Talking Industrial Automation

In this episode I spoke with Rick Caldwell, President of SCADAware, a system integrator based in Bloomington, IL.

Rick grew up plumbing with his dad but realized 10 years into his career that he had penchant for electricity instead of water.

After changing his focus to computer science and electrical engineering, he had a serendipitous moment in meeting Dick Morley, the father of the programmable logic controller, otherwise known as the PLC.

Enjoy getting to know Rick Caldwell.

Luigi DeBernardini, CEO of Autoware, a system integrator in Vicenza, Italy. explains how IIOT (the industrial internet of things) can help manufacturers understand what's happening real-time in their plant, and explains it with a very understandable and practical analogy.

Learn what type of help Luigi's customers ask of him, and that sometimes what a customer asks for is not always the proper solution.

Enjoy getting to know Luigi.

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In this episode, you get to know Jeff Miller, Director of Project Management at Interstates Control Systems, a system integrator based in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Jeff is based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and is the current Chairman of the Board of the Control System Integrators Association.

You'll learn that Jeff always had an affinity for engineering, why hackers are attacking industrial sites, and what traits successful system integrators have.

Enjoy getting to know Jeff Miller of Interstates Control Systems.

You'll learn how Matt was able to grow his business from 4 to over 100 people in just five years, how Hargrove was able to protect its processes and institutional knowledge from being lost by turnover or being owned by just a few linchpins, and what they do to develop new incoming engineering talent.

And a fun fact: you'll learn that Mardi Gras did not originate in New Orleans. Don't google it, listen to the episode.

Enjoy getting to know Matt Burton of Hargrove Controls and Automation.

Episode One of the Talking Industrial Automation Podcast.

Tony Veroeven of the Control System Integrators Association has a conversation with Eric Schaefer of Stone Technologies, a CSIA Certified system integrator, about his involvement in CSIA, how important Certification is to his clients and his business.

Eric is the chair of the Best Practices committee and a big proponent of CSIA's Best Practices. He describes how the Best Practices Manual helps guide system integrators to run better businesses, which ultimately is a service to clients and the manufacturing and processing industries.

Eric and I recorded this podcast at the 2017 Rockwell Automation Fair in Houston in mid-November.

Thanks for listening. Enjoy getting to know Eric Schaefer of Stone Technologies.

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In this episode, you get to know Steve Malyszko, owner of Malisko Engineering, a system integrator based in St. Louis.

We had a conversation about the importance of hiring a system integrator to bolster cybersecurity, how to do nine months of work in three months, and why Steve's last name is spelled differently than the company's. You'll learn how he started in this industry, and much more.

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