Manufacturing Influencers

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Sercan Esen

20.6K followers

Sercan Esen builds AI tools for workplace safety at Intenseye and works with manufacturing customers to understand safety challenges on the factory floor.

Mutembei Kariuki builds AI for small-business owners in Kenya through Auni.ai, a Fastagger product described as developed with the M-PESA Business App. Their posts also cover physical AI, manufacturing, and AI infrastructure.

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Marty Parker

12.9K followers

Marty Parker teaches supply chain students and connects classroom topics with industry through guest speakers, career activities, and discussions of manufacturing and product management.

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Jan Griffiths

11.6K followers

Jan Griffiths is a supply chain commentator, podcast co-host and event moderator. Drawing on a career in purchasing and automotive that Griffiths says spanned more than 35 years and included the C-suite, they speak about procurement, manufacturing, AI and the changes facing the automotive industry.

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Phil Atkinson

11.5K followers

Phil Atkinson works with businesses to improve operational processes, especially the gaps between existing systems where spreadsheets, paper and manual tasks have become difficult to manage. At Targeted Agency, Phil builds small web applications to address those gaps, while recognizing that sometimes a better spreadsheet or a process change is the right solution.

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Jonathan Green

11.2K followers

Jonathan Green shares practical AI and automation work for businesses, including systems designed to reduce manual operations, and discusses AI’s role in manufacturing and supply chains.

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Haven Allen

10.2K followers

Haven Allen works with hardtech founders on commercializing physical technologies, focusing on the infrastructure, networks, and financing needed to build and scale manufacturing businesses. Their posts also cover U.S. reindustrialization and mHUB’s role in supporting hardtech companies.

Jonathan Walters writes and speaks about freight markets, logistics, manufacturing, and supply chains. Walters's LinkedIn posts also promote industry events, including events connected with the CSCMP Chicago Roundtable.

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Richard Ward

4.9K followers

Richard Ward works in marketing at AcroMat, creating educational content about industrial anti-fatigue mats, their applications, and workplace safety.

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Johnny Eaker

3.1K followers

Johnny Eaker focuses on using virtual reality to help manufacturers and trade schools recruit, onboard, and train workers. Posts describe immersive previews of real work environments and hands-on safety training.

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Carly Macmeikan

2.5K followers

Carly Macmeikan shares perspectives on AI, automation and supply chains, with a focus on manufacturing and defence industry. Carly Macmeikan's posts discuss how these technologies may support production, resilience and workers.

Mike Coutts writes about improving commercial operations at manufacturers, especially the CRM, ERP, pricing, quoting, and data processes that affect revenue and post-acquisition integration.

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Scotty Weeks

1.5K followers

Scotty Weeks works in metalworking and manufacturing. Weeks's posts draw on shop-floor experience to discuss tooling costs, manufacturing relationships, and trust between shops, distributors, and sales representatives. Weeks announced a move from Tungaloy-NTK America to Frederick’s Manufacturing.

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James Thrasher

1.1K followers

James Thrasher writes about manufacturing and metal fabrication, covering industry trends such as data-center demand and skilled-trades hiring. Thrasher's posts also connect those trends to digital sales tools that can make fabrication shops easier to buy from.

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Jeff Beacham

Jeff Beacham hosts Insights4Mfg, a podcast featuring conversations about UK manufacturing, technology, and the challenges facing manufacturers. Topics in the reviewed episodes include robotics, cybersecurity, collaboration, and business growth.

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Alan Maio

Alan Maio writes about the forces shaping America’s industrial economy, connecting topics such as energy, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing and critical minerals through Industry Exchange and the From the Ground Up newsletter.