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Industry Ignited Podcast

Leeanne Aguilar, Ph.D.

Industry Ignited is a platform for bold conversations with leaders who are transforming the way business gets done. Each episode spotlights breakthrough stories from the industrial, manufacturing, biotech, chemical, and B2B sectors, giving you an inside look at how top executives, innovators, and changemakers tackle real-world challenges and drive meaningful growth.Hosted by Dr. Leeanne Aguilar—entrepreneur, executive coach, and marketing strategist—Industry Ignited goes beyond surface-level

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41:03

The Untold Story Behind Aerospace Innovation | Ep. 81...

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2026/04/25

Damien’s journey is anything but ordinary. After losing his father, he stepped into leadership with little experience in the industry and a promise to keep the business alive. Today, he leads a company at the forefront of aerospace innovation, turning simple mechanical parts into smart, connected technologies. In this conversation, he opens up about overcoming rejection, scaling from scratch, betting big during COVID, and building a culture that drives performance. If you're an entrepreneur, ...

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33:08

How Manufacturing Can Rebuild the Economy | Ep. 80...

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2026/04/23

The future of work is being rebuilt right now and manufacturing is at the center of it. In this episode, Connie Gunther shares how emerging technologies like AI are transforming workforce training, accelerating certification, and helping companies scale faster than ever before. But technology alone isn’t the answer. True transformation comes from aligning industry, education, and community in a way that creates real career pathways. Drawing on years of experience across global industries, Con...

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43:49

Why Bigger Wind Turbines Aren’t Always Better | Ep....

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2026/04/21

In this episode of Industry Ignited, we challenge one of the biggest assumptions in renewable energy: that bigger is always better. Host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar speaks with Frank Gagnon of Wind-Do Energy about a new model for wind power, mid-scale turbines designed to work in networks, not just massive standalone farms. Frank shares how his industrial engineering mindset led him to rethink wind technology from the ground up, focusing on cost efficiency, manufacturability, and real-world deploymen...

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32:27

The Chip That Makes Devices 10x More Efficient | Ep....

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2026/04/14

In this conversation, we break down the technology behind a revolutionary GPS chip designed to overcome the limitations of traditional RF systems. By digitizing up to 90% of the radio frequency architecture, Tom Trill and his team have created a solution that dramatically improves efficiency, scalability, and cost. This shift allows devices to achieve high-performance positioning and timing while using significantly less power, opening the door for innovation across industries that rely on co...

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50:45

How One Decision Changed His Entire Life | Ep. 77...

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2026/04/07

What would make someone walk away from a secure, prestigious career path and risk everything to build something from scratch? In this episode of Industry Ignited, Lindsay Gorrill shares the pivotal moment that changed the course of his life. On track to become a partner at KPMG, he made a decision most people wouldn’t: he chose uncertainty over security. What followed was a journey filled with failure, high-stakes risk, global expansion, and ultimately, massive success. From losing nearly all...

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43:31

Why Cheap Refrigeration Costs More in the Long Run |...

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2026/04/01

In this episode of Industry Ignited, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Marcos Pordeus de Paula, CEO of Frigo King and Power Mobile, to explore what truly drives competitive advantage in transport refrigeration. While many companies compete on price, Marcos shares why Frigo King chose a different path, focusing on uptime, durability, service, and real-time data to deliver long-term value for customers. From its beginnings as a small family-run operation to expanding across 28 countries, Frigo...

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52:26

How Great Leaders Turn Engineering Into Growth | Ep....

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2026/03/28

What separates leaders who simply manage engineering from those who turn it into a true engine for growth, margin, and shareholder value? In this episode of Industry Ignited, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Bill Kleftis, CEO of Spartan Consulting Solutions, to unpack the real-world leadership lessons behind building high-performing engineering organizations. With experience spanning HVAC, medical devices, rail, and beyond, Bill shares how he scaled global teams, led over 60 major product l...

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49:02

Innovation Is Not Enough: How to Turn Ideas Into...

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2026/03/17

Why do so many brilliant innovations fail? Often it’s not the technology, it’s the lack of a clear path to commercialization. In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Nigel Marc Roberts, CEO of GraphMarine, to discuss the real reason great ideas struggle to become profitable businesses. With experience leading 23 technology commercialization journeys, Nigel shares hard-earned lessons about why innovators often get trapped in their own ideas, how startups ca...

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49:10

How to Modernize Defense Manufacturing Faster | Ep....

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2026/03/10

What if the biggest barrier to faster, safer, and more cost-effective defense manufacturing isn’t technology, but the path to deploying it? In this episode of Industry Ignited, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Dr. Dean Bartles, President & CEO of the Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group (MTDG), to discuss how innovation actually reaches defense manufacturing. With over 30 years of experience across General Dynamics, innovation institutes, and national manufacturing initiatives, Dea...

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45:35

The Human Skills AI Can’t Replace | Ep. 72 [David...

