Mavens of Manufacturing: Recent Episodes
Meaghan Ziemba
Mavens of Manufacturing is a series of stories from the women who are setting new standards in U.S. manufacturing. Mavens aims to inspire and empower younger generations of women to change the world through manufacturing.
Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Julia Boswell, Security and Compliance Lead at ProShop ERP during this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing. The conversation focuses on:
• What CMMC is and why it is important for manufacturers to know about it.
• Top challenges facing small- to medium- sized manufacturers in regards to the CMMC standard.
• Why manufacturers need to consider applying for it.
• How ProShop makes applying for the standar easier.
In this episode, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Marti Konstant, author and international keynote speaker on workforce and career agility.
They discuss the importance of mentorships, specifically for recruiting the next generation of manufacturers and engineers.
As a top career influencer, Marti researches, writes, and trains on the topics of workforce and career agility, providing speaking and workshops for associations, universities, and corporations on the following:
• The future of work
• Workforce agility
• Personal branding for leaders
• Cultivating happy profitable employees
Meaghan Ziemba sits down with QRT Consulting Group CEO, Heather Ferguson, and discusses some of the challenges manufacturers are facing when recruiting and retaining skilled talent.
Heather offers some suggestions on where leadership is falling short and what they can do to change how they are recruiting younger generations to the sector.
In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Dolly Marshall, and the original Rosie the Riveter.
While she was in high school, Dolly worked as a plane spotter during World War II. She graduated in 1947 as the first girl to do tech-- two years of community college in industrial design, then finished with math and biology.
Meaghan Ziemba sits down with Yvonne Fasold of the American Rosie the Riveter Association to discuss the importance of the organization and things that it does to promote manufacturing across the United States.
In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba sits down with Nancy O'Leary, Director at Custom Direct, about recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce in manufacturing.
Nancy also discusses a TMA grant that supports women in manufacturing.
In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Lisa Rizzo, director of product management at HZO, Inc. on the following:
• What chemical vapor deposition is and how it fits within the future of electronics
• Other emerging applications that require some of the nano coatings that HZO provides
• Ideas or thoughts on how, as a nation, we can recruit younger generations, specifically younger women, to the manufacturing sector
Episode Sponsor: Ayala Marketing
In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Onex president, Ashleigh Walters about how she implemented a coaching management style to turn the company's finances around to be more successful. She will also be talking about her latest book: Leading with Grit & Grace.
On this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Winman's Business Sales Executive Chelsie McMaster about ERP software and its importance for manufacturers.
On this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Penny Bauer, owner of Uniwest Enterprises, Inc., and how the skills gap is affecting her business in Rockford, IL.
This episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba sits down with supply chain manager of US Duct, Rosanna DeMario, to discuss the importance of women being involved in the manufacturing sector.
In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Carrie Zethmayr, President and Partner of Zethmayr LLC. She is going to speak about how the U.S. can become more competitive in manufacturing in terms of labor and trade. She is also going to talk about women entrepreneurship and pandemic restructuring.
In this episode of Mavens of Manufacturing, Meaghan Ziemba sits down with Teresa Beach-Shelow, owner of Superior Joining Technologies in Machesney Park, IL. Teresa will discuss some of the main challenges she faced as an owner of a manufacturing company during the pandemic. She will also touch on the importance of certain organizations, such as Women in Manufacturing (WiM) and Women of Today's Manufacturing (WOTM), when recruiting younger generations of women to the manufacturing sector.
Lindsay Corneal, assistant director for the school of engineering at Grand Valley State in Allendale, MI, discusses the importance of mandatory co-op programs and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Women in Manufacturing™ is a more than 2600 member-strong national trade association committed to supporting, promoting and inspiring women who have selected careers in manufacturing. Allison believes associations like WiM, have the power to transform society for the better and that diversity makes organizations more successful and communities more fulfilling.
Meaghan Ziemba speaks with Jennifer about being a self-taught manufacturer that strives off of challenges.