Natan Linder Bio
Natan Linder is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tulip, a cloud-based platform transforming frontline operations. Tulip enables some of the world’s largest manufacturers to build AI-enabled, connected applications that improve quality, efficiency, and traceability across their operations. Natan is also the Co-Founder and Chairman of Formlabs, a leader in professional desktop 3D printing.
Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience in computer science, design, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship, Natan develops composable, human-centric systems that enable continuous transformation. Prior to founding Tulip, he held leadership roles at Samsung, Sun Microsystems, and Rethink Robotics. At Samsung, he co-founded and led the company’s R&D Center in Israel, launching globally deployed mobile technologies.
Natan is the co-author of Augmented Lean: A Human-Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations, which challenges conventional approaches to digital transformation. He holds a PhD and an MSc from the MIT Media Lab, where his research focused on integrating physical and digital systems to enhance human capabilities.
Natan Linder has hosted 30 Episodes.
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The Future of Quality and Validation with AstraZeneca’s Bob Buhlmann
June 4th, 2025 | Season 5 | 28 mins 59 secs
pharma, quality, validation
Bob Buhlmann, Head of Quality Digital and Computer Strategy at AstraZeneca explores the evolution of quality in the pharma industry, the role of validation in an era of rapid technological advancement, and why pharma can be so slow to adopt new tech.
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Lighthouses, Lean, and the Human Factor in Digital Transformation with AstraZeneca’s Jim Fox
May 7th, 2025 | Season 5 | 24 mins 49 secs
automation, change management, lean, pharma
Jim Fox, SVP Americas Supply Operations at AstraZeneca, shares his perspective on humans vs. automation in pharma manufacturing, building trust in emerging tech, and how agility and lean principles drive innovation in an increasingly personalized industry.
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Rethinking Governance, eBR, and the CIO Role from the Ground Up with NextPharma’s Joel Fidalgo
April 23rd, 2025 | Season 5 | 29 mins 4 secs
ebr, governance, pharma, quality
Joel Fidalgo, CIO of Next Pharma, shares a CDMO’s perspective on how to bridge IT and operations, taking a new approach to MES and eBR, and the challenges of agility, quality, and data integration in the pharma space.
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Hannover Messe Unfiltered: The Real State of AI in Manufacturing
April 9th, 2025 | Season 5 | 23 mins 53 secs
ai, hannover messe
Live from Hannover Messe, Natan Linder and Madilynn Castillo unpack the AI hype in manufacturing—cutting through marketing noise, legacy tech in disguise, and why real transformation starts with empowering frontline workers, not just flashy tools.
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Preview: Hannover Messe Special
April 2nd, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 min 24 secs
hannover messe
We're skipping our usual episode this week as we're at Hannover Messe, the world’s largest industrial trade show. Stay tuned for our annual on-site episode where we’ll cut through the hype and explore which new tech will truly impact the shop floor.
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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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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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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.