Meaghan Ziemba sits down with QRT Consulting Group CEO, Heather Ferguson, and discusses some of the challenges manufacturers are facing when recruiting and retaining skilled talent.

Heather offers some suggestions on where leadership is falling short and what they can do to change how they are recruiting younger generations to the sector.

In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Dolly Marshall, and the original Rosie the Riveter.

While she was in high school, Dolly worked as a plane spotter during World War II. She graduated in 1947 as the first girl to do tech-- two years of community college in industrial design, then finished with math and biology.

Meaghan Ziemba sits down with Yvonne Fasold of the American Rosie the Riveter Association to discuss the importance of the organization and things that it does to promote manufacturing across the United States.

In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba sits down with Nancy O'Leary, Director at Custom Direct, about recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce in manufacturing.

Nancy also discusses a TMA grant that supports women in manufacturing.

In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Lisa Rizzo, director of product management at HZO, Inc. on the following:

• What chemical vapor deposition is and how it fits within the future of electronics

• Other emerging applications that require some of the nano coatings that HZO provides

• Ideas or thoughts on how, as a nation, we can recruit younger generations, specifically younger women, to the manufacturing sector

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Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Andrew Crowe, instructor of advanced manufacturing technology at Ranken Technical College, and one of his female students, Kayla Kruep. Mavens will be following Kayla's progress in the course as she learns CNC machining and create some amazing products.

Meaghan, Andrew, and Kayla will also be discussing the importance of diversity in manufacturing and what manufacturers can do to recruit younger generations of a diverse background to their companies.

In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with sales and marketing specialist of Belco Industries, Lindsey Boyle. Lindsey started her career pathway as a teacher, but learning how to weld from her uncle created a passion for manufacturing. She decided to switch career pathways and enter the manufacturing sector.

In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Stacey Schroeder, Founder of Evelop, about how companies can invest in their most important assets - their people.”

In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with June Ring, Managing Partner of Hudson Technology Partners, Inc and Business Development for UberData Networks, about the future of fiber optic LANs. June will talk about the advantages in-building fiber instead of Copper over the traditional way.

On this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, MakingChips agency director, Jessica Peterson-Rangel, will talk about the Storybrand Framework for manufacturers, small ways to start using AGILE and SCRUM without overwhelming your project management team, and why animations are your sales team's best friend.