Made in America with Ari Santiago

Each week, Ari Santiago interviews a thriving manufacturing leader to share the positive messages around the industry with two goals:

1) To share best practices amongst manufacturing business leaders to help each other to grow and succeed

2) To spread the word that manufacturing is a growing part of our economy and offers exciting opportunities for incredible, well-paying careers

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Ari Santiago is the CEO of CompassMSP a Technology Managed Service Provider with offices from Miami to Milwaukee and down the eastern seaboard. He has a passion for the manufacturing industry and the incredible impact it makes on our economy.

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This podcast is brought to you by CompassMSP - www.compassmsp.com

Produced by Miceli Productions - www.miceliproductions.com

Made in America's 2 Year Anniversary: Sharing Lessons Learned and Career Success Stories

Jul 27, 2021

This week we are so excited to release our 2 year anniversary episode which celebrates the Made in America podcast and highlights some of our former podcast guests!

Over the past 2 years we have had over 100 guests on the show, who share their success stories and words of wisdom. Ari's last two questions are the ones...

Giving Students Pathways to Career Success with Jeff Wihbey, CTECS

Jul 20, 2021

This week we are featuring, Jeff Wihbey, Superintendent of Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS), on the Made in America podcast!

Jeff talks to Ari about his 23 year background in education as a teacher, department head, principal, and now superintendent. He details the endless opportunities CTECS...

Expanding Possibilities for Your Family Business and Entire Team with Molly Kellogg, Hubbard Hall

Jul 13, 2021

On this week's Made in America episode, we are featuring Molly Kellogg, President and CEO of Hubbard Hall, and her unique story about learning how to strategically run a generational family business!

Molly talks to Ari about the life lessons her father taught her and how she applied them to the specialty chemical...

Highlighting Connecticut's Great Manufacturing Organizations and Associations

Jul 6, 2021

In light of the shortened holiday week, we wanted to share a special highlight episode of the Made in America podcast. On this episode, Ari has pulled over a dozen clips from podcast guests talking about the great resources and opportunities that are out there in CT's manufacturing community.
We have incredible...

Is it Me or Is it You - A Focus on Talent, Performance, & People with Jay Forte, Light Metals Coloring

Jun 29, 2021

On this week's Made in America episode, we are featuring Jay Forte, Director of Finance and Human Capital from Light Metals Coloring!

Jay talks to Ari about his unique journey as a CPA to a corporate educator who wound up in manufacturing. He discusses how critical it is to focus on engaging your people, create...