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Interviews Episodes

Feb. 8, 2024

Catching Up with Morgan Wilson (Linkedin Live)

Nikki, Ali G, and guest host Courtney catch up live with Morgan Wilson, Partner Success Manager at SVT Robotics. Last time Ali G and Courtney spoke to Morgan live about her experiences at SVT Robotics and her outreach with cu...

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Feb. 1, 2024

From the Sea with Krystle Ponce

While Nikki is away, Ali G takes on her own solo interview with guest Krystle Ponce, Senior Data Analyst at TREW. Krystle started her journey into automation as an aviation electrician in the Navy. She talks about her journey...

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Jan. 25, 2024

The Crystal Ball on AI with Juan Aparicio Ojea

Starting the Linkedin Lives up for the 2024 season, Nikki, Ali G, and guest host Courtney talk with robotics and AI expert, Juan Aparicio Ojea. Juan is the co-founder of a start up and spent many years working with robotics. ...

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Jan. 18, 2024

A3 Business Forum with Cathy and Lauren

This week's episode is a little different since Nikki was at an industry event: the A3 Business Forum hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation in Orlando Florida. She thought she found a quiet corner to have a conve...

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Jan. 11, 2024

Automating Australia with Jasmine Quick (Linkedin Live)

Continuing Season 3: Nikki and Ali G (along with a guest appearance from Courtney) take time to speak with Jasmine Quick, an Industrial Automation Engineer at GPS Electrical Services in Melbourne. Sometimes working long shift...

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Dec. 20, 2023

From Electrician to Entrepreneur with Naomi Pittman

Naomi Pittman began her career in IT but found herself looking for more. Now Naomi is a master electrician and the owner of ElekProTek , an electrical & controls contractor with presence in 6 states! Nikki & Naomi talk about ...

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Dec. 13, 2023

EPLAN with Özlem Biber (Live At Rockwell Automation Fair 2023)

Nikki and Ali G had the opportunity to interview Özlem Biber with EPLAN at Rockwell Automation Fair in Boston last month. She is an Account Manager in the Chicago area and she called on Ali years ago when she was working at P...

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Dec. 7, 2023

Forging with Chelsea Lantto

Nikki speaks with Chelsea Lantto, president of Trenton Forging Company , a forging company that delivers high-quality forged steel components. Although not new to forging, as a second-generation leader of the company, Chelsea...

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Nov. 23, 2023

AI in Manufacturing with Priyansha Bagaria (LinkedIn Live)

Nikki talks to Priyansha Bagaria, Founder & CEO of Loopr AI a computer vision company solving the complex challenges traditional vision inspection still can't solve. She started working in her family's manufacturing plant at ...

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Nov. 16, 2023

A Journey of Empowerment with Elisa Ochoa

This week, Nikki and Ali G speak with Elisa Ochoa, Client Advisor at Skellig Automation . They met Elisa at the Inductive Automation Ignition Community Conference in Folsom recently and had to have her on the show to learn mo...

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Nov. 9, 2023

Cybersecurity Conversations with Leah Dodson & Hayley Lichtenfels (Li…

With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Automation Ladies decided to speak with some experts in the field Leah & Hayley. Leah is the Principal Cybersecurity Specialist at Nextlink labs, while Hayley is a Product...

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Oct. 26, 2023

Can AI Help Engineers Market? (Linkedin Live)

In this live episode, Nikki and Ali G spoke with David Garcia and Nathan Schaffer, creators of MarketMate AI, a software built for industrial companies to help them scale their marketing efforts. We wanted to know does this w...

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Oct. 19, 2023

Events and Digital Marketing with Sarah Larson

In this episode Nikki sits down, in person, with Sarah Larson - Digital Business Manager at ePLAN. Spending most of her career at Rockwell Automation, initially in technical support but then growing into both sales and market...

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Oct. 12, 2023

HR and People with Ann Wyatt

In this episode Nikki and Ali have a chat with Ann Wyatt the owner of Ann Wyatt Recruiting and the host of Workforce 4.0 a Linkedin Live show and podcast about the manufacturing workforce. This episode is a little more "girl ...

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Oct. 5, 2023

Mastering Industrial Automation with Lynn McMahon

Nikki and Ali talk with Lynn McMahon founder & Engineer at Monona Instrumentation & Controls. After spending nearly a decade writing software for machines in the Aerospace and Pharmaceutical industries, Lynn branched out and ...

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