Geoff Nelson is the Vice President of Technical Solutions at SafetyChain. SafetyChain is a digital plant management platform for process manufacturers trusted by more than 2,000 facilities to improve plant-wide performance. It unifies production and quality teams with data and insights, tools, and delivers real-time operational visibility and control by eliminating paper and point solutions. Geoff has been with SafetyChain for over 11 years. Prior to taking on his current role, Geoff held senior...
Jun 02, 2025•25 min•Ep. 34
Neha Sharma is a Product Manager at Grantek, she has 10+ years of experience in defining technology solutions to solve business/IT problems for manufacturers. Over the years, Neha has worked across various positions such as Software Developer, Module Lead, Techno-Functional Consultant and Manufacturing Engineer. Neha has worked for world class clients across the globe. Neha has experience in the automotive industry, packaging industry, agricultural industry, building materials, food & bevera...
May 01, 2025•38 min•Ep. 33
Nic Stachtchenko is the Sr. Manager of ID Products at Cognex. Cognex designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products. Cognex products include machine vision systems, machine vision sensors, and barcode readers that are used in factories and distribution centers around the world. Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 4 million image-based products, representing over $10 billion in cumulative revenue, since the compan...
Apr 07, 2025•38 min•Ep. 32
Ian Wilson is the Safety & Logistics Practice Leader at Grantek. Ian is an experienced Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the industrial automation industry. Skilled in Process Control, Control Systems Design, SCADA, Engineering, and Process Automation. Ian is a proven and strong program and project management professional with a TUV focus in Machine Safety. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories a...
Mar 03, 2025•38 min•Ep. 31
William Barnette is a Senior Project Manager focused on Digital Manufacturing at Kraft Heinz. William is an Application Developer, Database Administrator, and Project Manager in a wide variety of business applications. He has created everything from full blown applications to thousands of scripts for end users. William is a Visual Basic, VBA and VB script specialist. William has worked at Kraft Heinz for over 34 years. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manuf...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 30
Derek Kostelnik is Grantek’s Practice Leader of the Solution Support Group. Derek leads a team of Service & Support professionals located across North America. The Solution Support Group provides support to Grantek clients who value uptime and limited disruptions across their manufacturing operations Derek has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering, and he has worked at Grantek for almost 25 years. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufac...
Feb 03, 2025•42 min•Ep. 29
Kartik Sundar is the founder of TeamSlide. Launched in 2015, TeamSlide is a slide search solution for PowerPoint users in several fields including marketing, sales, and professional services. They enable customers to share knowledge, ensure consistent messaging, and drive productivity when building presentations. Kartik has a PhD in Bioengineering from Georgia Tech and later worked as a management consultant before launching TeamSlide. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into t...
Jan 06, 2025•32 min•Ep. 28
Welcome to Season 4 of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. This season we welcome back our host, David McKenna. David is Grantek’s Smart Packaging Practice Leader. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will share tips and outcomes that will help improve your productivity. You will hear from leading providers of Industrial Control System hardware and software, Grantek e...
Dec 02, 2024•1 min•Ep. 27
Jim Toman is a Senior MES Advisor at Grantek. Jim has 30+ years of experience creating data driven systems for manufacturers. In this bonus episode, the discussion centers around the upcoming Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rule 204 enforcement. FSMA falls under the authority of the United Stated Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The changes coming with FSMA 204 will go into effect and become enforceable in January 2026, at that point food manufacturers who sell product in the United Stat...
Jul 16, 2024•36 min•Ep. 26
Grant Daft is a Software Applications Specialist at Videojet. Based in UK, Grant has been with Videojet since 2004. During the almost 20-year tenure, Grant has served in leadership roles focused on solutions support, software application development and product management. Since the 1960s, Videojet is a global leader in the development and manufacture of high-quality product identification equipment for coding and marking – including Continuous Ink Jet printers, Laser Marking Systems, Case Codin...
May 01, 2024•29 min•Ep. 25
Robin Maurice is the District Leader of Grantek’s Montreal Office. In this role Robin oversees the work done by Grantek in New England, Quebec, Eastern Ontario, Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. Robin lives in Montreal, QC. His primary language is French, with English being his second language. Don’t be surprised to hear some funny translated expressions from Robin on today’s episode, he is famous for those. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world o...
