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

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We are welcoming Cyndi Zoldy, Executive Director of MASC, back onto the Made in America podcast!

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