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2026/03/06

As AI accelerates and the pace of change intensifies, the biggest question facing organizations today is this: what human skills will determine who thrives and who struggles in the future of work? In this episode of Industry Ignited, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with David Powell, co-founder of The Golden Thread, to explore the people skills that technology cannot replace. Drawing from more than 30 years of experience working with organizations across five continents, David shares the patter...

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39:49

The Renewable Revolution Has a Supply Problem | Ep....

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2026/03/03

Clean energy has a supply problem and almost no one is talking about it. As governments push electrification and AI drives power demand higher than ever, the materials required to build batteries and upgrade the grid remain concentrated in the hands of geopolitical competitors. Mike Reilly breaks down why lithium extraction, synthetic graphite, and critical mineral processing are the real battlegrounds of the energy transition. He challenges popular narratives around recycling, explains why c...

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49:33

Why Failure Makes Better Engineers | Ep. 70 [Dr....

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2026/02/24

What does it really take to become a great aerospace engineer? In this episode of Industry Ignited, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar speaks with Dr. Rashid Ali, aerospace educator, UAV designer, and flight control expert, about the mindset that separates competent engineers from transformational ones. From childhood fascination with flight to rebuilding confidence after a glider crash, Dr. Ali shares how failure, discipline, and intellectual humility shape engineering judgment. He explains why perfection ...

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44:02

Why Delayed Decisions Cost You Millions | Ep. 69...

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2026/02/19

What separates high-performing manufacturing leaders from everyone else? It’s not just automation, AI, or bigger facilities. It’s the ability to build disciplined systems, develop strong teams, and make decisive moves under pressure. In this episode of Industry Ignited, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar speaks with Meher Billimoria, a manufacturing leader with over 27 years of experience spanning enterprise leadership, entrepreneurship, consulting, and large-scale operational expansion. From launching earl...

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Luxury Design Without the Designer Fees | Ep. 68...

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2026/02/17

In this episode of Industry Ignited, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Salman A. Rahman, Chief Technology Officer of Decorate AI, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the $290 billion interior design industry. Salman shares how his background in technology and textiles led to the creation of Decorate AI, a platform built to eliminate guesswork, reduce costly design mistakes, and give users the confidence to make decorating decisions before spending a single dollar. Instead ...

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36:26

Your Device Works… So Why Won’t Anyone Buy It? | Ep....

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2026/02/12

In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Lisa Voronkova, CEO of Ova Solutions and author of Hardware Bible: Build a Medical Device from Scratch, to unpack the real reasons medical devices fail, not in the lab, but in the real world. Lisa shares hard-earned lessons from her own founder journey, including the classic trap of building around “cool tech” instead of solving a real clinical and commercial problem. Together, they explore what founders consistently...

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29:47

Building Hydrogen Fueling Stations: Cost, Safety and...

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2026/02/10

Hydrogen is often talked about as the fuel of the future, but what does it actually look like in practice? In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Salim Rahemtulla, President and CEO of PowerTap Hydrogen Fuel Corp, to break down how hydrogen fuel cell vehicles work, where they make sense, and where they don’t. From 20-minute heavy-duty refueling to water-only tailpipe emissions, this conversation cuts through the noise and gets into real-world infrastructu...

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53:53

Why Lighter Ammo Can Hit Harder Than Heavier Bullets...

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2026/02/06

What if the most misunderstood part of a product category isn’t the product people obsess over, but the one that actually determines performance? In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Gary Ramey, CEO of Liberty Ammunition, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership, brand strategy, innovation and what it takes to grow in highly regulated, high-stakes industries. Gary shares his unusual career arc, from classic CPG brand leadership to building major re...

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35:01

The Secret to Making Aortic Surgery Safer: Inside...

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2026/02/02

What does it really take to turn breakthrough medical innovation into real-world impact when lives are on the line and the system isn’t built for speed? In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Joseph Rafferty, CEO of Vestec, a seasoned medtech leader who has spent decades operating at the intersection of innovation, commercialization, and clinical reality. Joseph shares his unconventional journey from journalism to medtech, revealing how curiosity, deep li...

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57:53

Innovation in Medicine: Solving Problems No One Else...

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2026/01/28

What does it take to turn an idea into a life-changing medical device? Peter Bonutti, MD explains how mentorship, curiosity and patient-driven innovation led to over 500 patents and 700 licensed products. Learn the importance of persistence, problem-solving, and ethical innovation in medicine. Discover how Peter Bonutti is pushing the limits of medicine. From early orthopedic innovations to opening the blood-brain barrier for neurorestoration, he shares his vision for safer, patie...

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31:55

Giving Cancer Survivors Back Their Freedom: Sub-Q...

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2026/01/28

In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Jordan Pollack, CEO and co-founder of Sub-Q Bionics, to explore breakthrough innovations in medtech that are transforming the lives of cancer survivors. Jordan, a biomedical engineer and medical device entrepreneur, shares his journey from Boston Scientific to founding SubQ Bionics, a company developing implantable bionic solutions for lymphedema, a chronic and often overlooked condition affecting millions worldwide....

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