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TechVibe Pittsburgh

Jonathan Kersting

Curious about Pittsburgh"s growing technology and innovation industry and the opportunities it has for you? This podcast gives you a front-row seat to the companies, people, and institutions that are making Pittsburgh"s tech industry thrive. Discover the newest tech startups emerging from Pittsburgh; Meet dynamic entrepreneurs driving innovation and creating a rich landscape for tech company growth; and Stay on top of the latest trends from recognized industry experts and thought leaders. Audrey

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18:32

RIDC's Don Smith: Building Pittsburgh's Tech &...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/10/02

What do a shared-use SCIF, autonomous driving test track and one of Pittsburgh's top advanced manufscturers have in common? They are all currently under the wing of the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC). Jonathan Kersting sits down with Don Smith of the RIDC for a wide-ranging update on the projects reshaping Pittsburgh's tech and manufacturing landscape. At Mill 19 on Hazelwood Green, RIDC is building a $10 million shared-use SCIF — a hyper-secure facility where companies can

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18:54

The Power of Partnership: How RedChair Pittsburgh...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/09/30

What can happen when one person gives you the encouragement to take the next step? For Geeta Tahiliani, a simple connection to RedChair Pittsburgh helped change the trajectory of her career and eventually inspired her to help other women find their own path forward. TechVibe Radio sits down with Kelly Fetick, Geeta Tahiliani and Sunnie Fenk for a conversation about the power of mentorship, community and creating opportunities for women in technology. Geeta shares her journey from discovering

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10:39

Pittsburgh Builds Tomorrow: Pittsburgh Is Getting a...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/09/29

Pittsburgh is getting a quantum computer. But what exactly does that mean, how does quantum computing work, and why is Pittsburgh one of the places helping push this strange and potentially transformative technology forward? In the debut episode of Pittsburgh Builds Tomorrow, TechVibe's Jonathan Kersting takes a decidedly non-physicist trip into the world of qubits, quantum entanglement, superposition and computers that operate at temperatures colder than outer space. Along the way, University of

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26:04

Building the Pittsburgh-to-Morgantown Tech Corridor

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/09/28

What if Pittsburgh and West Virginia stopped thinking like neighboring regions and started acting like one connected technology corridor? TechVibe Radio goes back to West Virginia with Melissa McKenna of Trilogy Innovations and Bill Walker of West Virginia University for a wide-ranging conversation about the innovation, research and economic opportunities taking shape from Pittsburgh to Morgantown, Bridgeport and beyond. The discussion uncovers some remarkable work already underway, including WVU

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22:01

How Titan Robotics' Autonomous Systems Handle the...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/09/27

Stuart Lawrence, founder and CEO of Titan Robotics, joins Jonathan Kersting and Audrey Russo from the Huntington Bank Studios to share the remarkable story behind his Pittsburgh-based robotics company. What started as a Carnegie Mellon / Air Force Research Lab project to strip paint off fighter jets with high-powered lasers became a 14-year journey of grit, pivots, and breakthroughs. Stuart walks us through: The origin story: How a torpedo defense engineer turned robotics builder landed at

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22:01

Inside Pittsburgh's New Quantum Computer

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/09/20

Quantum computing has spent years being described as the technology that's always 10 years away. In Pittsburgh, that future is getting a lot closer. University of Pittsburgh Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Rob Rutenbar joins Pittsburgh Technology Council President and CEO Audrey Russo to unpack the quantum computer headed to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center through funding from the National Science Foundation. And don't worry if you can't tell a qubit from a Q-tip. Rutenbar starts with the

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27:58

Health Care Reinvented: Can Technology and AI Make...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/09/17

What if your health plan could spot that you need help before a missed appointment, medication gap or health issue turns into something much bigger? On this episode of Health Care Reinvented, hosts Jonathan Kersting and Audrey Russo talk with Judy Arrow, VP of Health Engagement at Highmark, and Matt Putilla, VP of Product Development at enGen, about how Highmark is combining technology, data and human expertise to make navigating health care easier and more personal. The goal sounds simple: meet

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20:59

Metal With a Mission: Ellwood Group's Anna Barensfeld...

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2026/09/14

What if the steel in your next flight's landing gear, the components in NASA's Artemis rocket, and even the "chopsticks" catching SpaceX rockets were all forged by a family-owned company in Western Pennsylvania? In this episode of AMP'd Pittsburgh, host Jonathan Kersting sits down with Anna Barensfeld, fifth-generation leader of Ellwood — a 115-year-old specialty metals and forgings company headquartered in Ellwood City, PA. Founded in 1910 by Anna's great-great-grandfather, Ellwood has evolved from

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22:18

The State Line Is Not an Innovation Line, Why...

