The Manufacturing Come Up

Shane Barber is a multifaceted business leader who currently serves as the COO of The Business Excellence Group, President of Straight6 Consulting Group, and CEO of Carbon Dwell Homes. With extensive experience in management, strategy, and operations, Shane has demonstrated a strong track record of success in a variety of industries. His passion for innovation and commitment to excellence have made him a sought-after leader, and he has successfully driven growth and profitability for each of the organizations he has led. Under Shane's leadership, The Business Excellence Group, Straight6 Consulting Group, and Carbon Dwell Homes have become recognized for their exceptional performance, customer satisfaction, and industry-leading solutions.

In this episode, Zack Ruffing of Cross Automation shares about his passion and dedication towards his work. His successes and lessons learned as a Technical Sales Expert in the Automation Industry.

The Manufacturing Come Up guest on this episode is Vladimir Romanov, the Co-Founder / Manufacturing Executive of SolisPLC.com and also a Digital Transformation & Automation Consultant in Manufacturing Operations, Business Strategy & Finance. He also runs a number of initiatives in manufacturing through which he provides training, consulting, integration, and more. His company strives to solve operational and technical challenges for manufacturing facilities and help them operate more efficiently.

In this episode of The Manufacturing Come Up, special guest Kyle Milan, CEO and Founder of two amazing companies namely the MFG Tribe (Industrial Marketing Agency) and Technical Sales University (TSU) shares his insights and experiences in his 20 years in the industrial/manufacturing environment and holding positions from engineering, through sales management.

Keegan Dillon is a graduate from Ferris State University, in the Welding Engineering Technology program, He spent 7 years contracting between RoMan Engineering Services and R&E Automated Systems. He left contracting to work for Stanley Engineered Fastening (a division of Stanley Black & Decker) as an application engineer in their automotive stud welding division. In 2016 he was asked to join the SEF Breakthrough Innovation team, as the Joining Lead, where he spent 2 years working in Germany. Upon returning to America, Keegan continued to work with the Innovation team in Troy, Michigan.

In 2021, Keegan Dillon founded JOINER Services LLC which offers an innovative way to connect businesses directly with self-employed engineering contractors on its web-based platform. In 2023, he created a website called Finding Automation, where people can find the latest solutions, industrial equipment, residential products, educational experiences, training facilities, and news in the automation industry. He also hosts a monthly podcast called Engineers In Automation, where he talk to engineers about their journey in the automation industry.

Over his career, he have spent time living in Mexico, Canada, Thailand, and Germany. Most of his experience is working within the welding automation industry in automotive, agricultural, military, and heavy equipment. He became proficient in RSW, PW, MIG, TIG, FCAW, & SAW welding processes. He also has experience in ABB, Fanuc, Motoman, KUKA, Nachi, and Kawasaki robotic programming.

Matt has spent the last 26 years in the industrial automation space holding various leadership positions in operations, sales and business development. He began his career in on-site repair program management in 1996 for an industrial electronic repair company as an on-site agent at International

Paper, spending nearly ten years developing high performance teams serving numerous industries including specialties in Paper and Pulp, Tire and Rubber and Automotive. In 2005, Matt took an opportunity to move to a competing organization in a sales role and never looked back, holding positions of progressive responsibility including key executive roles responsible for leadership in sales and marketing.

Ready for a new challenge, Matt joined T.I.E. Industrial, an unrivaled supplier of aftermarket parts for Fanuc CNC and robotics, in 2016. Prior to his arrival, the company had no sales effort in place, which was a large part of the attraction. Matt went on to build a national sales team which helped propel

T.I.E. from a lesser-known provider to a nationally recognized leader in the space of repair, aftermarket part sales and robot services supporting manufacturers using metal removal and metal fabrication technologies.

Shane Langley of Kelley Engineering talks about his career in the automation industry, achievements, and goals.

Listen to this podcast if you are working in Industrial Automation specially if you are handling sales or building a career in sales.

Douglas Grogg is an experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the industrial automation industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Factory Automation including: Fluid Power, Engineering, Strategic Planning, Project Engineering, and Robotics.

Currently working with manufacturing facilities to SIMPLIFY robot implementation.

Using Robots used to be a fantasy for most manufacturing facilities.

Now, it is a NECESSITY to not only keep up with current demands but also to prepare for GROWTH!

Yaskawa and our partners make it EASY to design an appropriate solution, work within your budget criteria, and hit timelines that are unmatched in the current industry!

Rick was born and raised in a farming community with a local population of 200 in Central Illinois. Rick had always been around machinery and understood the importance of working smarter, not harder.

Rick is involved in all aspects of our Edge Technologies business, including design, product improvements, internal processes, employee hiring and retention. Edge Technologies currently has about 80 employees, with half of our headcount being sales and service across a North American footprint.

Edge Technologies has provided the industry with automatic bar feeders since the 1980s. The product is intended for low-volume frequent changeovers and high-volume dedicated work. Single-axis automation provided unattended production.

Let's listen to Malachi Greb & Rick Bauer discussing automation & manufacturing in this episode of The Manufacturing Come Up.

Mitch Free is the founder of MFG.com. Listen to this podcast episode to learn about Mitch's journey & how he rejected a deal from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos but eventually ended up working with him.