Apr 09, 2024•45 min•Ep. 24
Doug Yerger is a Principal Engineer at Grantek. Doug’s 30-plus years of experience includes the architecting, design, implementation, commissioning, and support of PLC Control Systems, Robotic Applications, Vision Applications, Database Applications, MES Implementations, Warehouse Management Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems, and HMIs. Doug serves as a leader within the organization, providing governance, technical direction, and facilitating knowledge propagation, Doug a...
Mar 20, 2024•45 min•Ep. 23
Angela Morris is the Head of Global IT Manufacturing Capabilities at The Kraft Heinz Company. Angela is a driver of strategy and vision, passionate promoter of operational excellence, classically trained musician, love of gardening, student of culture, and active in community engagement and service. Today, Angela is accountable for strategic planning and to drive digital automation and integration in her current role at Kraft Heinz. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the ...
Feb 28, 2024•40 min•Ep. 22
Andrea Ruotolo, PhD. is the Global Head of Customer Sustainability at Rockwell Automation. As Rockwell Automation's Global Head of Customer Sustainability, Andrea drives sustainability innovation and champions AI/ML for industrial sustainability. With 18 years of global executive experience, she co-founded a smart grid consultancy, led global energy initiatives, and held senior utility roles. Andrea holds a Fulbright Doctorate in sustainable energy systems, two Master's degrees in Engineering an...
Feb 07, 2024•38 min•Ep. 21
Emilee Cook is a Director of Product Strategy at Apprentice.io, leading technology to help Life Sciences companies get life-saving drugs to market faster by connecting global workforces and scaling complex manufacturing. Over her 10 years in life sciences, she’s spent time in R&D producing biomimetic devices at Draper Laboratory, developed Syncade solutions for 260+ customer issues, founded new user-driven product development approaches, and crafted strategies for next-gen pharma solutions a...
Jan 24, 2024•39 min•Ep. 20
Lisa Cronk is currently an Operations Manager at Grantek. Lisa has over 13 years of experience in Engineering and System Integration. Lisa currently focuses on projects for large Food & Beverage manufacturers. Lisa has served in the Canadian Forces and she also has experience working in the Mining, Life Sciences and CPG industries. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guest...
Jan 10, 2024•23 min•Ep. 19
Welcome to Season 3 of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. This season we are proud to welcome our new host, David McKenna. David is Grantek’s Smart Packaging Practice Leader. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will share tips and outcomes that will help improve your productivity. You will hear from leading providers of Industrial Control System hardware and softwar...
Dec 06, 2023•8 min•Ep. 18
Huck Bales is Grantek’s Director of MES & Digital Solutions Engineering. He has over thirty successful years of providing systems development, project management, and consulting services in the manufacturing sector. Huck has managed large projects with scope, schedule and budget responsibilities. He has a solid understanding of business and technical issues and a natural ability to communicate with clients, managers, peers and staff. Huck has spent a lot of time working with clients to defin...
May 02, 2023•32 min•Ep. 17
Patrick Harrigan is a leader with Tulip Interfaces. Patrick is a technical sales leader focused on identifying and delivering digital transformation solutions for Fortune 500 Manufacturing customers. With over 12 years of leadership experience, he is a forward-thinking consultant with exceptional understanding of manufacturing business processes and how technology can be leveraged to deliver disruptive enterprise solutions. Currently, Patrick is Head of Global Alliances at Tulip. The Industry 4....
Apr 18, 2023•38 min•Ep. 16
Rick Roszkowski began his career with the vision group at Allen-Bradley as a software developer and as a vision application engineer before joining Cognex in 1998. Rick now has over 35 years of experience within the machine vision industry holding a variety of technical and marketing leadership roles. Since joining Cognex, Rick has served as Director of Engineering driving technology development of Cognex’s largest product line (In-Sight Vision Systems) and as Director of Marketing for the Visio...
