From Plant Floor to Smart Factory: How Data, AI & Employee Ownership Are Reshaping Manufacturing with Sam Zungri
What does it take to turn decades of industrial automation expertise into a modern, AI-ready manufacturing business? In this episode of Talking Industrial Automation, Lisa Richter sits down with Sam Z...
15 Juli 31min
The Future of Engineering: Why AI-Native Workflows Will Change Everything with Dr. Axel Zein
What happens when AI stops acting as a productivity tool and starts becoming the decision layer of engineering? In this episode of Talking Industrial Automation, Lisa Richter sits down with Dr. Axel Z...
15 Juni 21min
From Bioengineering to Factory Automation: How Rob Goldsmith Helps Bring Manufacturing to Life
n this episode of Talking Industrial Automation, Lisa Richter sits down with Rob Goldsmith, Director of Industrial Systems at Matrix, to explore his unexpected journey from bioengineering student to a...
18 Maj 36min
Scaling Smart: Jeremy Anderson on Modernizing Manufacturing, Data, and Automation
In this episode of Talking Industrial Automation, host Lisa Richter sits down with Jeremy Anderson, President of Process and Data Automation at the Krones Group, to explore what it really takes to mod...
15 Apr 25min
M&A in Automation: Clint Bundy on Valuations, Talent, and the Future of System Integrators
In this episode of Talking Industrial Automation, host Lisa Richter speaks with Clint Bundy, Managing Director at Bundy Group, a boutique investment bank that has spent more than three decades advisin...
16 Mars 46min
Engineering the Brain of the Process: Guru Thakkar on Scalable Automation, Front-End Discipline & Intelligent Systems
In this episode of Talking Industrial Automation, host Lisa Richter sits down with Guru Thakkar, Director of Engineering at Inflexion Point in Neptune, New Jersey. With more than 20 years of experienc...
16 Feb 34min
The Brains of the Factory—Scaling Automation Leadership with Matt Wise
As we kick off the new year, Talking Industrial Automation revisits a listener-favorite conversation with Matt Wise, CEO of E-Tech Group—one of Control Engineering and Plant Engineering's 2025 System ...
20 Jan 22min
From Boots to Bots: Brandon Umscheid's Automation Journey at Baker Group
15 Dec 202522min
