Experience Milwaukee
Experience Milwaukee highlights the people, places, and events that make Milwaukee amazing. Hosts Steve and Adam, two guys taking on MKE and sharing every experience over a few beers, keep things light and humorous (opinions are our own).
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3 million cell phones end up in the ocean every day. Meet the guy working to stop that. (opens the original)
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This article is the launch of a new paid partnership: Recycled by Digital Bridge . As part of this program, from time to time, I’ll highlight the important work happening at Digital Bridge, Milwaukee’s e-waste recycler. I’ll also “recycle” tech articles from the past. Because good stories deserve a second life, too! For this article, I interviewed Michael Regione , VP of sales and marketing at Digital Bridge. Digital Bridge was founded by Jeff Hanson who started refurbishing laptops from the cam
Indiana found their unfair advantage 50 years ago and just published a plan for the next 25. Hey, Milwaukee, what’s our unfair tech advantage? (opens the original)
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For this story, Steve interviewed Jeff Hintz , Executive Director of Sports Tech HQ in Indiana and VP of Innovation at Indiana Sports Corp . The organization Jeff leads, Sports Tech HQ, works to make Indiana a global hub for sports technology. A native of Indianapolis, Jeff has spent his career focused on what sports can do for a community. He’s a convener and connector, helping sports tech founders relocate, scale, and grow in Indiana. Steve and Jeff talk about how cities find their unfair tech
What keeps Wisconsin manufacturers up at night, and some moving out of state, might not be what you think. (opens the original)
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Kurt Bauer, CEO of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, representing 3,800 businesses across the state, explains more. Kurt shares how tech plays out, or not, in the 90% of Wisconsin manufacturers with 100 employees or less. Hint: it’s not about the money. He also talks about the “dark factory” but that robots and automation still aren’t solving manufacturing’s biggest problem. Every manufacturing job creates four others. Kurt makes a strong case that what keeps Wisconsin manufacturers up at ni
Husco CEO Austin Ramirez: "We're at the Beginning of a Manufacturing Renaissance!" (opens the original)
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From robots and vision systems to addressing Milwaukee's severe education gap, Austin believes we can (and should) keep talent from running to the coasts. The quick snapshot of my conversation with Austin: Husco’s nearly 500 degreed engineers design the guts of machines the world’s best-known brands put into the world. There’s a staggering amount of data his company collects and doesn’t yet use. The number he threw out surprised me, and it’s exactly why he thinks a US manufacturing renaissance i
BMO's AI Chief Kristin Milchanowski Has One Word for Anyone Afraid of Being Left Behind by AI. (opens the original)
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Kristin’s quick bio: Kristin Milchanowski, PhD is Chief AI and Quantum Officer at BMO Financial Group leads BMO’s AI, data, and analytics strategy, with 20+ years in the field and past roles at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and EY. Author of Return on Intelligence , a 43-principle playbook for scaling AI responsibly so small businesses aren’t left behind. Oxford AI fellow with a PhD in Decision Sciences and, off the clock, a licensed race car driver and former Lamborghini board member. Connect with
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