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Generation Z
9/21/2023 Generation Z. The debates and conversation on the topic never end. From what age ...
Read More iPhone in Review
9/22/2023 Being a loyal Apple customer and owning an iPhone, iPad, MacBook, AirPods and Apple ...
Read More Silicone Expo
10/5/2023 It’s not often that we get temperatures over 80 degrees in Michigan at this ...
Read More Job-Hopping
10/20/2023 In the present day, job-hopping is prevalent and employee tenures are rarer than ever ...
Read More Machine Learning
10/23/2023 Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to become more popular for reasons both personal and professional. ...
Read More The Growth of AI
11/16/2023 AI is now being used more than ever for personal, professional/work and outright leisure ...
Read More Thanksgiving
11/21/2023 The holidays are always a great time of year (minus the cold weather). Halloween ...
Read More Security Advances
12/19/2023 As technology continues to progress at a rapid pace, one of the main points ...
Read More LinkedIn News
12/7/2023 Messaging privacy is significant and ranks very high regarding overall digital security.If something as ...
Read More Detroit History
12/18/2023 Advancements in transportation and construction have come a very long way, but like everything, ...
Read More Happy New Year
1/2/2024 In the present day, innovation and advancements are being made in industries across the ...
Read More The Use of AI
2/23/2024 There’s no arguing that ChatGPT, Bard and other AI are becoming used more and ...
Read More Technological Advances
1/22/2024 During mid/late January here in Michigan, it seems that snow and ice are the ...
Read More Nala Robotics
2/19/2024 Since the debut of AI and language models to the public, their use and ...
Read More The Parallels of Life and Business.
2/15/2024 As is the case with every sporting event, there are many parallels to life ...
Read More National Engineers Week
2/21/2023 With National Engineers Week in full stride (celebrated the third week of February), there ...
Read More Job/Career
1/25/2023 What do you look for in a job/career?Pay?Location?Products?Culture?For me, it is this right here ...
Read More SCN – Battery Industry Insight
https://youtu.be/Urc5Xn6cu7k SCN has made a conscious decision to become deeply entrenched within the battery space. ...
Read More SCN – Battery Industry Insight
https://youtu.be/Urc5Xn6cu7k SCN has made a conscious decision to become deeply entrenched within the battery space. ...
Read More Industrial Facility Floor Care
Recently, SCN's Dan Ramon had a great conversation with Phil Morrison from Detco regarding insights ...
Read More SCN – Team Talk – Matt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2fAmATObmk SCN’s Jim Guerrera and Matt Hannah sat down for a chat in the SCN ...
Read More SCN – Team Talk – Justin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fovsGKaV_I Justin Misaras has been a stellar performer for many over 9 years with SCN, ...
Read More SCN – Team Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rncjwSQwAYM Dan Ramon is an example of an incredible SCN success story. Dan now has ...
Read More Careers in Engineering
I had the pleasure of speaking with robotics engineer, Rishabh Lunker, regarding insight and advice ...
Read More Importance of Being Multi-Disciplinary in Engineering
I had the pleasure of speaking with, Alakshendra Joshi, regarding insight and advice to those ...
Read More Software Engineering
I spoke with Sr. Automation Engineer, Christopher Bartleson regarding insight and advice to those in ...
Read More SCN – Team Talk – Susan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUzzKo8pEIk SCN’s Susan Perris has been a pillar of SCN for 12 years years and ...
Read More Vehicles – A Changing Market
I had a nice conversation with Lisa Carter regarding the vehicle sector. Here’s what Lisa ...
Read More Vehicle Technology
I had an interesting conversation with Kwan Haughton regarding the interesting 2020! Here’s what Kwan ...
Read More Vehicle Suppliers – Blurring Lines
I had an interesting conversation with Tolo Vallespir, an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager in the ...
Read More Lean Manufacturing
I had the pleasure of speaking with Rishabh Vedant recently regarding Lean Manufacturing and he ...
Read More SCN – Team Talk – Stacey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcPch7b9bYY The story of SCN’s Stacey Bernson is an incredible one. She’s lived a life ...
Read More Vehicles – The growth in ADAS
I had a nice conversation with Erick Esquivel, Technical Program Manager in the Vehicles sector. ...
