Welcome back to Manufacturing an American Century! Today, I had the pleasure of talking with Laura Teicher, the president and executive director of FORGE, a nonprofit that’s laser-focused on helping hard tech entrepreneurs turn their prototypes into real-world solutions. FORGE…
Hey everyone, Matt here! On this episode of Manufacturing an American Century, I sit down with Mark Hedstrom, CEO of the Skilled Careers Coalition, to talk about the big-picture challenge of getting more young people into skilled careers. We dig…
Hey folks! In this episode, I chat with Sanjiv Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Sparkz, and a true force in clean tech manufacturing. Sanjiv takes us through his fascinating journey of battery innovation and the gap he saw in the…
Episode Overview: In this episode of Manufacturing an American Century, I get the chance to sit down with two brilliant minds from the U.S. Small Business Administration—Brittany Sickler, Director of Ecosystem Development, and Jennifer Shieh, Chief Scientist and Program Manager.…
Episode Overview: I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ray Ziganto, Partner Relations Manager at IMEC (Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center), to discuss why the future of our manufacturing sector depends on innovation, collaboration, and a national strategy. Ray didn’t…
Episode Overview: In this episode of Manufacturing an American Century, Matt chats with Mark Whitney, a retired U.S. Navy Admiral and now the Executive Director of the Virginia Digital Maritime Center at Old Dominion University. Mark talks about his transition…
Episode Overview: This week, Matt was joined by Lindsey Brickle, Director, Workforce & Community Partnerships, and Aarin Clemons, Workforce Manager, with Polaris MEP; the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center in the great state of Rhode Island. Our conversation covers many…
Episode Overview: This week, Matt talks with Dr. Courtney Taylor from Accelerate Mississippi about her work in enhancing the state’s manufacturing sector. Dr. Taylor describes the successes they have made in attracting new manufacturing investment and federal grants to the…
This week, Matt sat down with the Director of Defense Industry Initiatives, Michael Mullins, out of North Carolina State University’s Industry Expansion Solutions to talk about North Carolina’s integral role in national manufacturing; defense, textiles and more. As lead of…