About the show

Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, shop floor operators, citizen developers, and anyone else that cares about what the future of frontline operations will look like across industries. We equip our listeners with the knowledge to understand the latest advancements at the intersection of manufacturing and technology, as well as actionable insights that they can implement in their own operations. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform.

Episodes

  • 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.

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    Episode 140: A Frontline Perspective on Industry 4.0 – Reflections on Season 1 of Augmented Ops

    June 26th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  34 mins 44 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, computer science, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, mes, science, software, tech, technology

    Natan Linder and Erik Mirandette recap what they learned from Season 1 of Augmented Ops, highlighting the advancements in AI, the value of democratization and open ecosystems, the need to focus on the frontline worker, and more.

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    Episode 139: How to Architect Your Digital Strategy with Jeff Kramer

    June 12th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  29 mins 51 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, computer science, data science, digital strategy, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, mes, quality, science, software, tech, technology

    Jeff Kramer, VP Technology & Digital Factory at Kason Industries lays out best practices for manufacturers to develop their digital strategy, including citizen development, governance, balancing IT vs OT, and more.

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    Episode 138: Democratizing Computer Vision with LandingAI’s Kai Yang

    May 29th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  30 mins 38 secs
    4ir, ai, automation, computer science, computer vision, data science, digital transformation, engineering, industry, industry 4.0, machine learning, manufacturing, mes, quality, science, software, tech, technology

    Kai Yang, VP of Product at LandingAI, lays out the need for a data-centric approach to AI, how new techniques like visual prompting are making computer vision accessible to anyone, and why vendors should build tools rather than solutions.