Read More Vehicle – Rebound
I had a nice conversation with Keith Fleming regarding the vehicle sector, and the future ...
Read More Batteries – Benefits and Challenges
I had a nice conversation with Mark Strauss with Signtex Lighting regarding the critical importance ...
Read More SCN – Insight – Jon Jacobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-864tlqY2hw SCN’s Jim Guerrera had a nice conversation with Jon Jacobs, Vice President, Business Development ...
Read More Vehicles – RF Engineering Technology
I had a nice discussion with Anirban Bose regarding trends he is seeing in RF ...
Read More Consumer Electronics – Education and Certification
I had a nice conversation with Jia Rui Goh regarding the importance of education and ...
Read More SCN – Industry Insight – Bert Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtA-m4KChPA SCN’s Jim Guerrera had a nice conversation with Bert Miller, CEO of the MRINetwork. ...
Read More Vehicle Sector – What the Future Holds
Vehicle Sector – What the Future Holds I had the pleasure of speaking with Dan ...
Read More SCN – Industry Insight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gyE7KtsnRc SCN’s Jim Guerrera sat down with Don Gibeaut, Global Bar and Tubular Products Manager ...
Read More SCN – Team Talk Brendan Moriarty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Rwb-E0BtY SCN’s Brendan Moriarty specializes in the Consumer Electronics Space. His specific client base consists ...
Read More The New Normal
The term New Normal gets used quite a bit, but I think it’s accurate because ...
Read More Vehicles – Market Shifts
I had a nice conversation with Joe Latorre, sales professional in the Vehicle space. He ...
Read More Material Handling
I had a nice conversation with Aleksandr Malin regarding the Material Handling Industry and he ...
Read More SCN – Team Talk – Gregg Arneson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ilT9kftTUU SCN’s Gregg Arneson was born to serve. He serves the Automation Technologies Sector as ...
Read More Vehicles – Model Based Software Testing
I had an interesting conversation with Lakshya Chadha regarding trends in model based software testing. ...
Read More Vehicle Sector – Growth of Semiconductors
I had a nice conversation with Akihito Kimura recently and he shared some insight on ...
Read More Industrial Products – Disinfectants
I had a nice conversation with Bill Frazier, National Sales Director with Clean Control Corporation. ...
Read More Engineering – Industry Insight
I had a nice conversation with component engineer, Gerald Velayo, regarding insight and advice to ...
Read More Manufacturing – Importance of Testing Materials Before Production
I had the pleasure of speaking with Rishabh Vedant recently regarding the importance of surface ...
Read More Automation – Frequency Drives
I had a nice discussion with Jon Smith regarding frequency drives in the automation and ...
Read More Electronics – Trends In The Semiconductor Market
I recently connected with semiconductor expert Aniruddha Kolarkar regarding trends in the semiconductor market, and ...
Read More Software – Investments For Increased Productivity
I had a nice conversation with Software Engineer and Product Manager, Jason Horine regarding trends ...
Read More It’s the People
I had a nice conversation with Ron Zain regarding business and how to achieve efficiency ...
Read More Manufacturing – Instrument Index
I had a nice conversation with Ramya Saroja Kandula regarding the importance of developing an ...
Read More Purge Welding
I had a great conversation with Michaela Hess of Huntingdon Fusion Techniques regarding purge welding. ...
Read More Software – Trends and Insights
During a recent conversation with Dan Bridenbaugh, he shared some interesting insight and advice to ...
Read More Adapt or Get Passed By
Most things in America are changing rapidly. Technological advances are exploding in all industries. The ...
Read More Software – The Critical Importance of Hiring Great People
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sr. IT Manager and Entrepreneur, David Loureiro, regarding ...
Read More Engineering – Product Management
I had a nice conversation with Kofi Appiah regarding his perspective on those who pursue ...
Read More Semiconductor – Stable and Growing
I had a nice conversation with Stephan Schwarzkopf regarding the semi-conductor space. Stephan shared an ...
Read More Increasing Social Distancing Does Not Mean it is Time to Relax at Work
As a country, America has not responded well to handling COVID-19, and the cases are ...
Read More IT – Communication Skills Are A Must
SCN’s Dennnis Dean had a great conversation with Lanna Brasure who’s a Software Engineer at ...