Apr 04, 2023•29 min•Ep. 15
Logan Terry is Grantek’s Senior Manager, Strategic Account Management – Life Sciences. Logan works in Grantek’s Vancouver office, and joined the company in early 2016 as a Systems Designer. Logan has been involved in a long list of successful activities and projects within Grantek within the engineering, project management and business development groups at Grantek. Logan has showed incredible project and technical leadership managing small, large and very complex projects. Logan is primarily re...
Mar 21, 2023•27 min•Ep. 14
Saurabh Bahl is a Digital Transformation Industrie 40 Manufacturing and Industrial Business Development Leader with AWS. Saurabh has 22+ Years of IT and Engineering Services Experience across multiple Industries which includes Retail, CPG, Industrial and Process Manufacturing. Experience across Delivery, Sales Leadership, Solutions, Customer Relation Management and managing 100+ Mil Dollar portfolios and businesses. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufact...
Feb 28, 2023•26 min•Ep. 13
James Burnand is a 20+ year veteran of the industrial automation ecosphere who has now turned his focus towards providing the infrastructure for manufacturers to reap the benefits of the cloud for their plant floor applications. Weaving cyber security, operational requirements, and management into 4IR Solutions’ offerings and providing education and consulting for companies looking to begin their journey into a cloud-enabled and highly automated OT infrastructure. 4IR Solutions is the leading pr...
Feb 14, 2023•29 min•Ep. 12
Vlad Romanov has over 10 years of experience working for leading Food & Beverage and CPG companies in the United States and Canada. Currently Vlad is the Co-Founder of SolisPLC, a growing company that provides technical content to leading OEMs and End-Users in Manufacturing. SolisPLC delivers easy-to-follow technical tutorials in written and video form in order to upskill employees, get them acquainted with new technologies, and aid them in running their manufacturing operations better. From...
Jan 31, 2023•29 min•Ep. 11
Welcome to Season 2 of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will share tips and outcomes that will help improve your productivity. You will hear from leading providers of Industrial Control System hardware and software, Grantek experts and leaders at best-in-class industry associations that serve Life Sciences and Food & Beverag...
Jan 17, 2023•4 min•Ep. 10
Welcome back. Before we kick off Season 2, we’re excited to share a bonus episode of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. On this episode our host Sam Russem has a great “conversation” about manufacturing and Industry 4.0 with ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a large language model chatbot developed by OpenAI based on GPT-3.5. It has a remarkable ability to interact in conversational dialogue form and provide responses that can appear surprisingly human. Large language models perform the task of predicting...
Jan 11, 2023•18 min•Ep. 9
Ian Tooke is the VP of Strategic Business Development at Grantek. Ian leads Grantek's Strategy, Marketing, Partner Management and Business Development groups. In this role Ian is responsible for the creation of growth strategies, new product categories, services or business models that change the game and generate significant new value for our customers and Grantek. Ian is responsible for all business growth and customer success. Ian is an experienced executive leader who has worked in manufactu...
Aug 10, 2022•26 min•Ep. 8
Kevin McClusky is the Co-Director of Sales Engineering at Inductive Automation, and has previously served as Director of Design Services. Kevin joined the team in 2011 and brought with him years of expert experience in the field of industrial automation software integration. Kevin’s work includes architectural design, consulting, and creation on countless SCADA, IIoT, MES and HMI projects for Ignition installations deployed in a variety of industries around the world. With a special interest in ...
Jul 22, 2022•42 min•Ep. 7
Jacob Chapman has a background in automation engineering, project management, account management, industrial networking, and ICS cybersecurity within the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and energy generation sectors, among others. Jacob is currently a Solutions Architect within the BD and Alliances team at Nozomi Networks, the leader in OT & IoT security and visibility. Jacob maintains involvement and leadership positions in international societies and standard bodies - including the Cybe...
Jul 13, 2022•27 min•Ep. 6
Christian Wölbeling is an experienced Senior Director with Korber Pharma. He was nominated as a “Pharma Industry Leader” by The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Pharmaceutical Engineering Magazine in 2020, and has been a keynote speaker at many international pharmaceutical engineering conferences. He has a demonstrated history of working for the pharmaceutical industry with over 30 years in the field of Manufacturing IT. As a leader with ISPE, Christian is also focused...
Jun 29, 2022•31 min•Ep. 5
