LONGEVITY INDUSTRIES
Dean Phillips
Longevity Industries is a manufacturing Media company focused on being the conduit between manufacturing technology information and informers to the manufacturing practitioners.
Featuring the Destiny of Manufacturing Podcast providing a look into the future of manufacturing.
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0610 – Jim Schlusemann – SME
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0610 – Jim Schlusemann – SME Jim Schlusemann, MSMIS, LSME, to be its 2023 president. SME presidents. Director of global business integration in Navistar’s Engine Group. […]
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0609 – Connie King – PMA
Connie King – PMA – Workforce Development Director Prior to joining PMA in May of 2022, King served as the director of professional development for Baldwin Wallace University, where she created and delivered original, competency-based learning […]
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0608 – Ralph Resnick – America Makes
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0608 – Ralph Resnick – America Makes c3 Consulting Advanced Manufacturing Agitator National Center for Manufacturing & Machining (NCDMM) in Vice President, Chief Technology Officer More than […]
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0607 – Marc Farrell – Winland Foods
A graduate of Canisius College located in Buffalo NY. Marc has been working for 24 years in the manufacturing world. That includes time in the automotive and food industries. Currently […]
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0606 – Doug Johnson – Marion Mfg
Doug talks about correcting Thinking Old and shifting their workers from avg 62 to 32
Douglas Johnson is the President and owner of Marion Manufacturing in Cheshire, where he manages the operations of a 76 year old manufacturing company.
Doug recently finished a two year term as chairman of the Connecticut Community Foundation where he still serves on numerous committees.
Serves on the Campaign Leadership Cabinet of United Way of Greater Waterbur
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0605 – Scott Donahy – Piranha
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0605 – Scott Donahy – Piranha
Scott talks about User Friendliness of controls and the garanamals of tooling
VP sales and marketing for Piranha Whitney Bertsch a Megafab company
Scott started in the industry with Piranha in 1993 (30 years in July).
He began on the operations side of the business in the factory. He quickly learned that he was a process person and doors quickly started appearing for me to walk through. H
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0604 – Mike Brattain – Systems X
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0604 – Mike Brattain – Systems X
Mike Brattain is an Account Executive at Systems X where he helps leaders in the manufacturing industry understand how to best manage and secure their data. He has spent his career developing winning business strategies with a common sense approach. 30% of Systems X’s manufacturing customer base is part of the DoD supply chain, where having a strong cybersecurity posture is no longer an option. Mike is a CMMC-A
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0603 – Brian Holmes – KBHC
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0603 – Brian Holmes – KBHC
F. Brian Holmes, A.Sc.T.(Ret), CMfgE, FSME
VP / GM at Columbia Plastics Ltd.He is a graduate of BCIT and has spent his career in custom manufacturing serving industries such as electronics, aerospace, agriculture and medical devices.six-sigma black belt and lean manufacturing methodology implementation. CMfgE
New technologies including the molding of wood waste products, CAD/CAM, Process S
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0602 – Will Healy – Universal Robots
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0602 – Will Healy – Universal Robots
Will Healy III is enthusiastic about manufacturing, technology and workforce development. A Purdue University mechanical engineer who loves to share his passion for automation, Will is a global leader at Universal Robots and with the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Partnership (AMIP) in Cincinnati. He speaks from personal experience about people-centric technology investments, managing culture change in organization
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0601 – Bob Willig – SME
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0601 – Bob Willig – SME
Bob discusses all things manufacturing from workforce and training to smart and the future of manufacturing.
SME CEO Bob Willig, who has more than 30 years’ experience in the manufacturing industry, has held multiple leadership positions for global divisions within major manufacturing companies, most recently at Stoneridge Inc. where he was president of the Control Devices Division. Prior to Stoneridge, Willig served as
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0519 – Beth Weissenreider-Bennis – Weiss-Aug
Elisabeth Weissenrieder-Bennis, EVP, Weiss-Aug Group, has led the strategic expansion of her family’s business alongside her father and founder Dieter Weissenrieder for the past 15 + years, adding 3 new divisions and over 350 employees. A current member of the Precision Metal Forming Board of Advisors and NJIT’s NCE Board of Visitors, she is also a passionate advocate for manufacturing.
Elisabeth discusses women in manufacturing and how technology will change the face of Metalforming.
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0518 – Dean Phillips – Link Systems & Longevity Industries
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0518 – Dean Phillips – Link Systems & Longevity Industries
Dean covers Smart Technology including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, IIoT and all points in between.
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0517 – Matthew Welle – CST Precision
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0517 – Matthew Welle – CST Precision
Matt discusses workforce development and engagement and how iot is integrating into ISO certification. Technology in additive manufacturing is opening doors to new business.
President of CST Precision with Extensive experience in complex business transactions, manufacturing and business process engineering, sales, estimating and sourcing of manufactured components, sales, business process re-design, medical device manufacturing, a
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0516 – Josh Perkins – Piedmont Hoist & Crane
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0516 – Josh Perkins – Piedmont Hoist & Crane
Josh Perkins received his undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Technology degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and his MBA from the School of Business at University of Buffalo. His career in Manufacturing started thirty-five years ago as the sole Manufacturing Engineer at Niagara Machine Tool alongside another recent college graduate named Dean Phillips who was just starting his career in Sales. Josh’s career has
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0515 – Josh Cramer – America Makes
Josh Cramer joined NCDMM in 2018 as the Education and Workforce Director for America Makes, providing overall program leadership responsibility for all America Makes’ Education and Workforce initiatives.
Previously, Mr. Cramer served as the Director of Educational Programs at the SME Education Foundation, monitoring, promoting, and evaluating all of its major programs. He was also responsible for building a comprehensive portfolio strategy for growth and sustainment of programs. In addition to
Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0514 – George Moran – Flex-N-Gate
Destiny of Manufacturing- EP 0514 George Moran Flex N GateThird generation technician who started his first apprenticeship at 15. George started his industrial journey working in gas plants and steel mills before becoming a nuclear certified technician and welder. His first exposure to large presses came when he was contracted as a supervisor at a large forging plant. After this he moved into automotive and into automotive management. He transitioned from this into my role at Schuler and really