In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Jordan Pollack, CEO and co-founder of Sub-Q Bionics, to explore breakthrough innovations in medtech that are transforming the lives of cancer survivors.

Jordan, a biomedical engineer and medical device entrepreneur, shares his journey from Boston Scientific to founding SubQ Bionics, a company developing implantable bionic solutions for lymphedema, a chronic and often overlooked condition affecting millions worldwide. Learn how Jordan and his team are tackling unmet needs in healthcare with resilience, innovation and a patient-first approach.

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What if the future of flight didn’t come from aerospace giants—but from a physicist who once broke world speed records on a human-powered bicycle?

In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Damjan Zabovnik, CEO of EV Corporation, to explore how radical efficiency, unconventional thinking, and persistence are reshaping aviation.

Damjan shares his journey from designing the world’s most aerodynamic human-powered vehicles to developing next-generation electric VTOL aircraft and heavy-lift autonomous drones. The conversation dives into circular wing design, hybrid lift systems, edge AI autonomy, and why simplicity often beats complexity in aerospace engineering.

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0:00 intro
0:06 The Journey of a Physicist: From Bicycles to Aviation
5:40 Innovative Design: The Circular Wing VTOL Concept
9:51 Learning From Failures: Iterations in Design
13:11 Hybrid Approach: Combining Helicopter Lift with Fixed Wing Efficiency
16:33 Targeting Emergency Response: The Right Market Entry
18:20 The Importance of Autonomy in Remote Operations
20:16 Validation and Credibility: NASA SBIR Award
21:20 Leadership in Complex Industry
23:41 Balancing Passion with Family Life
25:06 Advice for Innovators Taking Risks and Staying Persistent

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In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar speaks with Andrew Patrick, President and CEO of Eckert Machining Inc., about why the most powerful driver of manufacturing performance isn’t equipment or automation, but culture. Drawing on decades of experience transforming large machine shops in Silicon Valley and Europe, Andrew explains how management unity, consistent leadership behavior, and genuine recognition create environments where people show up engaged, accountable, and motivated to perform. Through real-world turnaround stories, he illustrates how fear-based cultures quietly destroy productivity, while trust, psychological safety, and disciplined systems unlock sustained operational excellence—proving that culture is not a “soft” concept, but a strategic advantage that directly impacts quality, profitability, and growth.

In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Matthew Guy, CEO of Niche 3D, to demystify additive manufacturing and show where 3D printing creates real business advantage beyond “hobby” perception. Matthew explains why the winners in 3D printing focus on applications and customer needs—not the novelty of the technology—then walks through how he designs and manufactures custom, low-volume production parts for pharmaceutical, medical, and assistive device companies when injection molding and traditional methods are too slow, too expensive, or too rigid. He breaks down how material selection, print orientation, tuning, and post-processing determine production-grade quality, why rapid iteration can compress product development cycles, and how 3D printing enables startups to launch without massive tooling costs or minimum order quantities. The conversation also touches on where AI is genuinely helping (error detection and early automation) versus where it is still immature, and what mindset shift helps innovators stop asking “Can we print this?” and start asking “What’s possible now?”

On this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar speaks with Zack Lyon, Chief Executive Officer of H3Pelvic Therapy Systems, an industrial designer and engineer with 30+ years of experience and 40+ U.S. patents, about how a personal health crisis sparked a breakthrough approach to pelvic pain care. Zack shares how the “Keep It Simple” design philosophy shaped a home-based pelvic therapy system that uses precisely controlled thermal modulation—aimed at influencing pain signaling locally rather than relying on systemic medications with heavy side effects. The conversation explores why pelvic pain remains under-discussed and underserved, what it takes to move from prototype to regulated medical device (including FDA pathway decisions and clinical trial readiness), and how connected, trackable home therapy could reduce ER visits, improve continuity of care, and restore dignity and control for people living with chronic pelvic conditions.

In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar interviews Robert Poe, President and CEO of Olon USA, about what it takes to move a fragile lab concept into a real-world, life-changing medicine—at scale, safely, and with quality. Robert shares his unconventional leadership journey (from combat medic and lab maintenance to CEO), the power of mentors who allow people to learn through failure, and why decisive leadership beats “paralysis by analysis” in high-stakes environments. He demystifies Olon USA’s role in pharmaceutical development—helping clients develop and manufacture the API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) and scale programs from early-stage molecules through clinical phases and commercialization—while highlighting the brutal reality of drug development’s high failure rate and the importance of resilience, partnership, and scientific rigor. Great pharma manufacturing leadership is people-centered and mission-driven—building trust, closing feedback loops, and acting as a true problem-solving partner so promising therapies can reach patients and strengthen the U.S. drug supply chain.

In this episode of Industry Ignited, host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Angie Griffin, Chief Commercial Officer at Third Coast, to unpack what it really takes to scale a fast-growing chemical company without losing agility, safety, or customer intimacy. Angie shares her unconventional path from English degrees to commercial leadership, then breaks down Third Coast’s core growth challenge—when revenue and demand outpace processes—and how the team redesigned critical workflows like order-to-cash by involving the people closest to the work, not just leadership. The key takeaway: sustainable growth isn’t about slowing down—it’s about building the “engine” mid-flight through empowered teams, practical process improvement, and clear operational guardrails that keep a nimble culture intact while scaling for the next decade.

In this Industry Ignited episode, Dr. Leeanne Aguilar interviews Robert Swint, CEO of ATA Associates, whose 50-year career spans NASA’s Apollo and Space Shuttle programs to some of the world’s most complex accident and failure investigations. Drawing on his 24 years at NASA—including work on Apollo, Apollo 13 recovery, Shuttle avionics integration, and space-station safety—Bob explains how systems thinking, human factors, and rigorous data analysis are the foundation of both spaceflight safety and modern forensic engineering. Catastrophic failures rarely come from a single mistake; they emerge when systems, technology, and human decisions interact—and the only path to truth and prevention is disciplined, objective analysis grounded in science, data, and transparency. From Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon to trucking, marine, aviation, and petrochemical cases, Bob reveals how evolving technologies like instrumentation, 3D scanning, and emerging AI are transforming accident reconstruction from educated guesswork into fact-based accountability that ultimately saves lives.