Industrial Talk

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Recent Episodes

1. Adam Wright and Dennis Ostrowski with Gems Sensors

   Oct 30, 2026

   Recorded on site at PowerGen, this Industrial Talk episode features Adam Wright and Dennis Ostrowski of Gems Sensors discussing the company's pressure, flow, level, and temperature sensors and controllers. The conversation covers how sensor data supports reliable operations and maintenance planning, the company's non-contact ultrasonic flow and capacitive level options, and its in-house customization for unique applications. The guests also address demand from data centers and power generation, the company's recent product releases, and its IO-Link communication, noting that Gems does not currently integrate AI into its sensors.

2. Todd Schultz with KIPP USA

   Oct 29, 2026

   Todd Schultz, marketing manager at KIPP Inc., discusses the company's precision-engineered components, including handles, spring and indexing plungers, and toggle clamps, at MD&M West in Anaheim. The conversation covers KIPP's roughly 100-year history as a family-owned German manufacturer, its custom-order minimums and workarounds, and its mix of in-house production and European-sourced distribution. Todd also describes how tariff uncertainty has both won and cost the company business while demand remains strong.

3. Jonatan Perez with VAR GROUP

   Oct 28, 2026

   Jonatan Perez, Delivery Lead for Offensive Security at VAR Group, discusses the Hacking Village at the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress, which offers hands-on activities such as capture-the-flag challenges, lock picking, soldering, and simulated OT systems. The conversation covers the purpose of ethical hacking, AI-related risks such as chatbot vulnerabilities and faster exploit development, and why cybersecurity must be ongoing rather than a one-time penetration test. Perez also describes how VAR Group works with clients through scoping, remediation guidance, collaboration with blue teams, and retesting.

4. Samir Bounab Toledano with BlackOrbit

   Oct 27, 2026

   Samir Bounab Toledano, founder and CEO of BlackOrbit, discusses the company's BlackOrbit NPI software for new product introduction in manufacturing. He describes the "coordination tax" of manual work, stalled handoffs, and lost growth that slows projects from order to scaled production. The conversation also covers ERP and email data integration, read-only initial connectors, data quality, and his views on digital adoption in manufacturing.

5. Chad Duty with IACMI - The Composites Institute

   Oct 26, 2026

   Chad Duty, CEO of IACMI (The Composites Institute), discusses the organization's manufacturing workforce programs, which pair free online curriculum with one-week hands-on boot camps delivered through a network of more than 50 universities and community colleges. The conversation covers IACMI's origins in composites R&D and early internships, how it selects and prioritizes partner locations by regional need, and the role of skilled trades alongside four-year college. Duty also addresses reshoring, supply chain fragility, and the goal of expanding the network to hundreds or thousands of institutions, contingent on funding.

6. Gary Specter and Jason Penkethman with Limble

   Oct 23, 2026

   Recorded on the SMRP 2026 conference floor, this episode features Limble CEO Gary Specter and CTO Jason Penkethman discussing usability-focused product design for maintenance technicians. They cover the redesign of Limble's mobile app around technicians' daily tasks and environments, AI-assisted freeform text and voice entry, and AI-supported data rationalization for migrating legacy records. The conversation also covers Limble's focus on specific manufacturing and distribution subverticals and its move from reactive toward predictive and prescriptive maintenance.

7. Cesar Tascon with EY

   Oct 16, 2026

   Cesar Tascon, a cybersecurity partner at EY with about 28 years in the field, discusses securing operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) for critical infrastructure such as power plants, substations, water supplies, and factories. The conversation covers how OT security differs from IT, with availability and safety as core concerns, and how organizations should align risk-based strategies, asset inventories, and IT/OT responsibilities. It also touches on incremental change management with plant operators, the patchwork of regulations, and the potential for AI to both enable and strengthen attacks.

8. Martijn Grooten with Censys

   Oct 15, 2026

   Martijn Grooten, a security researcher at Censys, discusses the company's State of the Internet Report, which uses Censys' internet-wide scan data to describe exposed services, vulnerabilities, threat infrastructure, and AI deployments. The conversation covers unpatched vulnerabilities, services running on nonstandard ports, the exposure added by industrial control systems hosted alongside general-purpose services, and the rise of public-facing AI tools like n8n. It also addresses shadow IT and shadow AI, and the report's focus on describing exposure data rather than prescribing remediation.

9. Dominic Mercurio with Sales Factory

   Oct 15, 2026

   Dominic Mercurio, who leads the market research team at Sales Factory, discusses the company's first annual State of the Pro survey of more than 1,000 professional contractors across eight trades. The conversation covers contractors' economic optimism, the skilled-labor shortage, and how AI is used mainly for administrative tasks and search, with human subject-matter experts still needed to verify outputs. He also touches on the State of the DIY research and how Sales Factory's market research supports home improvement and construction brands.

10. Ulrich Seldeslachts with LSEC, The Digital Security Catalyst

    Oct 14, 2026

    Ulrich Seldeslachts, CEO of LSEC (Leaders in Security), a Belgian nonprofit cybersecurity association, discusses what keeps CISOs up at night, including legacy OT systems, IT/OT alignment, supplier-chain risk under NIS2, and the cybersecurity skills gap. The conversation also covers the EU Cyber Resilience Act, the limits and cost of large security vendors, AI's role in security analysis and policy drafting, and LSEC's pentester-certification and hospital cybersecurity work.