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Tony shares his career journey from plant engineer to leadership roles and offers advice on developing soft skills, gaining diverse experience, and keeping highly skilled engineers motivated.

Main Topics:

• Developing soft skills and emotional intelligence
• Gaining multi-disciplinary experience through various opportunities
• Trends in the medical device industry, like single-use devices and diagnostics
• Macroeconomic challenges facing the industry
• Tips for engineering leadership, like providing new challenges

About the guest: Tony Dedeo is a mechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience in operational strategic planning, manufacturing, quality management, supply chain, and team leadership. Tony has held positions throughout his career, from consultant to director to VP as he has helped organizations drive improvement.

Link:
Tony Dedeo - LinkedIn

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