Manufacturing

Drew Allen of Grace Technologies shares how a $400,000 product failure, 150 China trips, and a Camino de Santiago pilgrimage shaped the way he leads a 60-country electrical safety manufacturer.

Dr. Jay Luis Aguilar shares his journey from automotive engineer to Global VP at Chance Rides, navigating a Tokyo pricing crisis, launching 100% electric solar-powered trams, and completing his doctorate while building international amusement industry partnerships.

Matt Horine, VP at Veryable, shares his Manufacturing Today podcast journey interviewing 400+ leaders, building on-demand labor marketplace solving manufacturing crisis, and advancing American reindustrialization through daily-pay flexible workforce and supply chain compression.

In this inspiring episode, Brad Belden, President and COO of Belden Brick Company, shares his remarkable journey from Chicago options trading and New York banking to leading America's largest family-owned brick manufacturer.

In this captivating episode, Bob Orth shares his remarkable journey of taking over his father's truck accessory business in 1984 and transforming it into a cutting-edge American manufacturing operation.

In this powerful episode, JR Rodriguez, Assistant Plant Manager at HB Specialty Foods, shares his remarkable journey from battling addiction as a young man to leading operations at a facility producing food coatings for major brands.

In this uplifting conversation, third-generation mattress maker John Grove shares the remarkable story of Mattress Grove - a family-owned North Carolina manufacturer with over 100 years of mattress-making heritage and more than five decades of independent production.

In this enlightening episode, Teddy Hazelwood, Chief Information Officer at Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete, shares his remarkable journey from competing in high school computer competitions on green screen terminals to leading technology strategy for one of America's fastest-growing construction materials companies.

In this inspiring episode, Shaun Eller shares his remarkable 30-year journey at Ohio Gratings, from being hired as a drafter despite meeting none of the job qualifications to his current role as Chief Business Officer.

In this compelling episode, Matt Sweetwood, serial entrepreneur and author of "Leader of the Pack," shares his remarkable journey from single father of five to leading groundbreaking companies in environmental technology and medical diagnostics.

In this compelling interview, Karl Schledwitz, Chairman and CEO of Monogram Foods, shares his remarkable journey as a serial entrepreneur who has built three companies that made the Inc. 500 fastest-growing private companies list.

In this captivating episode, Michael DelGrosso, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of DelGrosso Foods, shares the incredible 100+ year family story that began with a chance meeting in a café and led to creating America's oldest family-owned pasta sauce company.