The Art of Engineering
A podcast dedicated to some of the top engineers who share something in common: They’re all women. Hosted by Denise McIntosh, CEO of Custom Powder Systems, who knows the unique challenges women face in this industry. You’ll hear from women who have overcome the odds and grown to be some of the most respected in their fields.
Episodes
34 episodes
034 - Art of Engineering - Christa Myers
Christa Myers is a Senior Fellow in Aseptic and Sterile Products at CRB Group, and visits with Denise to talk about how having broad experiences helped her hone into her specialty. She speaks about the im...
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Episode 34
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28:50
033 - Art of Engineering - Cristina Mendonça
Cristina Mendonça is the Engineering Manager at Tekna in Ontario, Canada, and in this episode she tells Denise about her vast life experiences that brought her to where she is today. Including learning four languages, moving to Canada to take o...
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Episode 33
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25:32
032 - Art of Engineering - Beth Brock (return visit)
Beth Brock is the Technical Consulting Director at Environmental Resources Management. After spending 27 years at Eli Lilly, Beth has embarked on a new adventure while also looking forward to retirement in the...
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22:25
031- Art of Engineering - Brittany Lutz
Brittany Lutz is the Senior Research and Development Scientist in Nutraceuticals at Ortho Molecular Products. In this episode, she shares with Denise about how growing up tag-teaming with he...
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31:34
030 - Shannon Goodson
Shannon returns to The Art of Engineering in her new position as the Life Science Leader at The Design Group in St. Louis. Shannon and Denise discuss the book Everybody Matters, and how treating people like a family in the workplace improves cu...
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Episode 30
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27:07
029 - Art of Engineering - Tyler Courtney
In this episode, Denise is joined by Custom Powder’s Senior Vice President of Products, Scott Heffern, and Sales Executive Austin Hill speaking with Tyler Courtney, Pharmaceutical Account Manager at Cha...
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Episode 29
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35:41
028 - Zen Zen Yen
Denise visits with Zen Zen Yen, Head of Engineering at Bayer Supply Center in Germany. Denise caught up with Zen Zen at the ISPE Annual Meeting and ha...
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Episode 28
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17:58
Art of Engineering - Wally Funk
At the age of 21, M. Wallace “Wally” Funk was selected to be one of 13 women to train for space flight in 1959. By this time, she had been an experienced pilot for over 5 years. Wally’s love of aeronautics le...
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Episode 27
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20:43
Art of Engineering - Ann Rhodes
Ann Rhodes is the founder of People Ink and author of Built on Values: Creating an Enviable Culture that Outperfor...
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Episode 26
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26:36
025 - Art of Engineering - Women of CPS
Denise introduces us to several of the women who work at Custom Powder Systems. We learn what they do, how they started, and ideas from their point of view on how we can encourage and recruit more women into the industry.
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Episode 25
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35:39
024 - Art of Engineering - Pack Expo 2022
This roundtable discussion was recorded at the Pack Expo International in Chicago as Denise and her guests discuss how to encourage a more diverse workforce, and why that is so vital to business growth. These four experts will share tips on how...
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29:32
023 - Art of Engineering - Carson Riutta
Returning to the workforce after an absence doesn’t have to be scary. Carson Riutta learned that through networking and discovering that she already has more than enough skills and knowledge to jump in provide great value to a company.&nb...
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22:39
022 Art of Engineering - Guest: Jennie Taveras
Before she was 18, Jennie Tavares found herself in a new country, learning a new language and culture. By the time she was in college, she was excelling in engineering and had picked up a Brooklyn accent. In this episode, Denise talks with Jenn...
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40:40
021 - The Art of Engineering - Nicole Baird
Denise McIntosh talks about supply chain challenges facing Nicole Baird, the senior buyer at Aptar. Nicole shares how her ability to develop and maintain relationships has paid off whe...
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27:55
020 - ISPE Roundtable | The Art of Engineering
Denise visits with Lindsey Daniel and Jen Clark at the most recent ISPE conference in Boston. In this episode, you’ll learn how each of these women came to be a part of the organization, and how ISPE and Women in Pharma have greatly im...
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26:33
019 - Jill Miller
019 - Jill MillerGuest: Jill Miller, Founder and CEO of Below the Line Jill Miller’s journey ranges from an unlikely st...
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32:01
018 - Art of Engineering - Jen Clark
Guest: Jen Clark, Vice President, Sales and Account Management at CAIJen Clark came out of school with a degree in industrial engineering when she got an invite to her first <...
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Episode 18
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13:16
017 - The Art of Engineering - Amanda Wollnick
Guest: Amanda Wollnick, Development Engineer at American Breast CareAmanda Wollnick once thought science “isn’t for girls.” But something kept calling ...
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Episode 17
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29:01
015 - Art of Engineering - Bo Crouse-Feuerhelm
Guest: Bo Crouse-Feuerhelm VP of Client Solutions at JE DunnBo Crouse-Feuerhelm has gone from being a college drop-out to a Vice President of Client Solutions in a m...
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Episode 16
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29:23
016 - Art of Engineering - Sandra Bachamp
Guest: Sandra Bachamp, Director of Engineering at DPS Group In this episode, Sandra talks about the fascinating path that took her from just a fleeting interes...
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Episode 15
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32:37
014 - Art of Engineering - Jean Ann Groves
In this episode, Jean Ann Groves, a retired Business Continuity expert, talks about how the civil rights movements of the 60s and 70s sparked a major change for women in the workplace. Jean Ann was one of only three women in her bu...
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27:51
Lisa Kerner, Corporate Trade Show Manager at CRB in North Carolina
Lisa and Denise talk about the history of CRB and their work with Custom Powder. You’ll hear Lisa’s fascinating journey from her beginnings in administration to her current role as the Corporate Trade Show Manager. Lisa has had to take a ...
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26:45
Caroline Hand, Evonik Industries Production Engineer/Healthcare and Nutrition Division
Caroline and Denise talk about how a love of math and science drew her to an engineering expo while in high school. Shortly out of college, Caroline was interviewed by Evonik Industries where she is now a production engineer in the healthcare a...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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21:59
Dr. Namrata Karki, Product Development Manager with Ortho Molecular Products
In this episode, Denise speaks with Dr. Namrata Karki about her journey all the way from Nepal to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Growing up in Nepal, her parents stressed the importance of education. Her passion and love of higher educat...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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26:54
Dr. Sarah Miksinski, a Senior Director in Global Regulatory Excellence at AstraZeneca
Sarah’s career has gone from working nationally on the regulatory side of pharmaceuticals at the FDA, to working globally on the regulatory side of the creation of pharmaceuticals with AstraZeneca. Sarah received her post-doctora...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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