MC013: From the Shop Floor to the Corner Office with Fernando Ortiz

Roberts Swiss, a 60 year old manufacturer of Precision Swiss Machined Parts. Fernando gives

actionable advise to others who are not born into privilege and do not have a lot of resources,

but desire to seek advancement starting from the ground floor.

Fernando attributes his career success to:

• Taking advantage of learning from every possible resource – including the people who stood

in his way

• Tackling large projects

• Questioning the WHY behind business processes

• Working hard and doing the right thing

• Being the conduit of change

• Realizing challenges as opportunities for growth

• Bringing a culture of excellence

• Grace

In our Manufacturing News segment, we discuss an article that stated US Stocks started the

year mixed because manufacturing growth stalled in December, which proves that manufacturing

makes a huge difference to the US economy.

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