We continue to celebrate disability pride month by sharing stories of inclusion and support in the hope of inspiring other companies to see beyond disabilities and differences to find true talent and quality team members.

The celebration has received support from all around the world. It is beautifully exemplified by the mindsets and achievements of RISE™Robotics' very own Ken Gray, Chief Product Officer, and special guest, Michele Sullivan, a well-known author, TED speaker, leader, and advisor on social impact. Both have flourished and achieved enormous success while confronting their own particular hurdles, and they now seek to support and encourage workplace diversity while emphasizing its numerous advantages.

Both Ken and Michele believe firmly in recognizing and promoting the abilities, strengths, and immense value of diversity in the workplace.

Executive Assistant to the Chief Product Officer, Ken Gray, Rosa Henderson joins Justin Starbird to share her journey of how RISE™ saw beyond her disability to the qualities and skills that add so much to the team.

Born visually impaired, when Rosa attempted to enter the workforce, as most teenagers do, it was very challenging when it came to disclosing a difficulty or a disability. Rosa found that oftentimes, the employer could be very close-minded because of their lack of education and awareness of disability and differences.

Rosa shares her best advice for potential employers when interviewing candidates, "Let people show you their abilities. Don't already assume what their disabilities are. Let them show you what they can do, don't assume what they can't do"

We are celebrating disability pride month by sharing stories of inclusion and support in the hope of inspiring other companies to see beyond disabilities and differences to find true talent and quality team members.

RISE™ CTO, Blake Sessions talks with Justin Starbird in a technical conversation about setting the competitive technology landscape for RISE™.

There are a number of companies aiming to create technology which can replace hydraulic systems within heavy machinery. There are set number of existing technologies capable, Blake and Justin explore those options, their limitations and how RISE™Technology "ticks all of the boxes" of a hydraulic application.

Listen for the technical comparison of how RISE™Technology stacks up against a roller screw, a ball screw, the compliant rack and pinion and the hydraulic cylinder.

The RISE™ engineering team talks with Justin Starbird about the latest developments in the making at the RISE™ lab. Emily Heidlauf and Toshan James, RISE™ Mechanical Engineers, and Blake Sessions, Co-Founder and CTO share details of the RISE™ 10x movement to a larger, higher capacity RISE™Cylinder.

This 50,000-pound cylinder class falls in the middle of what RISE™ will be capable of building with commercial, off-the-shelf components and has utility across a variety of applications. Listen to hear more insider detail about what’s coming next from RISE™.

GP Bassi, the Executive Vice President of 3DEXPERIENCE Works at Dassault Systèmes, Toomas Sepp Co-Founder & VP of Engineering at RISE™, and Nolan Hobart Mechanical Engineer at RISE™ join Justin Starbird to discuss how 3DEXPERIENCE Works with startups like RISE™.

GP, Toomas and Nolan talk about the evolution of technology needed to expand from simply design to all the disciplines to make a great product. 3DEXPERIENCE offers that software solution to startups like RISE™ including everything from design to manufacturing, simulation, data management, collaboration, and even sales and marketing.

The roles reverse for an interesting twist as Ken Gray, VP of Business Development at RISE™ hosts this episode to speak with Justin Starbird of The Aebli Group.

Ken and Justin detail how The Aebli Group (or TAG Team for short) work as an extension of the team, just down the hall, to amplify a startup's story, share it across all relevant channels, and create actionable results that lead to more business. Learn more about how The Aebli Group shares stories and creates opportunities for startups like RISE™.

Suchit Jain, VP of Strategy & Business Development of Solidworks & Arron Acosta CEO of RISE™ join Justin Starbird to discuss how SolidWorks works with startups like RISE™.

SolidWorks' promise is to bring the power of CAD and computers in the design process to every engineer's desk giving them the tools needed to succeed. Arron affirms that SolidWorks did just that for RISE™, "SolidWorks delivered on its promise and put the ability to design full vehicles and objects of anything you could really conceive".

Gunnar Gillespie, Senior Analyst at FedTech joins Justin Starbird to discuss how FedTech helps companies in the deep tech space, like RISE™, by providing program support and services related to technology entrepreneurship.

At FedTech, Gunnar shares, "We essentially run the program start to finish. The recruitment of people that want to be entrepreneurs, the selection of the technology, and then, assisting with the licensing process." Listen to learn more about FedTech's approach.

Orin Hoffman, Partner & Head of Government Partnerships Of The Engine joins Justin Starbird to discuss how The Engine helps tough tech companies, such as RISE™, scale into globally impactful companies.

At the Engine, Orin shares, "we start programs, we end programs, we lean into things, all in a founder-focused way to help whatever it is that our companies and the broader tough tech ecosystem need."

Helena Gittelman, Business Development Manager at NRW Global Business, joins host Justin Starbird to talk about the impactful role NRW Global plays internationally as a leader in logistics, energy industries, and precision engineering.

Germany's economic powerhouse, NRW Global, is the trade and investment agency of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. NRW Global's purpose is to provide resources to help companies like RISE™, to not only enter the German market, but succeed in that region and beyond.

Listen to hear more about how NRW Global exists to understand the goals and the roadmap that a company, like RISE™, has created for itself, and to facilitate the connections and the resources to help make that roadmap and those goals a reality.