Erick Thürmer is the co-founder of TwentySeven and CEO of Thürmer Tools, the Danish company that patented the design of thread cutting tools and has produced specialized tools for more than a century. As you enter the lobby of his office and see his portrait as the fourth generation of Thürmer leadership, you could assume that Erick is the stuffy and traditional type of CEO. You’d be wrong.

The #ConstructionIndustryNetwork at YPO is piloting a first of its kind Talent Re-Entry Program – to help ex-offenders succeed in their new construction industry careers! Through this pilot, we hope to place graduates of Vocational Village with the Michigan Department of Corrections at YPO member-led organizations. Our graduates will be accredited with state accreditation for vocations such as masonry, carpentry, CNC machining, and truck driving. They will be provided with a six-month performance bond, to ensure success. To find out more about how #YPOCIN is investing in impact, write to me ([email protected])!

In this episode, Anne Cheng talks to Larry Burns! Larry served as General Motors Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning from 1998-2009. Between 2010 and 2016, Larry was Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan, Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University, and an advisor to several major companies.

In this episode, Anne Cheng talks to Emily Loi! Emily Loi is a first year civil engineering undergraduate, and connected to YPO through her father, Michael Lois. She wanted to apprentice at a construction site and not as an intern, where she would be desk bound. She landed up being connected to me through the YNG+ (YPO Next Generation Plus) program and quickly sent in her profile to be set up as an apprentice. Through the program, we placed her in Poland, where she now works on the construction of a 202 meter skyscraper, an opportunity unparalleled to most first year university students.

Welcome to the YPO Networks Podcast hosted by Anne Cheng!

In this episode, Anne talks to Steve Weilbach, Head of Sales for Katerra.