The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast 6o552p

This week we have guest David Hirschfield, a veteran software developer and AI expert, to discuss his career and insights on technology evolution. David shares his journey from studying physics to excelling in sales and eventually founding a successful software company, which he sold in 2000. He explains the rise and fall of IEF, a tool for enterprise software development in the late 80s and 90s, and how outdated systems still impact industries like car rentals today. The conversation shifts to modern innovations like AI and alternative rental models like Turo, which offers a more seamless customer experience.   Number one tip: If you are a startup, trust yourself but don’t believe in it. If you aren’t sure how to speak to AI, ask it how you should use it.   info: Website tekyz.com [email protected]   Click on info page, heard you on the podcast Email [email protected]   https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Mitchell Eaton is the Director of Product at Prototek. Prototek bought out his original company, which was an open marketplace manufacturing platform.   We discussed his history of starting his company, the buyout and how Prototek operates. Then we discussed how AI is involved in all of this.   Number one tip: Don’t be afraid to try something new.   info: IQ.prototek.com Linkedin [email protected]   https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Emma Schermer Tamir is the CEO and co-founder of Marketing by Emma, a top-rated e-commerce and Amazon copywriting firm that has worked with many of the top 100 Amazon best-sellers and DTC brands   We discussed the importance of copywriting, content marketing, and keyword research. Number one tip: Find what makes you different and find that group that is underserved and put your effort there Rather than go broad, go specific   info: Youtube Website marketingbyemma.com   https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Wael is the Chief Technology and Product Officer at Imprint, a fast-growing FinTech company that partners with leading brands to launch co-branded credit cards. If you ever wondered about the details on credit cards and why companies like Walmart and Amazon create their own card, then you need to listen to this podcast. Number one tip: Act like an owner with your work   info: imprint.co [email protected]   https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]  

Greg is a Civil Engineer based in Canada. Following in his family's footsteps of entrepreneurship, heventured away from a traditional engineering careerto working in a hybrid capacity as both anengineer and entrepreneur.  He has found his footing by living with a foot in each world! Now he owns a coffee business and does civil engineering consulting. Number one tip: Talk to people. He doesn’t mean networking events, just talk to random people. info: Coffee Website https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]    

Leo Zhang is a staff engineer with Amplitude. Amplitude is a digital analytics product that allows you to see how your customers drop off on your website. Number one tip: For people who want to get into software engineering, go make your own website and use amplitude to see how s are using your website.   info: www.amplitude.com   https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Clint is a mechanical engineer and recently wrote a book called “The Global Engineer: How to Use the Essence of Engineering to be an Engineer of International Ability” Our conversation was about how to work effectively with engineers from different countries.  For example, Australian automotive engineers tend to work on a shoe string budget.  Number one tip: To realize how we got to now. Meaning, technology evolves based on previous technology.    info: Linkedin Website https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Jonathan is a Biologist by Education and a process and mechanical engineer by training and is a second generation inventor of a revolutionary waste to energy process that can convert all carbon-based waste, simultaneously in a wet and mixed stream into clean burning, carbon-neutral fuels, biochar, and organic fertilizers with no waste streams or byproducts, in an environmentally positive way. His company uses heat, pressure and time in a patented process to safely convert waste into simple carbon chains. Number one tip: Just cant give up, if you truly believe in what you are doing   info: Website www.Edenenergy.co Personal s Instagram: JonathaAppel13 Twitter/X: JonathanAppel13   Company s Website: www.Edenenergy.co Instagram: EdenEnergySolutions Twitter/X: EdenEnergyX  

Engineer to Financial Planner – Ryan Sullivan– ep 148 Starting his career as a mechanical engineer, Ryan built an engineering department from the ground up. In just five years, he built the department into a formidable team of 11 professionals, generating an annual revenue exceeding $1 million. This journey uncovered Ryan's true ion for finance and investing, which led him to starting his financial planning firm. Number one tip: Put your finances on autopilot. info: Obpfinancial.com Linkedin https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur   The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected].

Investing with Real Estate Syndicates – Dr. Allen Lomax– ep 147  Dr. Allen, a seasoned leader with a Ph.D. in Organizational Systems Psychology. He has over three decades of experience. He underwent a transformative shift after years of working with horses and realizing the power of quiet mindfulness for personal and organizational growth. With expertise in college student development and psychology, he found fulfillment in academia while securing financial stability through real estate investing. Driven by a ion to empower others financially, he founded Steed Talker Capital and hosts the podcast Real Estate Investing Abundance, aiming to help leaders achieve abundance in all aspects of life.  Most of our conversation focused on investing in large real estate deals through syndicates.   Find a place that’s a quiet plate to find peace of mind to let your ideas come to surface.  To invent and design, you don’t need to put yourself under pressure.  info:  www.Steedtalker.com 

How to be a Great Leader – Darby Vannier – Ep 146 Darby Vannier has over 20 years of experience as a seasoned leader adept at building and growing organizations. As a president & CEO of an indispensable leadership group, he excels as an executive coach, consultant,  and speaker. Number one tip: Just understand that you are probably having a bigger impact on people than you realized both from a positive and a negative, so you have to be careful. You have to correct those mistakes otherwise you could change them for the worst. info: Beindispensible.com LinkedIn ... The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, president of CADdesignhelp.com.    You can reach me at [email protected].    You can it here on iTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-engineering-entrepreneur-podcast/id1141757951    Or directly on my site at CADdesignhelp.com    Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @caddesignhelp    Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@caddesignhelp    Thanks,   Scott Tarcy 

