#27 – Bert Uschold: On the other side of the mike.

Bert owns his own engineering consulting firm, Dexterity Engineering, LLC and regular host of this podcast.

• Doug wants to be like Bert
• Doug has bought over half the beers Bert has ever consumed.
• He could have been a lumberjack or an architect
• A night light was his first invention.
• A quart of random loose change is about $100.
• Bert is more design engineer than mechanical engineer
• Or even better, full stack product development engineer.
• Bert figured out how to determine process capability for true position dimensions.
  • And Doug’s company has used it.
• Bert knew what the surgeons needed six months before they knew it.
• Inside the box is harder than outside the box.
• The Apollo 13 CO2 scrubber problem is an excellent example of inside the box thinking.
• Bert’s superpower is seeing when people are not talking about the same thing or solving the wrong problem.
• About eating cake and gaining weight.
• About the podcast
  • Favorite part is getting to know new people and old friends
  • Bert would still do it if he had no listeners
  • 20-25% are outside the US
  • Favorite comment is “that’s a great question”
• Has ridden bicycles built for one, two, and four.
• He’s has been to many baseball stadiums.
• Bert and Doug both enjoy interviewing better than being interviewed.

Doug’s Company – Integral Manufacturing, https://integralmfg.com/

Bert’s Company – www.dexterityeng.com