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From troublemaker to business owner, Erick Collins interview...PLUS New Power/mation job opp

New Episode + IRL Event + Job Opportunity

New podcast episode out now!

What happens when a young troublemaker with a love for computers & cars finds himself at the forefront of the robotics & machine vision industries?

Nikki & Courtney chat with Erick Collins, owner of Rockport Integration and Automation. Through a significant career change & the influence of pivotal figures, Erick's path led him from auto mechanics to computer science and ultimately into automation.

Find the episode on our website or YouTube!

Disclaimer: This episode was cut short due to an interrupted upload via Riverside.

OT SCADA CON 2024 was a hit!

If you haven’t heard, our Automation Ladies network hosted its first-ever event, OT SCADA CON!

We had 97 amazing people, including in-person attendees, virtual streamers, speakers, sponsor reps & volunteers, join us in July at the Phoenix Contact Experience Center in Houston!

The technology raffle, happy hour, dinner & karaoke were wildly fun!

The education sections were even better! The amount of expertise & resulting conversations were awesome.

Want access to recordings of & exclusive resources from the educational sections? Scroll to the bottom of the page to get a “post-event recording access” ticket!

Want to go in 2025? Right now, we’re running an Extreme Early Bird In-Person Ticket special for next year’s CON from July 23-25, 2025 in Houston! This is the lowest it will ever be!

Follow our event page for this year’s recaps & next year’s announcements…

If your company is interested in sponsoring next year, email [email protected] ASAP for more information.

Upcoming IRL Events

You can find us at…

  • October 16-18 at the AHTD Fall Meeting in Bellevue, WA

  • November 3-6 at the Pack Expo in Chicago, IL

  • November 18-21 at Rockwell’s Automation Fair in Anaheim, CA

From Our Partners

We know you're always on the hunt for tools that make life easier & projects cooler, so we've got something you might want to check out…

Interactive demos for Opto 22’s groov View & Ignition Cloud Edition!

Dive into what these platforms can really do for your visualization & SCADA needs.

groov View is an intuitive, web-based HMI/visualization software that comes standard on every Opto 22 groov EPIC. And Inductive Automation’s Ignition is a versatile industrial application platform for SCADA, MES, IIoT projects, & more.

iPhone displaying a groov View HMI demo

Perspective demo served from Ignition Cloud Edition

Follow them on LinkedIn & visit their website!

P.S. - Opto 22 was one of our gracious premier sponsors for OT SCADA CON 2024!

Job Opportunities

Last Week’s Episodes

No new episodes last week, but…

Nikki was a busy bee at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago from Sept. 9th to 13th!

Check out some highlights from it on her LinkedIn page!

That’s all for today! See you next week!

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