enhancing efficiency and sustainability by leveraging technology to address water challenges, driving impactful change in the industry.

About Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of products and services used in the transmission, distribution, and measurement of water in North America.  Our broad product and service portfolio includes engineered valves, fire hydrants, pipe connection and repair products, metering products, leak detection, pipe condition assessment, pressure management products, and software technology that provides critical water system data.  We help municipalities increase operational efficiencies, improve customer service and prioritize capital spending, demonstrating why Mueller Water Products is Where Intelligence Meets Infrastructure®. Visit us at www.muellerwaterproducts.com.

To learn more about our Leak Detection products visit Echologics, a Mueller brand -- https://www.echologics.com/contact/

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It's a special evening Bonus Pod featuring Pascal Lang!


Pascal Lang has well over a decade of experience in supporting, developing and then applying water specific software solutions. He spent several years at Scottish Water and Thames Water, leveraging hydraulic modelling applications to inform not only long-term planning outcomes but also operational responses to network. Building on this utility experience Pascal went on to lead product functions at Innovyze and is currently a Director of Product Management for Xylem’s wastewater solutions, specifically focusing on optimisation of controllable assets both in the network as well as the plant to protect the public, the environment and deliver improved performance where possible.”
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This week Charli has Mike McClurg on the pod for some generational awesomeness!

Mike McClurg is President of Load Controls, the leading provider of power sensors and controls to the fluid handling industry. 

Prior to Load Controls McClurg ran Velocity Sales for Actifio (acquired by Google) and was Global Vice President of Sales for IBM’s Midmarket Sales organization. He previous had international sales management experience at EMC (acquired by Dell) and started his career in software development and product marketing.

McClurg has been named a CRN ‘Channel Chief’ four times. He has a BS in Engineering from Tufts University and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College.

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Empowering Pumps Partner, UE's Joe Mancini joins Charli this week on the pod.

Joe Mancini is currently Director of Product Marketing but will soon be transitioning to the role of North American Sales Director, leveraging 30 years of experience at UE and in industrial process markets.   Engaging with customers and learning about different industrial markets are Joe’s favorite parts of the job. That engagement led to launching UE’s first HART enabled transmitter, and managing the development of UE’s first gas detector – the wireless HART Vanguard. Outside of UE, Joe is an avid sports fan and loves to travel throughout New England and overseas to Europe with his family.   

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We are kicking off October Mondays with with Kevin Morrison from EBARA to get things moving as we learn how he quite literally came up in the industry.

EBARA Pumps Americas Corporation in Rock Hill, SC. With a deep-rooted connection to his hometown of Richburg, SC, Kevin leverages his extensive experience to oversee the Customer Service, After Market Service, Pump Application Engineers, Product Management, and Outside Sales Team departments. His primary objective is to drive growth by expanding the network of Distributors and OEM partners, while supporting existing customers and introducing innovative products. Under his leadership, he has strategically realigned the sales teams to target two key segments of the centrifugal pump market, resulting in a 6% sales growth over the last year and a projected overall sales increase of 12-15% this year. Outside of his professional life, Kevin enjoys woodworking, DIY home improvements, spending quality time with his family, and savoring all that life has to offer.

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Bonus Pod Time! And this one is long time friend, mentor, and former teacher of your very own podcast host Charli K Matthews, Brian Winters!

Brian graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Education for Secondary Mathematics.  While in college, he was a member of the University of Alabama Cross Country team.  He taught high school for nine years as well as coached track and field.  He left teaching in 1999 to go into IT and started his own company about seven years ago.   

In 2010, Brian started going to Uganda, where he fell in love with the people and the country.  He now travels there twice each year.   

Brian has been married to Shawn for 37 years (of marital bliss), and they have one son, Chase, who now is a police officer in Northport.   

He is an elder at Capstone Church, where he is considered the “Old People” of Capstone.When he is not in Uganda, he enjoys spending time at their cabin on the Tombigbee and smoking ribs or briskets.   

Ruthless Elimination of Hurry  - John Mark Comer

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World: Comer, John Mark, Ortberg, John: 9780525653097: Amazon.com: Books

The Anxious Generation – Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Haidt, Jonathan: 9780593655030: Amazon.com: Books

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Charli has Kathy Nelson on this week to talk donuts and how she landed on engineering.

Kathy Nelson, PE is the Founder and Principal at KN Utility Telecom Consulting, a firm specializing in utilities telecommunications strategy. Ms. Nelson has over 31 years of experience in the utility telecommunications industry including a long career of 25 years at Great River Energy, serving on the board of directors for UTC for 10 years including as Chairwoman from 2017 – 2018, providing strategic direction and leading IEEE standards development at Ondas Networks, providing strategic telecommunications consulting for utilities at West Monroe Partners and most recently founding KN Utility Telecom Consulting. 

Ms. Nelson is a strong supporter of women in STEM, hosting a podcast “Ordinarily Extraordinary – conversations with women in STEM”. Ms. Nelson resides in Minnesota and is the mother to three adult children and a lively sheepadoodle dog.

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It's bonus time! Charli has Brian Henry on to talk about ASPE!

Brian Henry is the Sr. Director of Affiliate Relations & Education for the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. He has 35 years in the Municipal, Fire, HVAC, and Plumbing industry.

He is married to Christine (35 yrs), with three children, Ethan(30), Allie(28), Audrey(14). Along with spending family time at the beach with the family, umpiring baseball is a passion.

 CHECK OUT ASPE

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Charli has Sean Cleary on this week, one of Empowering's Partners!

Sean Cleary finished college in 2008, not the best time to be entering the workforce.  He spent a few years teaching physical sciences at the college level, and found a passion for teaching all things STEM.  This enthusiasm has served him well in his work as E-marketing Specialist at Electro Static Technology, which is largely technical education for electric motor users, specifiers, and manufacturers.  Off the clock, his hobbies include collecting books, records, and shelves sturdy enough to hold them.

 

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Charli has long time friend of the pod, John Brennen, on this week to have a chat the advancement of Industry.

John Brennan is the Director of IIoT at A. W. Chesterton, the makers of the Chesterton Connect™ IIoT analytics platform optimized for rotary equipment. John has an extensive background in industrial sales and product marketing from several companies, the most prominent of which was MODICON, now Schneider Electric, where he spent many years selling PLC’s and automation equipment. After success in sales at MODICON, he was promoted to product manager to develop and launch the Quantum Automation Series PLC, the most successful PLC from MODICON.  John previously worked with the development team of the Chesterton Connect, was a sales engineer for variable speed drives, sold and serviced industrial flow meters, and spent many years in business development and product marketing in the software business with Cadence Design Systems and The MathWorks.    

 
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