Read More Vehicles – Resident Engineering Positions
I really enjoyed my conversation with Athar Shah, an experience Vehicle Sector Resident Engineer. Athar ...
Read More Software – Trends and Insights
During a recent conversation with Dan Bridenbaugh, he share some interesting insight and advice to ...
Read More If We Could Only Be As Smart as Geese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAWcOwv0wFc I was fortunate enough to be a member of the University of Notre Dame ...
Read More Vehicle Sector – Electrification
I had a nice conversation with Steven Cong regarding electrification in the vehicles sector. He ...
Read More Chemical Hazard Detection
I had a nice conversation with Randy Perlis, owner of HazChem, LLC regarding hazardous detection ...
Read More For Great Things to Happen, Everyone Must Contribute
https://youtu.be/Wt1xB3Kfc0U It’s been a wild ride over these past few months! Because of Covid-19 and ...
Read More Importance of Testing Materials Before Production
I had the pleasure of speaking with Rishabh Vedant recently regarding the importance of testing ...
Read More Trends in the Metalworking Sector
I had a great conversation with Brent Beistel, President of Beistel Machining, Inc. regarding trends ...
Read More You Can Learn from Your Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGBjHCL-3dk The Finish to the 2019 – 2020 School Year was Brutal My son, Jack ...
Read More A SCN inside look with Gregg Arneson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0I5XOTXq4 #SCNrecruiting #automation
Read More A SCN inside look with Jim Guerrera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdSkt71029o #SCNrecruiting
Read More A SCN inside look with Chad Harkelroad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBT4PK06Q44 #SCNrecruiting #automation
Read More A SCN inside look with Brendan Moriarty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6E9UgNsAkY #SCNrecruiting #consumerelectronics #mechanicalcomponents
Read More SCN Inside Look – Matt Hannah and a Broad Look at Desk Activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2taDl7zxBY #SCNrecruiting #manufacturingrecruiting #manufacturing #engineering #vehicles #automotive
Read More IT and Software Engineering Management Positions
I had a nice conversation with Engineering Leader, Ed Magalski, regarding insight into engineering management ...
Read More Drew Stoutenburg provides a nice update on the Manufacturing Beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gs8Ok10TnI #SCNrecruiting #manufacturing #manufacturingrecruiter #manufacturingrecruiting
Read More SCN Inside Look – Justin Misaras and Industrial Products Market Activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC3V3WklucM #SCNrecruiting #IndustrialProductsRecruiting #cuttingtools #metalworking #welding
Read More SCN Inside Look – Dennis Dean and Some IT Activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86xtEbfjj9k #SCNrecruiting #IT #ITrecruiting
Read More Lean Manufacturing
I had the pleasure of speaking with Ramya Saroja Kandula regarding lean manufacturing and she ...
Read More SCN’s Justin Misaras provides a nice market update – things are heating up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12woMNqKZhE #SCNrecruiting #industrialproducts #metalworking #cuttingtools
Read More All of Us Can and Need to Do Better
Grab a pet, or hug a family member. Tell someone you love them. It’ll make ...
Read More Drew Stoutenburg shares some great insight regarding additive manufacturing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaRHbWEjT74 #SCNrecruiting #manufacturing #additivemanufacturing
Read More Electronics – Growth of Embedded Power Products
I had a nice conversation with electronics veteran Mike Biggs regarding trends in the electronics ...
Read More Industrial Products – Candidates are Being Hired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOpHg8L_pyw SCN’s Dan Ramon is considered by many to the be one of the Top ...
Read More Global Purchasing – Industry Dynamics
I had the pleasure of speaking recently with experienced Automotive Purchasing Executive Kath Vigars regarding ...
Read More Industrial Products – Interviews and Offers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrxUCGmKjnc SCN’s Justin Misaras continues to impress, and has become a leading Industrial Products Search ...
Read More It’s OK To Go Cold, But Keep Shooting
A basketball team consists of a variety of players where each player has a different ...
Read More Automation and Robots – Quick Look at the Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufuf6cBNJK8 #SCNrecruiting #automation #robots
Read More Manufacturing Facilities – Opening Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykBKfcxGvh0 SCN’s Matt Hannah shared some insight on the vehicle plants opening back up for ...
