Talking Industrial Automation

Daren Dieleman parlayed a background in accounting and finance into a 10-year career with a worldwide system integration firm, Interstates. He spent most of that time leading the automation delivery teams, but recently he transitioned to a senior leadership role driving company strategy and strategic partnerships.

Hear more about Daren -- including his dream job -- in this episode of Talking Industrial Automation.

Fresh out of college, Dan Barrera had three offers -- including his dream job. But he turned it down for one with an automation company. And he's never looked back.

Today is is a product manager at Bosch Rexroth where he is product manager for one of the company's latest controls platform: ctrlX AUTOMATION.

Hear about his journey and why he is so passionate about the industry in this episode of Talking Industrial Automation.

Technology enthusiast and entrepreneur Shawn Tierney took two decades of experience as an automation specialist and turned it into content development and training business with more than 75,000 followers across his blog, podcast and YouTube platforms.

Hear how and why he built this whole new career in industrial automation in this episode.

After moving their family out of state to start Huffman Engineering based on a PO, Wendy and Howard Huffman were handed a piece of paper that said the project they left everythy for was cancelled.

But despite that setback -- and early Hot Stove Lession -- the Huffmans went on to spend the next three decades building a business they can feel proud of.

Hear about their journey, core values and success stories in this episode of Talking Industrial Automation.

Did you know NASA uses WIN-911 software to test the rockets for the new Artemis program? Hear about other examples -- such as how Dubai keeps aquatic species alive in the middle of the desert, New Zealand monitors seismic activity and UK company in its environmental remediation across Europe from Cody Bann, WIN-911 Software's director of engineering.

Plus, find out the Win-911 origin story and more in this episode of Talking Industrial Automation.

System integrators are in a unique position to impact billions of peoples' lives, which makes it imperative that the industry take DE&I seriously exlains Cassy Garner in this episode of Talking Industrial Automation.

She also believes its just plain good for business -- which is backed d up with data -- and solving other challenges like recruitment and retention.

Cassy also provides other persepctives about life at Banks Integration -- the West Coast branch of E Tech Group doing work in life sciences, pharmaceuticals and emerging technologies such as cellular agriculture and cultivated meat.

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Show Notes:

If you are interested in learning more about DE&I or volunteering for Y'allomation Office Hours checkout these resources:

• Contact Cassy https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassy-gardner/
• Checkout https://www.yallomation.org/
• Follow folks on LinkedIn:
• https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/diversity-and-inclusion-workplace-influencers
• Melinda Epler founder & CEO of Change Catalyst https://www.linkedin.com/in/melindaepler/
• Lily Zheng DE&I strategist, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilyzheng308/
• Subscribe to Feminuity's email newsletter https://www.feminuity.org/
• Read: How to be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi

Citations:

• Crash test bias – Consumer Reports Article
• McKinsey: Diversity Wins: How Inclusion Matters

The concept of business value can be used like GPS to help businesses find the best route.

In this encore presentation moderated by Bryan Powrozek of Clayton & McKervey, panelists Jane Tereba (Capital Valuation Group), Ben Smith (Clayton & McKervey) and Clint Bundy (The Bundy Group) as they discuss the key factors in determining a business's value -- and how to manipulate those levers strategically to position it for growth, and, ultimately, develop a succession plan.

Even if your day-to-day responsibilites have nothing to do with the overall business strategy, understanding these concepts offers you a glimpse into what the C-suite cares about -- and helps you leverage that knowledge to further your career.

With more than 20 years experience in sales and marketing, Xavier Mesrobian has witnessed first-hand how industrial automation has evolved. Cybersecurity, remote monitoring, predictive analytics and artifical intelligence are just a few topics he covers in this epsiode of Talking Industrial Automation.

Plus, you'll also get a sneak peak into the agenda for the upcoming CSIA Executive Conference.