Heavy Hitters: The Digital Industrial Podcast

Heavy Hitters: The Digital Industrial Podcast

Ty Findley

Episodes 118
Avg. Duration 36m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 5.0 (8)
Since Oct 2020
Latest Episode Feb 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
57%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

The podcast where heavy industrial industries meet the venture capital ecosystem. Interviewing thought-leading investors and founders to better understand the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for digital industrial innovation.

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Recent Episodes

117. John Somers (AEM) + Matt Abeles (ABC) - Plowing Innovation Ahead to CONEXPO 2026

Feb 09, 2026 46m

We discuss why North America’s largest construction trade show, CONEXPO, is launching a new “Ground Breakers Stage” specifically aimed at spotlighting future innovation ahead, how industry leading…

116. Mark Schwartz, Trimble - The Best Kept $2.31B ARR Secret Bridging the Physical and Digital Divide

Jan 05, 2026 44m

Mark outlines why the Trimble Dimensions conference last November was the right time to make such a big AI splash in the AECO sectors, details where the company is headed with its expansion of the…

115. John Jacobs, JE Dunn - The 10-Year Foundation: How JE Dunn Built a Data Blueprint for the AI Era

Dec 22, 2025 52m

John walks us through the story on both the ‘Why’ and the ‘How’ a 101 year old general contractor built a single common data environment underneath every business unit (a foundation that has been…

114. Joe Foster, Holman Robotics - Launching an End-to-End Robotics Solution Within a 100 Year Old Global Automotive Services Leader

Dec 08, 2025 43m

Joe shares the why, who, and how Holman Robotics was launched within a 100+ year old global automotive services business, what it takes to scale robotic automation solutions from pilots to scaled…

113. Alice Leung, Brick & Mortar Ventures - Building Out the Future of Construction Tech

Nov 17, 2025 44m

Alice shares why the firm launched the first AEC-focused accelerator, Formwork Labs, and what the ecosystem gap was it wanted to fill for founders, how her construction operating experience informs…

112. Mark Hawkins, Venture/Operating Partner - Industrial Innovation Through a CFO's Lens

Nov 04, 2025 59m

Mark shares both his career journey across some of the world’s premier technology companies and how his roots growing up in a Midwest industrial town + degree in operations management gave him a…

111. Rachael Ferrera, Zachry Construction - Breaking Ground: The Future of Horizontal Construction

Oct 06, 2025 38m

Rachael digs into the history behind Zachry’s now >100 years (!) of construction operation, shares a then & now look back on how she has seen Zachry evolve technology and innovation during her…

110. Aaron Toppston, GS Futures - Building the Future of the Built Environment

Aug 18, 2025 43m

Aaron shares the back story on why one of Korea’s largest conglomerates stood up GS Futures and its associated Built Environment fund, how they balance objectives between financial returns and…

109. Jake Brown, NFI - Innovating Supply Chain & Logistics since 1932

Jul 28, 2025 48m

Jake outlines why a company like NFI (that has been innovating supply chain & logisitcs since 1932!) decided to stand up a ventures effort in NFI Ventures, how NFI approaches build, buy, partner…

108. Thai Nguyen, Hensel Phelps - Diverge's Mission to Build the Future of the AEC Industryuture

Jul 15, 2025 34m

Thai shares the backstory on why one of the world’s premier GCs decided to launch innovation and investment platform Diverge, details how Diverge has developed a systematic process to discover,…

107. Dan Renouard + Rodd Langenhagen, Baird - Intersection of Industrial Innovation and Capital Markets

Jun 30, 2025 48m

We kickoff with a macro capital markets 1H’25 lookback and 2H’25 look ahead, dig in on how industrial software has gone from “relative obscurity” +15 years ago to now one of the biggest sectors in…

106. Troy Ryley, Echo Global Logistics - The Road Ahead for US/Mexico Cross-Border

May 19, 2025 38m

Troy narrates through his three decades of US/Mexico cross-border experience that led him to now standing up yet another cross-border operation, Echo Mexico, shares his outlook where he believes US…

105. Ian Kinne, Hillwood - Building a "Mobility Innovation Zone"

May 05, 2025 45m

Ian shares the back story on how the 27,000-acre, master-planned development by Hillwood turned into Alliance, TX (a global logistics hub that has generated more than 66,000 jobs and an estimated…

104. Dave Anderson, Supply Chain Ventures - Where Supply Chain VC Began

Mar 31, 2025 43m

Dave shares his 20+ year journey launching and scaling Supply Chain Ventures where supply chain VC all began, details a historical look back on major supply chain events and innovation inflection…

103. All-In Supply Chain Innovation 4.0

Mar 17, 2025 47m

The band is back together after the 2025 supply chain conference blitz and we cover how we tactically approach conference season, where the macro supply chain winds are blowing this year (tariffs,…

102. Dave Katzman, PTC - Onshape to PTC, a Manuf. Innovation Journey

Feb 18, 2025 32m

Dave shares his story of building up the Go-to-Market (GTM) engine at Onshape before it was acquired by PTC in 2019, what functional and leadership lessons he learned within that Onshape experience…

101. Kristina Nilsson, J.P. Morgan - Applied Technology in 2025

Feb 03, 2025 33m

Kristina outlines what macro trends she sees ahead in 2025 from both the public and private markets and zooms in how those trends will play into her Applied Technology focus areas, shares the…

100. Peter J. Holt, HOLT Group - Ironspring Ventures 5 Year Lookback + Lookahead

Jan 21, 2025 51m

On the turn of Ironspring Ventures 5 year anniversary (!), Peter shares the story of the Holt family background and his own journey to now leading HOLT Group, details the various industrial…

99. Josh Kanner, Oracle - The Impact of AI in Construction

Dec 23, 2024 36m

Josh shares a then and now look back on his 20-year journey building multiple Builtworld startups and what key evolution points he has seen in the ecosystem, details how Oracle Construction and…

98. Nick Kim, Upfront Ventures - SoCal's Industrial Innovation Resurgence

Dec 16, 2024 38m

Nick walks us through how he and Upfront went about furthering development of their national infrastructure and hard tech focus areas, shares his outlook on the LA and SoCal industrial resurgence…

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Heavy Hitters: The Digital Industrial Podcast has published 118 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in Business, Investing.

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