Read More Supply Chain Disruption – Vehicles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BWwxWm_CSA SCN’s Gene Brady had a nice conversation with Bob Lipka regarding the Vehicle Sector ...
Read More Mother’s Day Career Lessons
The career path that my Mom pursued shows that anything is possible for people who ...
Read More What We Do For Companies That Is Difficult for Them to Do on Their Own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeK_s-coxHE
Read More SCN Inside Look – Justin Misaras Presenting Opportunity to a Candidate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIdvOyU8kzA
Read More Automation Industry Insight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNboy_P4ZI SCN’s Gregg Arneson provides a nice update on what is happening in the broad ...
Read More Manufacturing – Advances in Technology and Instrumentation
Manufacturing – Advances in Technology and Instrumentation I had a nice conversation with Ramya Saroja ...
Read More Children Leading by Example
This past week was National Commitment Day, a day for high school seniors to announce ...
Read More Software – Embedded Engineering
I had a nice conversation with Embedded Software Engineer, Emil Peter regarding insight about software ...
Read More Purchasing – Should Cost Modeling
I had a nice conversation with Bryan Dickinson and he has some interesting view points ...
Read More Life Goes on and So Should Business
It was important as a society to take a position of extreme caution when COVID-19 ...
Read More Mechanical Components – Attitude Is Everything in Business
I had a pleasant exchange recently with Raul Silva, who has had Business Development experience ...
Read More Vehicle Antennas
I had a nice conversation with Siddharth Goswami, an early career RF / Antenna Engineer, ...
Read More Vehicles – Raw Material Purchasing
I had a nice conversation with Automotive purchasing veteran Mike Duckworth regarding pricing in the ...
Read More OK Business World, We Can Do This
March 16, 2020. That’s the day it hit me, COVID-19 was going to disrupt the ...
Read More Packaging Sector – Market Activity
I had the pleasure of speaking with packaging sales and operations manager Rodney Aftuck and ...
Read More Grinding Market Insight
I had the pleasure of speaking with Brian Hackman, Director of Operations with Tru-Edge Grinding ...
Read More Software – Data Analytics
I had a nice conversation lately with Zhiyu Chen, an Analytics Process Manager who shared ...
Read More IT – More In Demand Than Ever
I had a nice conversation recently with Phil Bailey with Info-Tech Research Group, an IT ...
Read More Manufacturing – Technology
I had a nice conversation with Luke Allen recently regarding the importance of using technology ...
Read More Innovation in this Time of Uncertainty
It is common knowledge in normal times that to succeed long term in business, companies ...
Read More Memory Chips – Increasing Capacity
During a recent conversation with Brian Garza, he shared some insight regarding trends in the ...
Read More Are You Staying Focused?
The fundamental challenge that we have as individuals in managing our lives through the COVID-19 ...
Read More Trends in Power Electronics
Susan Perris recently had a conversation with Jim Lund, an experience Electrical Engineer, about trends ...
Read More Purchasing and Supply Chain – Dual Sourcing to Overcome Coronavirus Challenges
I spoke recently with Doug Huffine who has experience as a Senior Sourcing Manager at ...
Read More New EU, Regulations, Will Require More Investment/Accountability for Sellers.
Brendan Moriarty recently caught up with Electronics Hardware OEM Director of Engineering Chris Novak who ...
Read More Automation – The Future
Samson Kakos, SCN Practice Leader for Software and Technology Positions in the Automation Technologies space, ...
Read More Vehicle Electronics – 5G
Susan Perris, SCN Practice Leader for Vehicle Electronics, discovered some interesting insight from Sajjad Abazari, ...
Read More Manufacturing – Managing the Future Generations
Industry veteran Edward Jaeck who has excellent experience working for companies such as Lowell, Inc., ...
Read More Manufacturing – Statistical Process Control
Matt Hannah received some insight from Mihir Patel, an extremely well-versed manufacturing professional. According to ...
Read More Vehicles – Electronic Tier Suppliers
Ross Snyder shared some insight with Susan Perris regarding the electronics manufacturing space. He stated, ...
Read More Vehicles – Displays
Susan Perris had an excellent conversation with Antonio Venegas recently regarding the trends with displays ...
Read More Manufacturing – Trends in Technology
Justin Misaras had a nice conversation with Steve Gutman, an industry veteran having experiences working ...
