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Mark Paul with IRISS

Scott MacKenzie hosts an industrial podcast featuring Mark Paul from IRISS, a company specializing in electrical safety and asset management. IRISS offers a vertically integrated solution for assessing the health of electrical assets, including thermochromic devices that indicate overheating and ultrasound inspection tools for detecting issues. Mark Paul, a former engineer with extensive experience in automotive manufacturing and entrepreneurship, emphasizes the importance of proactive maintenance and operations-driven safety. IRISS’ solutions aim to prevent costly mistakes and enhance reliability, with a focus on empowering operators to identify and address potential issues. The company’s history, starting from a garage in the UK, highlights its growth into a global leader in safety and reliability.

Bill Green with Fluke Reliability

Scott MacKenzie interviews Bill Green from Fluke Reliability about their upcoming event, Xcelerate 2025, in Austin, Texas. Xcelerate is a premier reliability, asset management, and maintenance event, focusing on collaboration, education, and innovation. Bill highlights the event’s history, starting with user conferences in 2007-2008, and its evolution into a significant networking and learning platform. He discusses the integration of Fluke and Azima technologies, emphasizing the importance of meaningful data and AI in enhancing user experience. The event aims to provide comprehensive solutions and insights for reliability professionals at all levels.

Doug Morter with Northern Water

Industrial Talk is onsite at Accruent Insights and talking to Doug Morter, Asset Manager at Northern Water about “Innovation that improves water quality and safety”.

Doug Morter from Northern Water discussed the importance of water, which constitutes 80% of the human body, and the role of Northern Water in supplying water to 1.3 million end users in Colorado. He highlighted the use of Maintenance Connection software for asset management, which has been crucial since 2013 floods. Northern Water is building the largest dam in the U.S. in 30 years, using an asphalt core for environmental impact. Doug emphasized the need for AI and machine learning to optimize preventive maintenance schedules and the potential future migration to cloud solutions for better user experiences and security.

Meelad Nikpourian with Accruent

Industrial Talk is onsite at Accruent Insights and talking to Meelad Nikpourian, Vice President, Commercial Software and Strategy at Accruent about “Innovative suite of solution focused on success”.

Scott MacKenzie and Meelad discuss the Accruent Insights conference in San Antonio, highlighting Accruent’s global customer base and recent acquisitions, including a full SaaS EDMS product from Australia. Meelad, VP of Commercial Operations, explains Accruent’s strategy to simplify the buying process and integrate solutions, emphasizing the importance of customer insights. They discuss the integration of Accruent’s EDMS with Service Channel, enhancing retail maintenance and predicting asset degradation. Meelad notes the significant financial impact of food spoilage and the potential for insurance integration. Looking ahead, Meelad sees Accruent becoming more global and innovative, with a focus on customer-driven solutions.

Technology for Effective Event Planning

Industrial Talk is onsite at Accruent Insights and talking to Kate Fleming, Brittany Thompson and Tina Reagan with the Missouri’s University System about “Deploying Technology for Effective Event Planning”.

Scott MacKenzie hosts a podcast discussing the University of Missouri’s transition to a new event management software (EMS) and advanced space intelligence (ASI) system. Kate, Brittany, and Tina from the University of Missouri detail how the new system will streamline processes, save time, and improve efficiency. The current system is outdated and siloed, leading to inefficiencies in booking and managing events. The new EMS will centralize operations, provide better data, and enhance customer service. The transition is expected to take 6-8 months, with a focus on training and data import. The ASI system will help with space utilization and planning, aiding in future building design and event management.

The world is changing fast! Industrial businesses are juggling every facet of business maintenance and growth, ranging from technological/digital media adaptations to cash flow management and operational efficiency challenges. How do industrial business leaders stay current while managing growth and casting vision for the future? The answers could be found in a learning environment, but never before has there been a place for continuing education in the industrial business arena. UNTIL NOW…

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When I was in elementary school, our teacher would show us films of industrial professionals making our lives better. For me, these films instilled the passion for industry.

Today, industry has come along way from when I was a boy. It is innovative and focused on solving problems. In short, it’s really cool and exciting.

We need to teach children, around the world, and bring back the “Cool” and “Exciting” and why industry is a wonderful profession. That means we need industrial professionals to re-instill this industrial passion.

This is the Purpose of Industrial Pop. It is an online learning management platform (LMP) dedicated to educating our youth in the ever expanding and innovative world of industry. We also provide this LMP for our teachers to share with their class.

These are very exciting times for industry and we must begin educating our future and it starts with you. If you are interested, please contact me at: https://industrialtalk.com/contact/ and just let me know that you are interested in positively impacting our future industry leaders.