#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

#53 – Stan Leong: Engineering Your Finances

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• Stan is a Buffalo Bills fan, like Bert.
• Electrical engineer from Cornell
• Likes how the simple things of electronics build into complex things.
• Was laid off the week after he bought his first house.
• Saw a financial job on Monster.com (remember that?)
• Got all his clients through cold calling
• So miserable his wife handing out resumes to engineering companies. 15:00
• After a rough start, he now loves his career- and is still using his engineering skills.
• Engineers are good with numbers, unless there is a dollar sign before them.
• Don’t own too much of your company stock.
• It is easy to buy stock, it is hard to sell it.
• Great book – “Millionaire Next Door”
• The threshold for an accredited investor hasn’t changed.
• Is active in ju-jitsu and it’s the hardest thing he has done.
• Right now he is cautiously optimistic about investing.

Stan’s book – www.engineeringyourfinancesbook.com

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#52 – Therese Miclot: The Engineer Whisperer

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• Drinking a Spotted Cow, available only in Wisconsin.
• Observed her mom who struggled with pad bosses.
• Got intrigued by the psychology of work.
• First job at a heavy engineering company – Rockwell
• Found leadership and communication skills lacking in engineers.
• But both are important even if you don’t want to go into management.
• “The Trusted Advisor” by Maister, Green, and Galford
• Engineer should look at changing habits as expanding their range.
• Dual career path options still exist for engineers.
• Business cards aren’t dead yet.
• Openness to receive feedback is a fuel for growth
• Peter principle is still in existence, commonly in fast growing companies.
• Therese gives the skill necessary to move into senior management.
• Steve Jobs was a good leader despite being a jerk, not because of it.
• Sometimes engineers need to be quiet
• Milwaukee is a great town and a lot of manufacturing
• Indianapolis is not bad either.
• Fun activities at the racetrack
• Daytona Speedway also has great activities.
• Work on human interactions to future proof yourself.
• Engineers are facilitators.

Therese’s website – www.ThereseMiclot.com

Therese’s book – The Facilitation Advantage

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Show Notes

#51 – James Kell: Seven continents without trying

• James lives on the beach in Bondi, Australia
• He could be a wedding crasher without making up occupations
• Likes to do fasting 36 – 72 hours
• Studied engineering in Germany but went into construction
• He eats Vegemite and teaches the secret of eating it.
• Australians also check to see if water swirls the other direction in the toilet when crossing the equator.
• Won an Australian Shark Tank contest.
• His construction company built Apple stores
• Scratchie app makes safety about reward and punishment
• McDonald’s stores in Australia are using it.
• He has been to all seven continents
• Three tips for Antarctica
  • Go at start of summer
  • Go to Ushuaia, Argentina with no ticket and get an open seat.
  • Go to South Georgia, Island
• We discuss Ernest Shackleton
• “South: The Endurance Expedition” by Ernest Shackleton
• “Adventure is just a lack of planning”
• Volunteer lifesaver
• Read Self Determination Theory by Richard Ryan and Edward Deci

James’s company - https://www.scratchie.com/

James’s email – james@scratchie.com

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Bonus Episode #4: Year 2 Jokes

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In this bonus episode all of the jokes from the second year of the podcast are compiled in one place. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

Enjoy!

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

#50 – Charles Gillis, P.E.: Engineering and art

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• Drinking a Start Line IPA in honor of his hometown, Hopkinton, where the Boston Marathon starts.
• His mom knew he would be an engineer long before he did.
• Has an interest in art, but isn’t an artist
• Artist and engineers both combine existing things in new and interesting ways.
• Worked controllable pitch propellors
• First job at Gillette.
• Everything is fascinating if you look at it close enough
• Bert gets corrected - Nypro was assembling Gillette, not Bic shavers.
• The mystery of razor blade profit margin.
• Has engineered several pieces of kinetic art around Boston.
• To be a PE or not to be a PE.
• Teaches GD&T – there is a big need for it – and related courses.
• Was able to wean off of Gillette before going fully into training
• Sometimes you should make your own datum.
• Likes to write in his spare time.

Charles' Company www. dynamicdesignconsulting.com

Charles blog www.thebasicdimension.com/

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