AYNA INSIGHTS Podcast
1) Bob Merrill: What's Next for Building Products? Market Cycles and Material Arcs
In this episode of AYNA Insights, host Dinesh Chopra, President of AYNA, speaks with Bob Merrill, a veteran building products executive with over three decades of leadership experience. Merrill shares...Show More
2) Mike Slessor: From Lab to Fab—The Next Decade in Semiconductor Testing
In this episode of the Titanium Economy Podcast, host Vineet Gupta speaks with Mike Slessor, President and CEO of FormFactor, about the transformation of semiconductor testing and innovation at the fr...Show More
3) Gerald Kafer: Moving AI Beyond Pilot Purgatory in Manufacturing
In this episode, host Vineet Gupta speaks with Gerald Kafer, Solutions Manager and Technical Fellow at Siemens, on the practical realities of scaling AI in industrial operations. Kafer stresses the im...Show More
4) Joe Peilert: Navigating the Challenging Building Products Market
In this episode of Ayna Insights, host Dinesh Chopra, President of Ayna, speaks with Joe Peilert, President and CEO of Veka Inc., on the challenges and opportunities shaping the building products sect...Show More
5) Dong-Su Kim: How LG Tech Ventures Bets $900M on AI + Semis
"Contrary to a lot of people's beliefs, I do believe that financial gain and strategic benefits - they go hand in hand." - Dong-Su Kim Host Vineet Gupta sits down with Dong-Su Kim, CEO of LG Technolo...Show More
6) Wahid Nawabi: AeroVironment’s Defense Technology Leadership
In this episode, Vineet Gupta, President and Head of Semiconductor at Ayna, speaks with Wahid Nawabi, Chairman, President & CEO of AeroVironment, on how the company is redefining defense tech through ...Show More
7) Pablo Palafox: Building AI Agents for the Titanium Economy
"I would urge folks to at least look at what parts of their business could benefit from some form of automation." - Pablo Palafox In this episode, Parthesh Shastri speaks with Pablo Palafox, Co-foun...Show More
8) Anu Khare: Inside Oshkosh – Scaling AI and Digital in Heavy Industry
"Digital transformation has to connect to the business and it has to clearly align with the outcome which business wants to achieve." - Anu Khare In this episode of our Titanium Economy series, Parthe...Show More
9) Nalin Jain: Digitization in Rail Industry – Wabtec’s AI Revolution
"Technology isn't the barrier - adoption is the key challenge facing industrial leaders today." - Nalin Jain In this episode, Ayna’s Parthesh Shastri speaks with Nalin Jain, Group President of Digi...Show More
10) Jeff DeSandre: Navigating Digital Transformation in Industrial Environments
“Data is not just a reporting tool; it's now a strategic asset. It's the key to everything.” - Jeff DeSandre In this episode of our Titanium Economy series, host Parthesh Shastri speaks with Jeff DeSa...Show More