Episode Archive

159 episodes of Augmented Ops since the first episode, which aired on February 1st, 2021.

  • Augmenting Craftmanship with Digital Technology at a Luxury Jeweler with Nicolette Naya

    February 19th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  33 mins 3 secs
    citizen development, digital transformation, governance, luxury goods

    Nicolette Naya, Senior MES Engineer at a leading luxury jewelry manufacturer, details how she spearheaded the adoption of modern manufacturing technologies to bridge the gap between craftsmanship and data-driven production.

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    Scaling Open Source in Manufacturing with FlowFuse’s ZJ van de Weg

    February 5th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  26 mins 57 secs
    low code, node red, open source

    ZJ van de Weg, CEO of FlowFuse explains why Node-RED has become such a critical tool for manufacturing connectivity, challenges of scaling open source software in enterprise environments, and the future of IT/OT collaboration.

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    From Sony to Semiconductors: Digital Transformation in the Asia-Pacific with Vijay Chinnasami

    January 22nd, 2025  |  Season 5  |  28 mins 11 secs
    asia pacific, semiconductor, supply chain

    Vijay Chinnasami, former COO at Ultra Clean Technology explores the evolution of electronics manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific, the shifting balance of humans vs. automation, and best practices for developing a culture of continuous improvement.

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    Interoperability for Industry 4.0 with HighByte’s John Harrington

    January 8th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  31 mins 42 secs
    data ops, industry 4.0, isa95, unified namespace, uns

    John Harrington, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of HighByte discusses why Industry 4.0 requires a fundamentally different approach to interoperability, the value of UNS, and whether frameworks like ISA-95 are still relevant today.

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    How AI Agents are Closing the Loop with Composabl’s Kence Anderson

    December 18th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  34 mins 19 secs
    ai, composability, llm, machine learning

    Kence Anderson, CEO of Composabl explains how AI agents are changing the way industrial companies operate, why LLMs alone cannot solve complex manufacturing problems, and his take on composable manufacturing systems.

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    Bringing Open Source to Industrial Automation with Arduino’s Fabio Violante

    December 4th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  30 mins 20 secs
    arduino, embedded systems, iot, open source, plc

    Fabio Violante, CEO of Arduino shares how the company went from supporting makers and hobbyists, to enabling an open source revolution in industrial automation with enterprise-grade hardware and software.

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    Frontline Operations in NASCAR with RFK Racing's Kevin Kidd

    November 20th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  29 mins
    analytics, citizen development, ecosystem, mes, motorsports

    Kevin Kidd, Director of Software and Analytics at RFK Racing, sheds light on the role of advanced manufacturing in NASCAR, what their tech stack looks like, and how RFK leverages citizen development to create the highly custom software they need to win.

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    Inside a Next-Gen Medical Device Manufacturer

    November 7th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  30 mins 58 secs
    digital transformation, manufacturing, medical device, mes

    Marc Nash, SVP of Operations and R&D at Outset Medical discusses how an innovative approach to manufacturing and production systems enabled Outset to disrupt an industry dominated by legacy players.

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    Uniting the Frontline Operations Community at Operations Calling

    October 23rd, 2024  |  Season 5  |  21 mins 11 secs
    community, ecosystem, operations calling

    Madilynn Castillo, CMO at Tulip joins Natan Linder for a retrospective on the second annual Operations Calling conference, the importance of community, and a look ahead at how the industry is evolving.

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    A New Approach to Pharma Manufacturing with Roche’s Daniele Iacovelli

    October 9th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  34 mins 18 secs
    ai, architecture, citizen development, composability, mes, pharma, validation

    Daniele Iacovelli, SVP, Global Head of Digital, Analytics (AI) & Operational Excellence at Roche discusses Roche’s digital transformation, his perspective on citizen development, and why the traditional software validation approach is no longer sufficient.

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    The Past, Present, and Future of Industrial Software with Rick Bullotta

    September 25th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  36 mins 18 secs
    ai, iiot, machine learning, mes, thingworx

    Rick Bullotta, serial entrepreneur and longtime veteran of the industrial software space joins Natan Linder to discuss the state of the industry, what we can learn from the past, and where industrial tech is headed in the next 5 years.

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    Episode 141: Reindustrializing America with Liz Reynolds

    July 1st, 2024  |  Season 4  |  28 mins 12 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, economy, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, policy, politics, science, software, tech, technology, trade, venture capital

    Elisabeth Reynolds, MIT Professor of the Practice and former White House policymaker joins Natan Linder to discuss the building momentum around reindustrialization in the United States, and what it means for the economy, national defense, and manufacturing.