#55 – Howard Silverstein: Sometimes it just Clix

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• Likes to drink a black and tan
• Tonight, opening a bottle of 18 year old Macallan
• Has a mechanical mind but is not handy with tools.
• Likes to keep it simple.
• “Yes if…” not “No because…”
• The business card holder he worked on.
• They invented “Clix” to fill boats with gas without spilling.
  • It’s more than just a funnel.
• For some reasons boat openings are different from cars.
• Also applies to construction vehicles and more.
• “The day you stop learning is the day you start dying.”
• Won Innovation Award of the year at International Boat Builder’s Exposition.
  • All attendees were happy to see them win.
• Never say no. Compromise? Maybe.
• Three rules
  • Trust no one.
  • If you think you are perfect, you are not.
  • If when you do your job, you’re not making the next person’s job easier, you’re not doing your job.
• He is a gamer. Likes Project: Gorgon
• Would enjoy living in Israel or Ireland.

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Hat tip to Joseph McDade for free use of his music "Mirrors".

#54 – Naeem Turner-Bandele: His plan is electrifying

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• Likes to drink Ginjinha, a Portuguese cherry liqueur
• Wanted to be a professional soccer player.
• Moved to Brazil and discovered power outages were frequent.
• Then he got a serious concussion and pivoted to wanting to start an energy technology company.
• From no interest in engineering to getting a PhD.
• He is known for being a man with a plan
• Dissertation topic was integrating renewables into the electric grid
• His company, Latimer Enterprise, is named for Lewis Howard Latimer
• About lights bulbs not lasting a long time: it was called the Phoebus cartel.
• The power industry treats customers as load, not as a customer.
  • He works with the customers as customers and people.
• Naeem ran track in addition to soccer.
• 200/400 double vs 400/800 double in track
• Renewables are a challenge to the grid but the big issue is still storage.
• Get an energy audit! Naeem can help.
• Naeem is a big movie fan.
• Recommends the movie “Sinners” – vampires in the Jim Crow south
• Naeem loves “Citizen Kane”. Bert – not so much.

Naeem’s company and email: www.LatimerEnt.com, naeem@latimerent.com

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Hat tip to Joseph McDade for free use of his music "Mirrors".

#B5 – Josh Weaver: Engineers/Christmas

• Josh is Bert’s nephew for this Christmas themed podcast
• Josh is drinking a Bell’s Lighthearted IPA.
• Bert is enjoying a Bailey’s Irish Cream.
• One semester as a computer science major.
• A few years as a commercial painter but did not see it as a long term thing.
• Started working for his step-father’s manufacturing company.
• Forgive the dog sneaky toy in the background.
• Josh “sequestered” the dog and the toy.
• Works for Oster Manufacturing.
  • They make pipe threading equipment, not toasters.
• Josh helped out a woman who sent them her can opener.
• He spent about 15 minutes at Mt. Rushmore.
• His wife makes an awesome cheesecake.
• The Poochie story – Uschold family lore.
• Josh enjoys rock crawler radio control cars.
• He loves the classical Christmas songs and versions.

Bert hates Neal Diamond Christmas songs