Hiller Product Reviews: Get to Know What We Use and Why We Use It
March 24, 2021Selecting the instruments we use in our systems is not an arbitrary or easy decision. Our engineers spend a lot of time evaluating options to determine the products that will ultimately be the best fit for our customers applications. We try to stick to using the catalog of instruments we’ve thoroughly evaluated as much as […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs: Don Reinertsen
March 17, 2021In this episode of ae2, we talk to Product Development Consultant, Business Owner, and Author Don Reinertsen. Don works works with companies who are thinking about process improvement methodologies to apply to their product development cycle. More specifically, he helps people who are thinking about these various approaches in a non-critical way. For example, someone […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs: Kymberli Speight, Former Air Force Officer and Author
March 2, 2021A common challenge for our armed forces veterans as they transition out of the military and into civilian life is building their professional and personal network. Kymberli Speight, a former Air Force officer herself, recognized this problem and after a civilian career that included human resources, recruiting, and contract administration, she decided to become a […]
Opportunity in Chaos
February 22, 2021A little over a month ago, just as I had recovered from COVID, I dropped a 600 lb case of equipment across my foot, breaking my 5th metatarsal pretty good. I’ve been in a boot ever since and will for another two months as I write this. Immediately the world looked different from my perspective. […]
Artists, Engineers & Entrepreneurs: The Art, Science, and Business of Whiskey with Heather Greene
February 17, 2021If you’ve ever wanted to know what makes a great whiskey great, then this episode of ae2 is for you. For this interview, we left the office and traveled a little further into the Texas Hill County to Blanco, TX to chat with world-renowned whiskey expert, author of Whiskey Distilled, and master blender, Heather Greene. Greene […]
Killing Conversations
February 2, 2021One of the more interesting books I’ve read in the last twenty years is “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation,” by Debra Tannen. It outlines how common, predictable, and at many times extremely challenging communication can be. No matter your situation (quick plug), I recommend you take a listen to what she […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs: Pat Chapman, Painter
January 28, 2021For many years, local artist Pat Chapman’s beautiful talent was hidden out of fear. She began playing with art as a teenager and even spent time as an oil portrait artist in her thirties, but she was afraid that people wouldn’t like her paintings. It wasn’t until last year, after constant encouragement from her husband, […]
Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs Episode 8: Doug Sayer, Co-Founder of Premier Technology
December 1, 2020Doug Sayer, Co-Founder of Premier Technology, joins us for episode 8 of Artists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs (ae2). In the episode, Doug teaches us about the importance of specialized knowledge, a burning desire, and having an enormous stomach for risk when starting a new business. As a young man, Doug rode his motorcycle from Wisconsin to […]
Using Software Measurements to Ensure Quality at Speed
November 9, 2020This blog post outlines of how Hiller Measurements is (or in some cases, is planning to) implement “Quality at Speed” in the software organization, as well as a description of exactly what that means. Some of these ideas have come from various books over the years, others are my own. I’m not going to attribute […]
Hiller Measurements Announces Benoit Cloutier as Chief Financial Officer
November 2, 2020We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Benoit (Ben) Cloutier, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Hiller Measurements. Cloutier comes to Hiller with an impressive resume of past corporate leadership across the aerospace ecosystem. His combination of leadership and financial expertise make him a great asset to Hiller Measurements as we are experiencing large-scale […]