emPOWERUP Podcast

GrayMatter CMO Kerry McQuone hosts an executive women's panel on GrayMatter's emPOWERUP Podcast with two successful leaders in industrial technology, Amy Sausen of Kimberly-Clark, and Laura Harshberger of PPG. GrayMatter works with both companies on industrial intelligence projects that require technical know-how to transform operations, and an open-minded, healthy workplace culture that empowers people. 

Topics covered in the conversation:

• Planning a career and advocating for oneself in manufacturing (and the larger industrial tech world)

• Making the shift from being a manager to being a leader

• Defining one's leadership style and driving change in IT

• Overcoming career barriers or challenges: relocating for work, changing roles & work-life balance

• Establishing a bold mindset and building a productive team

When a water pump failure shuts down production at a shale oil and gas site, workers might spend hours searching for and repairing the problem — a delay that can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Remote drill sites are often tucked into hillsides that interrupt radio signals or are too far from populated areas to access cell phone communications. Those challenges have led many to believe it’s not feasible to use wireless technology to monitor and control water pipeline systems.

That’s why GrayMatter and Keystone Clearwater Solutions worked together to create WaterForce, a smart-sensor, turnkey solution that’s flexible enough to adapt to any terrain.

GrayMatter Brand Manager Jeremy Boren talks with Keystone Clearwater Senior VP Jeff Wehler and Director of Technology Luke Beachy.

GrayMatter emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren talks with GE Digital's Richard Kenedi, General Manager - Manufacturing and Digital Plant, about GE Digital's latest updates to Proficy Historian, iFIX and Ops Hub, along with how GE Digital is investing in R&D and learning from customers. 

The interview was recorded for GrayMatter's Transform.virtual Spring event in April 2021. Learn more at graymattersystems.com/transform-virtual-2021/

About Richard Kenedi:

Richard Kenedi is the General Manager of the Manufacturing | Digital Plant business segment for GE Digital. In this role, Richard is responsible for driving profitable growth for the Automation and Manufacturing Execution System product and service portfolio, serving manufacturing verticals and digital plants across the globe.

Prior to joining GE Digital, Richard served as the President Core Markets within NETSCOUT, a global supplier of network service assurance products. Prior to NETSCOUT, he held the position of President Tektronix Communications, an operating company within the Danaher corporation. Prior roles within Tektronix Communications included Vice President, Products and Portfolio Management, Vice President and General Manager for the Test & Optimization and Core Test Businesses. Additionally, prior to Tektronix Communications Richard held senior roles in SOMA Networks and Nortel Networks.

GrayMatter VP and Co-Founder Carson Drake joins host Jeremy Boren to walk industrial pros through how they can leverage "the wisdom of the fleet" by creating data Historians in the Cloud. 

Carson focuses on bringing value to clients by enabling Continuous Improvement with predictive analytics (aka Advanced Industrial Analytics). Advanced Industrial Analytics allows companies to make valuable comparisons across their operations at the enterprise level. 

The expanding SolarWinds cybersecurity incursion is grabbing headlines and focusing attention on so-called supply-chain attacks. 

Supply-chain attacks can infect industrial companies with malware either digitally, as in the case of SolarWinds via an update, or through a tainted piece of hardware, such as a USB flash drive.

emPOWERUP Podcast hosts GrayMatter Cyber Practice Director Scott Christensen to discuss supply-chain attacks, why lateral movement attacks can be hard to detect, and how deception technology for OT cybersecurity is like creating a crash test dummy for your network. 

We also delve into why many industrial clients erroneously think their systems are "air-gapped" from any Internet connectivity and how a cybersecurity assessment that's custom-built for industrial clients in some of the most-often targeted sectors (energy, manufacturing and water) can reveal network weaknesses before they're exploited.

Rate and review emPOWERUP Podcast and visit graymattersystems.com to learn more or to schedule a briefing about our OT cybersecurity solutions. To register for an upcoming educational event, as mentioned in the podcast, visit our current events page to sign up.

Carnegie Mellon University cybersecurity researcher Palvi Aggarwal talks with GrayMatter emPOWERUP Podcast Host Jeremy Boren about how researchers at CMU are studying the behavior of cyber attackers and how deception technology can help companies prevent sensitive data from being compromised.

For more about deceptionGUARD, GrayMatter's deception technology solution, visit graymattersystems.com.

GrayMatter Cyber Practice Director Scott Christensen previews GrayMatter's Transform Cyber Summit set for Nov. 5 and shares some insights into, deception technology, deceptionGUARD and the latest industrial cybersecurity threats.

For more, visit graymattersystems.com.

GrayMatter introduces deceptionGUARD, a new offering for industrial cybersecurity. deceptionGUARD deceives attackers and harvests intelligence, empowering operators to be proactive and to control their industrial cyber strategy.

emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren talks with GrayMatter Cybersecurity Practice Lead Scott Christensen about deception technology and how industrial organizations can leverage it to add another layer to their defense-in-depth cybersecurity strategy.

To learn more, visit GrayMatter online.

Erik Udstuen, CEO of TwinThread, a partner of GrayMatter, joins emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren to talk about how Advanced Industrial Analytics can help companies reduce energy consumption, improve product quality and lessen equipment downtime. 

Many companies are already collecting the data they need. The next step is applying it to artificial intelligence in the cloud to find performance insights and produce operational directives.

To learn more about Advanced Industrial Analytics, visit GrayMatter online to download our analytics guide. If you work in manufacturing, energy production, water/wastewater, oil and gas, food and beverage production or a related industrial field, contact GrayMatter to schedule a customized, one-on-one briefing. 

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GrayMatter talks with Rick Bullotta, founder of IoT companies Lighthammer and ThingWorx, about how IoT has evolved during his career and how a new project he's working on with GrayMatter partner Erik Udstuen of TwinThread is solving downtime, quality and energy consumption problems at major manufacturing companies.