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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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  2. Bamboozled into a Manufacturing Career with Laura Marasco, West-Conn Tool

Bamboozled into a Manufacturing Career with Laura Marasco, West-Conn Tool

Sep 6, 2022

Laura Marasco took a winding path of leadership roles in finance that prepared her, brilliantly, but unwittingly, for a great career in Manufacturing! Listen as she tells Ari her story of going from banking to West-Conn Tool and how all her experiences lined up perfectly to bring her to her current CEO role (a role she took over from her husband, Dave).

 

Without batting an eye, Laura has helped navigate West-Conn Tool from ISO 9000 certification, through a new ERP system, and then on to high-tech additive manufacturing.

 

Laura's favorite business books:

Infinite Game, Simon Sinek

Principles, Ray Dalio

 

Company Website: https://www.westconntool.com/

Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/west-conn-tool-and-die-inc/

Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestConnTool/

Company YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLaoVnybs7hHMkmccHsldoQ

Laura's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-marasco-45704915/

 

 

Ari Santiago, CEO, CompassMSP

Company Website: https://compassmsp.com/

Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MadeinAmericaPodcast

Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/made-in-america-podcast-with-ari

Company YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/MadeinAmericaPodcastwithAri

Ari's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asantiago104/

 

Podcast produced by Miceli Productions: https://miceliproductions.com/

 

Ari and Laura discuss:

Recruitment

The state apprenticeship program

Mentoring

New business

Building a website

Additive manufacturing

Diversification

Supply chain

Peer groups and association membership

Additive manufacturing

Industry 4.0

Digital transformation

ERP

ISO Certification