In this insightful episode of Factory Forward, Ehab Beshay—a global leader in smart manufacturing and digital transformation—dives deep into what it truly takes to drive successful Industry 4.0 initiatives. With over two decades of experience spearheading automation and digital strategies at companies like Honeywell, Harman, and Cognizant, Ehab shares practical wisdom on bridging the gap between technology, people, and processes. This episode is packed with actionable insights for manufacturers aiming to future-proof their operations, overcome cultural resistance, and unlock real value from digital investments.
Whether you’re an operations leader, engineer, or executive navigating the complexities of modern manufacturing, this conversation offers a clear roadmap for integrating emerging technologies like AI, machine learning, and IoT—while ensuring alignment across IT, OT, and business functions. Ehab’s experience highlights how to balance innovation with pragmatism, turning digital transformation from a buzzword into measurable business outcomes.
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Tune in to discover how to lead with strategy, empower your teams, and harness next-gen technologies to stay competitive in 2025 and beyond!
Brandin and his team help our customers with setting up the Pathfinder platform and getting up-to-speed on all the features and functionalities, in addition to assisting them with standardizing their processes where needed.
Brandin is a seasoned manufacturing leader, who has spent more than a decade designing and setting up assembly lines in both the US and China, optimizing them, and working with human operators to maximize productivity and quality.
Jesse works closely with our marquis customers to understand their needs, and figures out the best solution that immediately adds dollars to their bottom line.
Jesse has two decades of enterprise sales experience. He has held sales leadership roles at pioneering technology startups.
Andrey takes inventions and converts them into innovations. He leads our product engineering team to turn our scientific prototypes into robust customer-facing products.
Andrey co-founded and successfully exited a startup to immigrate to the US. He spent his next eight years building the core data science infrastructure for Amazon’s supply chain planning team, and the CV/ML infrastructure for Microsoft’s HoloLens organization.
Zeeshan focuses on delighting our customers by understanding their needs and defining product and strategy to meet and exceed these needs. He works closely with our sales leadership to grow our customer base.
Zeeshan was a scientific leader at Microsoft’s HoloLens division, where he invented AI technologies to assist frontline workers across industries. Earlier, he shipped IoT platforms and visual defect detection software for manufacturers at Siemens and MVTec GmbH.
Huy takes our product roadmap and figures out what’s achievable with today’s AI advances, and what we need to invent to solve our customers’ pain points.
Huy led teams of scientists and engineers at NEC and invented technologies for driver assistance systems that are part of 500,000+ Honda cars. He is an inventor on more than 20 US patents, and his research papers are cited by every lab from MIT, Stanford, and CMU to Apple, Google, and Baidu.