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2026/09/14

What happens when two major West Virginia technology conferences join forces and invite Pittsburgh to the party? TechVibe Radio talks with Melissa McKenna of Trilogy Solutions and Bill Walker of West Virginia University about the October 28 Mountain State Cyber Summit and Tech Yeah conference in Morgantown, an event expected to bring together hundreds of leaders from industry, academia and government. And this isn't just another cybersecurity gathering. The conference stretches across four major

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22:01

Pittsburgh's Neya Systems Puts Autonomous Mining...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/09/13

Can a Pittsburgh robotics company really make massive mining trucks drive themselves — with no human behind the wheel? In this episode of Tech Vibe, Jonathan Kersting sits down with John Porter, Senior Robotics Engineer at Neya, to unpack how this Pittsburgh-based off-road autonomy company is transforming one of the world's most rugged and dangerous industries: industrial mining. From ultra-class haul trucks with 15-foot-tall tires running fully autonomous load-haul-dump cycles at a production iron

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22:01

15 Years of Assemble: Building Pittsburgh's Next...

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2026/09/06

Nina Marie Barbuto, founder of Assemble in Pittsburgh's Garfield neighborhood, joins TechVibe this Sunday to celebrate 15 years of building community through arts, technology, and hands-on maker education. What started with a backpack and a bicycle has grown into an organization that has impacted over 107,000 people — including more than 30,000 youth — through STEM and STEAM programs rooted in culturally relevant, project-based learning. Nina shares the story of Assemble's evolution from an

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33:14

Empire of Lights: Powering and Cooling the AI Factory

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2026/08/31

How Do You Power and Cool an AI Data Center? The processors inside modern data centers are becoming more powerful, more dense and a whole lot hotter. Keeping them running requires an entirely new generation of power and cooling infrastructure. Chris Massetti of Donwil joins Empire of Lights to explain what happens between the electrical grid and the silicon, and why Donwil's mission-critical expertise has suddenly landed the company in the middle of one of the fastest-growing industries in the

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29:12

AI Beyond Chatbots: EY on Agents, ERP Transformation,...

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2026/08/31

Is AI more than just chatbots — and are you leaving serious business value on the table by thinking it isn't? Jonathan Kersting hosts TechVibe from the Pittsburgh Technology Council, sitting down with EY's Natalie Freedline and Aaron Rakes for a high-energy conversation about the real-world AI revolution happening right now in business. Why you should hit play: • The human side of AI — Why your people aren't being replaced, they're being redeployed, and the new skills every professional needs to

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34:44

Empire of Lights: The Concrete Behind the Cloud

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2026/08/30

What Does Precast Concrete Have to Do With the Data Center Boom? Turns out, quite a lot. Marshall Sorensen of Metromont joins Empire of Lights to take us deep into one of the most overlooked parts of the data center supply chain: the concrete structures that have to be designed, manufactured and assembled before a single server can go online. Hit play to learn how precast construction can dramatically accelerate data center projects, why eliminating a single structural column can create enormous

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22:01

SoftLedger Founder Ben Taylor on Building Fintech in...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/08/30

What happens when an accountant gets frustrated enough with clunky software to build something better? You get SoftLedger. This week on TechVibe, we sit down with co-founder Ben Taylor to talk about how a problem he experienced firsthand turned into a growing fintech company. Ben and his co-founder started by sketching out ideas on printer paper. Then came the hard part: thousands of cold emails, plenty of rejection and the long process of winning that first customer. From there, SoftLedger steadily

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25:42

PaceSetters: How Woolpert Uses GIS + AI to Build...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/08/29

In this PaceSetters episode from the Pittsburgh Technology Council and TechVibe, host Jonathan Kersting talks with Jodie Gosselin of Woolpert, a geospatial-focused architecture and engineering firm founded in 1911, about Woolpert's growth in Pittsburgh following the Dawood Engineering acquisition and its global GIS organization. Gosselin explains what GIS (geographic information systems) is, how it adds geographic context to data, and how it's applied to real-world problems like indoor wayfinding

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21:48

Empire of Lights: Building Data Centers With the...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/08/29

Can Data Centers Earn the Trust of the Communities Where They're Built? Data centers are bringing billions of dollars in investment to Pennsylvania, but what does responsible development actually look like? On this episode of Empire of Lights, Brian Regli of Dynamo takes us inside the company's planned data center development in Springdale and explains why transparency, community engagement and accountability have to be part of the process from day one. Hit play to hear how Dynamo is approaching

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20:33

PaceSetters: How VSP Vision Uses AI, RPA & Eyefinity...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/08/28

In this TechVibe PaceSetters episode from Huntington Bank Studios, Jonathan Kersting talks with VSP Vision leaders Emily Traupman and Kathleen (Kat) Lovett about how VSP—one of the nation's largest eye healthcare providers serving 80+ million members with 42,000+ private practice doctors and 700+ retail locations—uses technology to expand access to care and improve efficiency. Traupman shares how VSP applies UiPath robotic process automation and generative AI to automate repetitive work, testing,

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37:28

Empire of Lights: Turning Stranded Infrastructure...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/08/28

Could Pennsylvania's Industrial Past Become Its Data Center Advantage? Across Western Pennsylvania, former power plants, steel mills and industrial sites still contain valuable infrastructure that was built decades ago. Kenneth Birkenstock of Nittany Digital Infrastructure believes those assets could play an important role in the region's digital future. On this episode of Empire of Lights, Birkenstock explains the concept of stranded infrastructure and why reusing existing industrial sites can make

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28:05

PaceSetters: Matt Beale on 50 Years of Daedalus,...

TechVibe Pittsburgh ·

2026/08/27

Jonathan Kersting interviews Matt Beale of Daedalus on TechVibe's PaceSetter series about the Pittsburgh-based industrial design and product development firm's nearly 50-year history and evolving, multidisciplinary approach. Beale explains Daedalus' work across robotics, energy, healthcare, medical devices, and safety, and how the team shifted to include more engineers than designers as projects require full execution from concept to done. He recounts roots tied to Westinghouse-era companies and

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