Roundtable Discussion: November 17, 2025
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Hyper-Local, High Impact: How to Build Manufacturing Talent Fast with the CNC Career Network’s Daniel Wierman
On this edition of Manufacturing an American Century, I sat down with Daniel Wierman, founder of CNC Career Network, to discuss His work builds bridges between workforce developers, manufacturers, and local nonprofits to strengthen the talent pipeline in advanced manufacturing.…
Special Presentation: Attracting the Next Generation: Student Run Manufacturing Enterprise
Roundtable Discussion: November 10th, 2025
Roundtable Discussion: November 3rd, 2025
Special Presentation: US Manufacturing Reshoring Updates with Strategic Value+ Solutions
Special Presentation: Emerging Research in Manufacturing and Rural Economic Mobility with McKinsey & Co. Sarah Tucker Ray
From Passion to Pathways: How ASME is Building the Next Generation of Makers w/Kathleen Kosmoski
It was a real pleasure to welcome Kathleen Kosmoski, Director of Workforce Development at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), to Manufacturing an American Century. Kathleen leads national efforts to strengthen the engineering talent pipeline and is helping connect…
Roundtable Discussion: October 6th, 2025
Episode 37: The Infrastructure Behind the Industry: How Connex Marketplace is Connecting U.S. Manufacturing w/Alan Davis and James Duncan
It was a real pleasure to welcome James Duncan, President of Connex Marketplace, and Alan Davis, President and CEO of i5 Services, to Manufacturing an American Century. Jim and Alan are two private-sector leaders who’ve rolled up their sleeves to…