In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Ryan Kelly, who is the General Manager of the Association For Manufacturing Technology’s (AMT) San Francisco Tech Lab. Ryan discusses how AMT is working to grow manufacturing in the US, as well as talks more broadly about the state of manufacturing in the US and what should be done.

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– Ryan Kelly’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan–kelly–b0904642/}
– AMT’s website: https://www.amtonline.org/home}
– IMTS’s website: https://www.imts.com/}

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OUTLINE:
– (0:00:00) Start
– (0:02:29) Introducing Ryan and AMT
– (0:09:17) Value of AMT
– (0:13:02) Ecosystem development
– (0:15:35) Example of helping a startup
– (0:27:55) AMT membership model
– (0:29:24) Advocacy for member companies
– (0:31:47) Supporting education
– (0:39:45) Community colleges + skilled labor shortages
– (0:47:08) Using technology to help the labor shortage
– (0:53:04) Regional differences in US manufacturing
– (0:56:17) Manufacturing in the US on a global scale
– (1:07:46) Building back US manufacturing
– (1:16:43) How can individuals help US manufacturing
– (1:22:05) Starting a Manufacturing Company
– (1:29:45) Predicting US manufacturing
– (1:37:30) Links

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