Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy Smedley and Zack Perconti, vice president of government affairs, National Utility Contractors Assn., talk about the subsurface infrastructure agenda that is in Congress. He says 2023 is going t…

Peggy Smedley and Rich Humphrey, vice president of construction product management, Bentley Systems, and Andy Kaiyala, vice president of construction technology and controls, WSB, talk about how cons…

Peggy talks all about Earth Day. She says everyone has a role to play in making our world more sustainable: manufacturers need to move to a more circular business model, businesses need more sustaina…

Peggy and Chris Irwin, program manager for transactive energy, communications, and interoperability in smart grid, U.S. Dept. of Energy, talks about his work on the smart grid. He says he was in the …

Peggy Smedley and Sheeva Sairafi, cofounder & president, Hold-On, talk about the nuts and bolts of a new, sustainable product. She says the company created it because it saw a need in the trash bag a…

At least eight people a day are killed in distracted driving crashes. Peggy Smedley discusses a summary of the last decade of distracted driving—and looks at where we have been and where we are heade…

Pam O’Donnell, founder, Catch You Later Foundation, tells Peggy Smedley the story of the loss of family members in a crash—and how she wants to make it better for her daughter when she grows up with …

Peggy Smedley and Paul Ripley, CEO, Driver Safety DNA, talk about how distracted driving is a global issue. He shares what can be done to put down cellphone use and improve or reduce driver distracti…

Are we passing down skills to the trades? Are we teaching what we learned? Are we really putting out the best trades with the best skills? Peggy addresses some very tough questions, as it relates to …

Peggy Smedley and Whitney Jones, director, Submarine Industrial Base Program, talk about how to improve manufacturing—and how to do it with the Navy Submarine Building Enterprise. She says her organi…

Peggy Smedley and Jeff Reich, executive director, Identity Defined Security Alliance, talk about why identity security is emerging as a top priority for everyone these days. He says it is an overnigh…

Peggy Smedley talks all about construction—and three big takeaways from an event she attended earlier this month. She says these trends are prevalent today in the construction industry, although they…

Peggy Smedley and Henry Bzeih, global industry lead for automotive, mobility, and transportation, Microsoft, and Kaivan Karimi, global partner strategy leader, automotive, mobility, and transportatio…

Peggy Smedley talks all about manufacturing and bringing jobs back to the states—and shares a big announcement out of her hometown. She also talks about how it is going to have a big impact on Americ…

Peggy Smedley and Walt Szablowski, founder & executive chairman, Eracent, dig into the topic of cybersecurity, discussing the impact of all these breaches on businesses and their customers. He says t…

Peggy Smedley and Gerald Kasulis, vice president of business operations, NordPass, talk about the challenges SMBs (small-sized and medium-sized businesses) are struggling with when it comes to cyber …

Peggy Smedley talks all about cybersecurity, narrowing in on how the U.S. government is taking action with its National Cybersecurity Strategy. She outlines the details of the strategy and gives her …

Peggy Smedley and Mike Rogers, former congressman and chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, talk about if education is still a key component to security. He says education is constant be…

Peggy and Ryan Throop, executive consultant - Americas Lead SAP Security Services, IBM Consulting, and Nathan Weaver, senior director, SAP Business Unit, Microsoft, talk about SAP security. Throop sa…

Peggy Smedley talks all about the climate, sharing details from a new report. She says industries like manufacturing, construction, and more continue to find innovative ways to leverage technologies …