Read More Industrial Manufacturing – Fall Protection
Matt Proctor, VP of Sales and Marketing for Fall Protection systems, shared some terrific insight ...
Read More Vehicle Manufacturing – The Future of Machining
Drew Stoutenburg had a nice conversation with Gary Christoson regarding machining in the future transportation ...
Read More Software Sector – Importance of Hardware
Samson Kakos had a nice conversation recently with Research Engineer Jiajun Duan regarding insight and ...
Read More Automation – Mobile Robots
Gregg Arneson had a nice conversation with Nicholas Temple regarding the mobile robotics space. According ...
Read More Information Technology Sector – Importance of IT
Dennis Dean had the pleasure of speaking with Tim Unti, Senior Enterprise Account Executive at ...
Read More Vehicle Purchasing – China, Corona Virus
Fred Heegan reports that North American based Automotive Purchasing Managers and Directors all have quickly ...
Read More Dry Ice Blasting
Jamie Thompson, owner of Excel Dry Ice Blasting, shared some interesting insight with Dan Ramon ...
Read More Vehicles – Detroit is becoming the Silicon Valley of the Midwest
Stacey Bernson had an interesting discussion with Robert Wolf, Global Program Manager with Aptiv recently ...
Read More Manufacturing – Pick by Light Systems
Mihir Patel shared some interesting thoughts with Matt Hannah during a recent conversation regarding the ...
Read More Software Sector – Importance of Continuously Improving Skills
Samson Kakos had the pleasure of speaking with Don Wilde, Principal Engineer at Star Drive ...
Read More Vehicle Electronics – Connectors
Susan Perris recently spoke with Greg Pratt, a 25 year veteran in the connector space, ...
Read More Vehicle OEM Sales – Strategy
Stacey Bernson had a nice conversation with Mark Spindler, Vice President of Sales KERN-LIEBERS regarding ...
Read More Consumer Electronics – Piezoelectric applications in Active Noise Cancellation
Brendan Moriarty recently connected with Suraj Raval Graduate Research Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Department ...
Read More Industrial Manufacturing – Industrial Magnets
Justin Misaras had a nice conversation with Kevin Beckerdite, Product Manager with Walker Magnetics Group. ...
Read More Vehicles – Actuators
Susan Perris has some interesting insight to share from the “Markets and Markets” report in ...
Read More Manufacturing Insight – High Precision Manufacturing
Justin Misaras had a nice conversation with David Eizelman, most recently the President of KYOCERA ...
Read More Advances in Commercial Vehicle Technology – Camera Systems and Steering Aids
Matt Hannah had a nice conversation with Jaimit Aggarwal of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC ...
Read More Industrial Manufacturing – Safety
Denny Doyle, QSSP, National Sales Manager with Edge Eyewear, shared some interesting insight with Dan ...
Read More Electronics – The Drive for Innovation in Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
Brendan Moriarty had a nice conversation with Steve Stanley of Sateco Group regarding precision silicone ...
Read More Vehicle Electronics – ADAS
Susan Perris had a nice conversation with Tameru Addis, a hardware engineer with ZF Group ...
Read More USA Manufacturing – Industry Insight
Brian Krebs with Vallen, offered some excellent insight regarding their place in the manufacturing world. ...
Read More Machine Tools – Market Insight
Justin Misaras had the pleasure of speaking with Arnold Latzke, National Sales Manager with Pioneer ...
Read More Vehicles – EVs and HEVs
Derek Ochodnicky with KERN-LIEBERS shared some interesting insight with Stacey Bernson Bernson regarding the disruption ...
Read More Safety – Gloves
Dan Ramón had a nice conversation with Joe Geng, Vice President with Superior Glove regarding ...
Read More PPG Industries – A Prominent Global Manufacturing Company
A company that is well positioned for the future is PPG Industries. Matt Kinsinger shared ...
Read More Data Analytic Methods – Gage R&R
Avinash Malavalli shared some interesting insight with Matt Hannah regarding Data Analytic Methods that help ...
Read More Manufacturing – Global Supply Chain Discussion with John Begg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD8MYHaIiys Jim Guerrera discussion with John Begg, Director of a Global Supply Chain organization. John ...
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