Being an Engineer

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Scott Summit | Industrial Design, 3D Printing, & Life-Changing Products Dec 02, 2022

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Scott Summit is a senior industrial designer with decades of experience in innovation, design, and entrepreneurship. Scott started a company doing 3D printing for exoskeletal fixation that was ultimately acquired by 3D Systems, where he then ran a skunkworks style team exploring just how far the industry can push 3D printing.

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About Being An Engineer

The Being An Engineer podcastis a repository for industry knowledge and a tool through which engineers learn about and connect with relevant companies, technologies, people resources, and opportunities. We feature successful mechanical engineers and interview engineers who are passionate about their work and who made a great impact on the engineering community.

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The Being An Engineer podcast is brought to you by Pipeline Design & Engineering. Pipeline partners with medical & other device engineering teams who need turnkey equipment like cycle test machines, custom test fixtures, automation equipment, assembly jigs, inspection stations and more. You can find us at www.teampipeline.us

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Glenn Hickman | Design Reviews, Interviewing Questions, & WRAP Nov 25, 2022

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Glenn Hickman is a technology executive with Arizona farmer roots focused on producing results in integrated hardware-software ecosystems. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, and an MBA.

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Darragh Hudson | How to Set up A Manufacturing Supply Chain Nov 18, 2022

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Darragh Hudson holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and has been designing and building products, teams and organizations in China since 2005. Darragh’s experience includes consumer, medical and domestic product design and manufacturing, and he is the founder at KD Product Development where one of their specialties is setting up supply chains for new product introductions.

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About Being An Engineer

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Ryan Kircher | Metal Additive Manufacturing Nov 11, 2022

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Ryan Kircher holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Colorado School of Mines in Metallurgical Engineering. He has been working in the Additive Manufacturing industry for many years and has experience in Medical Devices, Process Validation, Process Improvement, Risk Analysis, Failure Analysis, and Design for Additive and Manufacturing Engineering.

https://www.kircherconsulting.com/

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About Being An Engineer

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Ramzi Marjaba | Sales Engineering & Using Story to Communicate Impact Nov 04, 2022

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Ramzi Marjaba holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering as well as a Master’s degree in Engineering Management. He started his career in software development and eventually made his way into the sales engineer world. He is currently a senior sales engineer with Keysight Technologies, and also runs the website WeTheSalesEngineers.com where he helps other sales engineers develop the skills to succeed.

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About Being An Engineer

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Samuel Feller | Product & Project management, Kickstarter, & DIY Product Launch Oct 28, 2022

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Samuel Feller is a Mechanical Engineer and has hopped around quite a bit in his career, from structural to aerospace defense to medical to consumer, Kickstarter campaigns, Amazon, Tulip, consulting and even running his own business selling panic button light switches and writing about engineering best practices.

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About Being An Engineer

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Arne Lang-Ree | Hand Sketching, Defining Requirements, & Design Reviews Oct 21, 2022

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Arne Lang-Ree holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Master’s degree in product design from Stanford University, and has worked within a variety of design areas from toys to sports to premium products. He is the founder and CDO of Spanner Product Development where he and his team develop exquisitely crafted consumer products in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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About Being An Engineer

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Danny Smith | Interviewing Engineers, Managing Engineering Budgets, & Technical Writing Oct 14, 2022

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Danny Smith is an R&D Manager and Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience specializing in medical device product development, personnel supervision, and project management. Danny leads cross-functional project teams from initial concept through product launch and has deep skills in designing and launching medical devices via design control, establishing quality management system processes, managing engineering staff, and generating intellectual property.

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About Being An Engineer

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Ray Kampmeier | The Humble Transistor Oct 07, 2022

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Ray Kampmeier is an Electrical Engineering consultant & Product Developer. Ray earned his EE degree from the University of Minnesota in 2013 and in 2015 founded his company The Humble Transistor (or THT for short). There, he and his team provide Electrical Engineering and firmware development services spanning from proof-of-concept prototyping to designs for mass production.

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About Being An Engineer

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Pradyut Paul | CAD Data Management, Part Numbering, and Project Management for Hardware Teams Sep 30, 2022

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Pradyut Paul holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering, as well as an MBA from Yale. Among other things, he managed several new product programs at Apple including the iPhone 8, 8+, 10s, 10s Max, 11, as well as early development of AirTags. Pradyut says about himself:

“I'm not very smart, but I'm smart enough to know that engineers shouldn't be spending most of their time in meetings and sifting through emails. My goal is to enable hardware teams to focus on innovation and engineering by providing a platform that removes the frictions in design collaboration.”

Pradyut’s company Bild offers a modern cloud-native PDM solution for hardware teams who need to manage CAD data.

Aaron Moncur, host