Curiosity and persistence can take you a long way and Bryce Sills is proof. In this episode, Jim sits down with SendCutSend’s Director of Sales to trace his journey from small-town Washington to running businesses, designing products, and even getting swept up in a Texas pinball fiasco before landing at SendCutSend. Bryce shares how hands-on experience, adaptability, and a love for solving problems shaped his path and continues to guide his approach to leadership and manufacturing today. 

Before joining SendCutSend, Devin Espin chased creativity through every wild detour, pro paintball, bull riding, tattooing, and custom fabrication. Each step sharpened his hands-on mindset and his love for building things that work.

Now part of our R&D team, Devin turns that same energy toward testing new ideas, creating prototypes, and solving problems without a manual.

Brian’s path to leadership wasn’t a straight line, he grew up between Sacramento and North Dakota, served as a combat engineer in Iraq, sold Corvettes and even cemetery property, and ultimately found purpose in digital manufacturing.

From tearing apart trucks and restoring a ’71 GMC with his dad to leading hundreds of employees and scaling new CNC services, Brian shares how resilience, reinvention, and passion matter more than any paycheck. His story is a reminder that fulfillment comes from building something meaningful, not following a perfect plan.

Not every career follows a straight line. In this episode, Jim talks with SendCutSend Machining Operations Director, Phil Linscheid, about his winding path from tinkering with RC cars and welding in college shops to working at Haas Automation and now leading SendCutSend’s new CNC machining venture. Phil shares how mentorship, grit, and embracing chaos shaped his career and why nonlinear paths often create the best leaders in manufacturing.

Jake Holland’s path has been anything but ordinary. From growing up in rural Northern California to a 20-year racing career, and from engineering roles at GE and Hamilton to designing research equipment at the University of Nevada, Reno, Jake has built a career on persistence, ingenuity, and grit. In this episode, Jim and Jake talk about his journey from racing and engineering into entrepreneurship, the lessons he’s carried into his new venture HAViK, and how balancing precision with resourcefulness has shaped both his career and outlook on building a business.

SendCutSend isn’t Jim's first business venture, but it’s the first business that he's started with his wife, Erin. In this episode Jim and Erin discuss starting SendCutSend, the challenges and benefits that come with sharing a business and a life together, and how Erin's background in teaching has lead her to success as the President of SendCutSend.