The Manufacturing IT Podcast Daniel Langley - CEO/Founder of Manufacturing IT Recruitment

In this episode I speak with Søren Schønnemann, CEO of Factbird.



Søren Schønnemann is a dynamic and forward-thinking CEO spearheading Factbird's mission to revolutionise the future of intelligent manufacturing. Søren brings over 15 years working in tech to the table and is responsible for taking Factbird from scale-up to global leader in manufacturing intelligence and optimisation

 

As CEO of Factbird, Søren's vision and leadership continue to propel the company forward, redefining the boundaries of manufacturing intelligence and promoting operational efficiency, process optimisation, and sustainable practices on a global scale.



About Factbird: Based in Copenhagen, Capital Region, Factbird is a pioneering provider of Manufacturing Intelligence Solutions. With a focus on real-time data collection and analysis, Factbird empowers companies to optimize operations, reduce downtime, and boost productivity. They are on a mission to bring more efficiency and less waste into manufacturing through plug-and-play data collection and easy-to-use analysis.



Factbird has a new podcast series that they launched.

https://www.factbird.com/blog/manufacturing-matters-podcast-challenges-facing-food-and-beverage-industry-2024



Tune in to join the conversation where manufacturing truly matters.



You can find more information about Factbird from their website: https://www.factbird.com/



You can find more information about Manufacturing IT Recruitment from their website: https://mitrec.com/

In this episode I speak with Ryan Kuhlenbeck, CEO and Co-Founder of Pico MES.



Ryan's career spans a wide range of automotive manufacturing at General Motors, Tesla, and Alta Motors.

He has experienced firsthand the real-world issues that the digital divide creates and decided to do something about it!



About Pico Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) have never been human-centric. Poor data management, broken traceability, and not designed for the average factory worker. Not anymore - we’ve fixed it.



Pico MES is a fresh approach to factory operating systems and enables a connected environment to limitless factory tools, capturing data for visibility into the supply chain.



Pico MES has migrated dozens of mid-sized factories off of paper-based systems and helped improve product quality for American factories in battery manufacturing, automotive, and aerospace.



Pico MES is designed by end users, for future end users. 

In this episode I chat with Keith Bowen, Senior Vice President of Industry Engagement (Global)  



Keith Bowen is an industry leader with 25 years of experience in the Life Science manufacturing space and a BEng, Chemical Engineering.

 

Based in Ireland, Keith brings decades of global expertise to his role of Senior VP of Global Industry Engagement for Seabrook Technology Group. He concentrates on building customer engagement and working closely with marketing, product partners and services to drive strategic growth for the business. His focus is on addressing and solving current and future customer challenges, and guiding them on the value that Seabrook Technology Group can add to their business.

 

Starting with Pfizer in the late 90s with a BEng in Chemical Engineering from Aston University (UK), Keith has worked with and for many of the top 10 Pharma, Biotech and Medical Device companies, expanding his knowledge on and experience with automation and MES systems, MES product development, MES solution design, integrations, implementations, and support services for both large and small projects and cloud data solutions.

 

With personal experience with BMS, AbbVie, GSK, J&J, West Pharma, and Merck and a frequent speaker at MES events such as Pharma MES (Berlin), Keith is a trusted thought leader in the field.

 

“I have been working in the Life Science Manufacturing space for a long time. Right now is an incredibly exciting time for both medical device manufacturers with all the innovation being seen, and for the biotech space with so many new therapies and cures developing, and I am loving being part of it all.”

 

Outside of work, Keith is passionate about his family, sport, and technology as a whole.

In this episode of The Manufacturing IT Podcast, I speak with Johannes Liegert from Paessler on all things Connectivity, IIoT and Networking Monitoring for industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing



Johannes is Product Manager for IoT & Industry at Paessler. He is an experienced Product Owner and Product Manager, with a great history of working in the computer software industry.



Skilled in healthcare protocols IHE Process, HL7 Standards, DICOM and industrial communication especially OPC UA. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Science - MS focused in Medical Informatics from Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg.



Paessler believes monitoring plays a vital part in reducing humankind's consumption of resources. Monitoring data helps its customers save resources, from optimizing their IT, OT and IoT infrastructures, to reducing energy consumption or emissions – for our future and our environment. More than 500,000 users in over 170 countries rely on PRTG and other Paessler solutions to monitor their complex IT, OT and IoT infrastructures.



Hope you like the episode, and look forward to hearing your feedback!

In this episode I chat with Matt Barber the VP and GM of MES at Infor.



Matt has 15 years of MES experience, starting out as a Software Engineer at Lighthouse Systems, swiftly transitioning to Project Delivery and later heading the Shopfloor-Online Product team.



In 2021, Infor acquired Lighthouse, rebranding the product to Infor MES and in 2024 Matt took the VP of MES role at Infor and is responsbile for Infor MES.



His focus is on all things MES, including Sales, Pre-Sales, Marketing, and Product Growth and Strategy.



Matt always had a passion for training others on MES, and has now taken this a step further by regularly posting educational content on LinkedIn and introducing MES Matters (mesmatters.com) where his mission is simple....educate the world about:

- MES / MOM

- Smart Manufacturing

- Digital Transformation

- AI in Manufacturing

- IIoT



Lot's of great information shared, I hope you like the episode!

In this episode of The Manufacturing IT Podcast, I chat with Daniel Pomeranz Founder and Head of Digital Transformation at Low Code Operational Intelligence.



Daniel started his career working industry side on enterprise software projects with SAP EWM, Camstar/OpCenter MES, and IBM Cognos. After years of frustration with the rigidity of these applications, he joined Tulip Interfaces in 2021 and helped grow their internal services team as the company grew rapidly in size.



After being a part of Tulip's internal services team, Daniel left to start his own business, Low Code Operational Intelligence, focusing on broader applications of Low Code technology for custom applications and data engineering in operational industries.



LCOI is a business dedicated to educating the industry on how Low Code can increase profit through both short term use cases and long term strategy and mindset changes.



The business is also predicated on providing services to support these businesses along the way. If you or someone you know might be interested, check out Daniel's LinkedIn profile and reach out.



He is truly passionate about this topic and always excited to answer any questions and demonstrate what he believes in!