Francis is an Engineering Leadership Coach who helps CTOs and VPs of Engineering at scaling tech startups nurture amazing work cultures and high-performance teams that build products and services that delight their customers.  Number one tip:  If you are a staff engineer or have technical position: whenever are acting with someone they are a human too, you will have more empathy.    info:  Francis Lacoste - The VPE Coach  LinkedIn  Career Clarity Checklist  ... The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com.    You can reach me at [email protected].     You can it here on iTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-engineering-entrepreneur-podcast/id1141757951     Or directly on my site at CADdesignhelp.com     Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @caddesignhelp      Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@caddesignhelp     Thanks,   Scott Tarcy   

Dan Simpkins is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the two founding partners of Dwellwell Analytics, Inc. The company has developed an IoT SaaS product that helps protect residential real estate assets by identifying maintenance issues before they become costly and disruptive  Dan’s company Hillcrest created the original 3D mouse for smart TV’s. He went from there to his new company Dwellwell which makes diagnostic sensors for homes.     Number One Tip:  Don’t let convention wisdom get you down, like “that’s a crazy idea”. The 10 laws of the entrepreneur. You have to go over the line to see the line. Early on, an entrepreneur should seek mentors.   Info:  Linkedin: Dan Simpkins  https://dwellwell.ai/  ... The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]. You can it here on iTunes: Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast Or directly on my site at CADdesignhelp.com Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @caddesignhelp Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel.   Thanks, Scott Tarcy

Innovative Insoles and Shoe Inserts – Tom Smooth, Jr. – Ep 143 Tom founded Lift and Shift Foundation and most recently Project Biotech that aim to improve the lives of others. He's also a graduate student and a former army veteran with a personal story of resilience. The Lift and Shift foundation is a non-profit who help veterans shift from military to civilian life through science and technology.  Project Biotech is a business that makes custom Orthotics and targeted nutrition plans to fight foot pain and diabetic symptoms. Number One Tip: You can’t do everything yourself and don’t be afraid to ask for help. Information: https://www.weliftandshift.org https://projectbiotech.co .. The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Jessie is the co-founder and CEO of KittyCAD. KittyCAD is a new CAD software that will have both your normal graphical interface but also the ability to code directly.  This solves a common problem in CAD of both slow workflow and having to fix failed features, like fillets. I have been there many times!  Make sure to check out this episode. I can wait for Jessie and her team to finish the product. Number One Tip: Do what you love. Information: https://twitter.com/jessfraz Kittycad.io The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Greg’s background is in medicine, but he has been ionate about wine since his first sip of a vintage wine in Napa at age 16. He received his Master of Science in Medical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I’m not a wine guy, but the history of why wine is bottled in glass and the size of the bottle is interesting. We discuss all of that and why Coravin solves many of the problems of storing wine after it has been opened.   Number One Tip: The best inventions come from meeting an unmet need. And you need to know whether you want to be an inventor or an entrepreneur.    Information: DM him on X and Instagram: Gregatcoravin The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected].

Latest Technology News – David Mantey – Ep 140 David is the Editorial Director of Digital Media at Industrial Media, a publishing company that owns some of the most recognized websites in the manufacturing industry. These include Industrial Equipment News, Manufacturing Business Technology, Manufacturing.net, and Food Manufacturing.   David has an interesting job, and we talk about how he got started, how he finds out about the latest news, and some good stories he’s written. Top Tip: Focus on constant improvement Information: David Mantey    Editorial Director, Digital Media Today in Manufacturing podcast: https://www.ien.com/podcast  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mantey/  Design & Development Today: https://www.designdevelopmenttoday.com/  Twitter: @djamesmanny The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected].

Particle41 – Ben Johnson – Ep 139 Ben is the CEO & Founder of Particle41, a development firm providing businesses with integral on application development, data science, and DevOps projects.    I learned some new things in this episode. Devops is platform engineering. For example, his team created a training program on the Oculus headset. The training program was for safety training for operating a forklift.  We discussed raising capital. Start with angel investors in your community.  Lastly, we discussed personal productivity and AI. Top Tip: Just get up and do it.   info: [email protected]

Pam Hurley is founder and president of Hurley Write, Inc. She helps corporations fix the writing problems that are costing them time & money. Everyone must write papers in high school and college (write 10 pages on subject X) but in the real world this is not how it works. In the business world, the importance of writing is clear communication. For example, I write SOP’s (standard operating procedures) for most processes in my business. This makes it easy to train a new employee.  Number one tip: Plan for good writing. info: Pam Hurley, PhD President 910-233-7670 Hurley Write, Inc. www.hurleywrite.com https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]

Brian Kobus is the southeast Business Development Manager for Universal Robots based out of Charlotte, NC. I personally met Brian during a demonstration he was running with a robot. He showed us a simple pick and place example of the robot moving a block from one area to another The UR robot is easy to program. No code is needed. When it comes to repetitive tasks, getting a robot can pay for itself very quickly. In addition to labor savings, robots do not need bathroom breaks, time off and do not make mistakes. Number one tip Don’t be intimidated by robotics, once you learn it the next project will be a lot easier : [email protected] https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/engineeringentrepreneur The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast is produced by Scott Tarcy, President of CADdesignhelp.com. You can reach me at [email protected]