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On this page, you’ll find the guests we have received on the Manufacturing Hub Network. We thank each and every guest for coming onto the show, speaking with us, and sharing their knowledge.

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Jason Azevedo

Chief Strategy Officer

Manufacturing Revitalization Corporation of America

Jason Azevedo has had his heart in business development since an early age, starting a very successful apparel company that grew from humble garage beginnings to annual gross billings of over a million dollars at age 15. By 18 Jason was doing millions in business with Starbucks, Nike, Disney, Marvel, Volkswagen, Audi, Lucas films, Dodgers, and countless NBA teams. In 2009, Jason co-founded Advoque, one of the only US-based manufacturers located in Silicon Valley, California. His emphasis on Made In America is a driving force for how the various companies he’s co-founded operate. Jason has worked on many key projects for companies such as Arista Networks, Best Buy, Costco, Disney, EA Games, Intel, Roku, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, and Warner Bros.

John Piller

Sr. IoT Controls Engineer

Liveline Technologies

John has two decades of control systems experience under various roles. He integrated systems in multiple settings, taught control systems at the college level, and has worked for small to large companies in similar capacities. More recently, John has taken roles in smaller companies where he’s looking to make an impact on the industry through leading new initiatives and applications in the Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence spaces.

Jordan Humphreys

Company Owner

JMH Talent Solutions

Jordan Humphreys specializes in manufacturing and engineering talent recruiting. He’s well connected and highly resourceful in the talent sourcing space. On the client-side, Jordan works with small to large companies that require highly specialized individuals. Some of these clients include system integration firms, engineering contractors, manufacturing plants, corporate offices, and more. On the end-user side, Jordan is active in the engineering community and provides guidance and placements to technicians, engineers, managers, and executives.

Josh Varghese

Owner / Consultant

Traceroute

Josh Varghese is passionate about technology. Yes, passionate. He compares datasheets like baseball cards, can rattle off networking acronyms like rap lyrics, and listens to ICS security podcasts (yes, there are multiple) in his car. Josh established Traceroute in November 2017 to bring his passion, extensive industrial networking experience, and specialized skillset to the underserved, growing, and evolving industrial/OT market. Before starting his own company, Josh was technical lead at Industrial Networking Solutions for almost ten years, where he built the technical support and application engineering department. In that role, Josh was able to work with an impressive list of clients and vendors on a wide range of projects that give him unique insight into the industrial/OT market. Josh also served on multiple vendor advisory councils and worked closely with numerous vendors to provide product feedback and advocate for customer solutions, and he continues many of those relationships at Traceroute. Before joining Industrial Networking Solutions, Josh was an instrumentation and control specialist at Camp Dresser and McKee (now CDM Smith). He designed and implemented SCADA systems for municipal water customers, including several he still works with today. Josh has a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from The University of Texas and holds multiple networking and vendor certifications. When he’s not working, he spends every moment he can with his wife and three young kids.

Kaleb Travis

Owner

TNT Automation

Kaleb is the founder and CEO of TNT Automation. The company is built on Honesty, Integrity, and Great pride in our work. Give us a chance at helping you get a game plan to automate your process or help retrofit your existing solutions. We specialize in coming up with quick and effective planned downtime to replace and optimize end of shelf-life products. Give us a chance to show you the quality of character and work that TNT AUTOMATION was founded on.

David Nichols

CEO, Co-Founder, Engineer

Loupe

Loupe is on a mission to revolutionize the automation industry by redefining what’s possible. We unlock machine potential with our transformational approach, building on the advances of the past to pave the way to the future. With breakthrough ideas we empower our people and our clients to be extraordinary. We seek the revolutionary in everything we do.

Luis Narvaez

Product Marketing Manager

Siemens

Luis Narvaez is a Product Marketing Manager at Siemens leading efforts in bringing various automation hardware and software to the USA market. His journey began during his studies in Electrical Engineering. Luis found an opportunity at Siemens that allowed him to explore various roles within the company over the course of multiple rotations through the Engineering Leadership Development Program. At the end of the program, Luis joined a technical team where he honed his skills and became known as the automation and safety expert. As he was passionate about customer-facing assignments, Luis made the lead into marketing and business development later in his career.

Jason Hamlin

Operations

Instrulogic, LLC

Making science fiction real... Ever wonder how industrial automation works? I have the privilege of helping design and build the systems which power it! At Instrulogic, I help to build cutting-edge control systems which don’t (always) cost as much as a Deathstar. I thrive working in critical infrastructure, with water/wastewater being incredibly close to my heart. I enjoy being conservative with customer resources and liberal with my own. And I firmly believe adding value to those I work with is mutually beneficial, and I am humbled to help lead a company with the same belief.

Max Kirkpatrick

Solutions Consultant

Siemens

Max Kirkpatrick is currently a Solutions Consultant at Siemens. Max is an experienced robotics engineer involved in the assessment, simulation, and deployment projects in manufacturing robotics. His educational background in robotics includes a Bachelors's in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. Max is currently pursuing a Masters of Science with an expected graduation date of spring 2022.

Travis Cox

Chief Technology Evangelist

Inductive Automation

My passion is helping companies solve challenges using Ignition and modern technologies. I have been in the automation industry for 18 years. Through that time as a Co-Director of Sales Engineering for Inductive Automation, I have seen numerous successful launches of HMI/SCADA and IIoT projects across many diverse industries. I have worked with companies to help build robust and scalable architectures, apply best practices, integrate solutions, leverage edge and cloud computing, and learn how to fully utilize the Ignition platform.

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