Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

Charli is joined by Paul Gifford this week on the pod!

Find us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn,  Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com.

Empowering Pumps & Equipment:
Empowering Pumps and Equipment is the Information & Connection hub for the Industry. We specialize in digital media marketing, and we help companies just like yours reach their desired audience across a variety of platforms. We connect, inform, and educate the pump & related equipment industries by creating valuable partnerships between manufacturers and their customers. We connect you with our community using digital advertising, social media, and custom digital publications that amplify your message as a thought leader in industry. As a digital media company, we also create and/or host webinars and virtual lunch and learns, offer technical writing, and host a podcast called the Empowering Industry Podcast.

Empowering Pumps & Equipment shares useful information for industries such as water/wastewater; oil/gas; utilities; and more. Our audience includes engineers, consultants, operations and maintenance staff, OEMs, and suppliers.
Empowering Pumps & Industry Conference (EPIC):
The Empowering Pumps & Industry Conference is where the industry can come to connect with manufacturers, distributors, end users, associations, and students in one place. The two-day event will feature presentations from subject matter experts, roundtable discussions, exhibits, and tours.

 About Empowering Brands:
Empowering Brands located in Tuscaloosa, AL is a versatile, digital marketing services company that works with industrial companies and specializes in social media management and marketing; strategic planning; marketing consulting; content development, and digital advertising.

Working as a strategic partner and extension of our clients' marketing team; we bring fresh thinking and experience with flexible and responsive service to empower our clients and maximize their brands.

In addition to our marketing services work, Empowering Brands owns the leading online community for the global pump industry, EmpoweringPumps.com.  A digital-first publisher focused on thought leadership, community building, and social media advocacy for our industry partners.  We help clients reach and engage with a diverse industrial audience.
In addition to our marketing services work, Empowering Brands owns the leading online community for the global pump industry, EmpoweringPumps.com.  A digital-first publisher focused on thought leadership, community building, and social media advocacy for our industry partners.  We help clients reach and engage with a diverse industrial audience.

The Empowering Brands company is leading the way to connect, inform, and educate the next generation of industry leaders.

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Data center construction is moving fast, and the equipment supporting these facilities has to keep pace.

In this episode of the Empowering Industry Podcast, Charli Matthews Carruth sits down with Ric Turmel, Senior Vice President for Engineered Building Solutions at Taco, to discuss how custom-engineered skid packages are helping meet the speed, scale, and efficiency demands of today’s data center projects.

Ric shares how Taco’s Lubbock, Texas facility has grown to support increasing demand for custom skid packages and why prefabrication can help reduce installation time and the need for specialized labor in the field. They also explore workforce challenges, long-term procurement and planning, and how data centers are pushing HVAC systems toward greater energy efficiency.

From coordinated system design to preparing for what comes next, Ric offers a look at how the rapid growth of data centers could influence the entire industry.

Watch Building at the Speed of Data: How Custom Skids Are Transforming Data Center Construction With Ric Turmel and hear what’s driving this rapidly evolving market.

#DataCenters #HVAC #Engineering #Manufacturing #Infrastructure #EmpoweringIndustry

Empowering Pumps & Equipment:
Empowering Pumps and Equipment is the Information & Connection hub for the Industry. We specialize in digital media marketing, and we help companies just like yours reach their desired audience across a variety of platforms. We connect, inform, and educate the pump & related equipment industries by creating valuable partnerships between manufacturers and their customers. We connect you with our community using digital advertising, social media, and custom digital publications that amplify your message as a thought leader in industry. As a digital media company, we also create and/or host webinars and virtual lunch and learns, offer technical writing, and host a podcast called the Empowering Industry Podcast.

Empowering Pumps & Equipment shares useful information for industries such as water/wastewater; oil/gas; utilities; and more. Our audience includes engineers, consultants, operations and maintenance staff, OEMs, and suppliers.
Empowering Pumps & Industry Conference (EPIC):
The Empowering Pumps & Industry Conference is where the industry can come to connect with manufacturers, distributors, end users, associations, and students in one place. The two-day event will feature presentations from subject matter experts, roundtable discussions, exhibits, and tours.

 About Empowering Brands:
Empowering Brands located in Tuscaloosa, AL is a versatile, digital marketing services company that works with industrial companies and specializes in social media management and marketing; strategic planning; marketing consulting; content development, and digital advertising.

Working as a strategic partner and extension of our clients' marketing team; we bring fresh thinking and experience with flexible and responsive service to empower our clients and maximize their brands.

In addition to our marketing services work, Empowering Brands owns the leading online community for the global pump industry, EmpoweringPumps.com.  A digital-first publisher focused on thought leadership, community building, and social media advocacy for our industry partners.  We help clients reach and engage with a diverse industrial audience.
In addition to our marketing services work, Empowering Brands owns the leading online community for the global pump industry, EmpoweringPumps.com.  A digital-first publisher focused on thought leadership, community building, and social media advocacy for our industry partners.  We help clients reach and engage with a diverse industrial audience.

The Empowering Brands company is leading the way to connect, inform, and educate the next generation of industry leaders.

CONNECT | INFORM | EDUCATE
Connect with Us:
Website https://empoweringpump...
Facebook   / empoweringpumps  
Twitter   / empoweringpumps  
LinkedIn   / empo.  .
Empowering Women in Industry https://empoweringwome...
Empowering Women in Industry Youtube

Charli is joined by Chet Piazza this week in a slight deviation from her normal interviews.

Find us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn,  Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com

This week on the Empowering Industry Podcast, Charli sits down with ABB’s Courtney Pickett and Stefanie Casimir to discuss the upcoming 2027 DOE motor efficiency regulations and what manufacturers, facilities, and equipment operators need to do now to prepare.

Courtney Pickett is a Product Specialist in ABB’s NEMA Motors division, supporting the Fluid Dynamics and Heavy Industrial Solutions business line and severe-duty motor portfolio. With a background in mechanical engineering and an MBA, she connects customer needs with technical innovation across product lifecycle management, new product development, and market strategy.

Stefanie Casimir is a B2B product marketing and strategy professional with more than 20 years experience across motors, mechanical power transmission and industrial applications. Her work focuses on translating complex technologies into clear market value across applications including pumps, fans, conveyors - into industry segments ranging from food processing, wastewater treatment, mining and data centers. With a background spanning product launches, voice-of-customer research, global marketing and go-to-market strategy, Stefanie brings a deep understanding of how critical components support reliability, efficiency and performance across the industries that keep the world moving.

Courtney and Stefanie explain which motors will be affected, how new efficiency requirements may change frame sizes and electrical characteristics, and why facilities should begin auditing their installed motor base now. They also discuss supply chain planning, total system efficiency, and the opportunities these changes create to reduce energy use and operating costs.

Understanding the 2027 DOE motor standards: https://www.abb.com/global/en/news/132268/understanding-the-2027-doe-motor-standards
Watch or listen to learn how to build a motor readiness plan before the 2027 requirements take effect.
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Chris Jackson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Orphic, an AI company helping manufacturers and industrial suppliers automate engineering, warranty, and procurement workflows. Orphic reads engineering specifications, drawings, manuals, supplier quotes, and warranty  documentation to help teams find information faster, evaluate opportunities more consistently, and make better decisions across engineering, sourcing, and aftermarket service. 
Founded while Chris was earning his MBA at Harvard Business School, Orphic is working with leading industrial companies to bring practical AI into engineering and manufacturing environments where critical knowledge is often trapped in documents, spreadsheets, and legacy systems. 
Before founding Orphic, Chris began his career at J.P. Morgan before becoming a venture capital investor focused on industrial software and advanced manufacturing technologies. 
Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is passionate about helping industrial organizations leverage AI to preserve engineering knowledge, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate digital transformation.

Find us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn,  Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com