The Interface

Episode 099: Gordon Udall

A conversation with Gordon Udall, Director of Marketing and Product Development at Amphenol Alden in Brockton, MA. Gordon has been with Alden for over 20 years. We talk about the importance of setting his team up to be an extension of their customer's design engineering team. We talk about the aesthetics of new product design in the medical industry and how the products' comforting appeal is so vital. We talk about always remembering that the products they make can potentially save a loved one's life. We talk about his love of sailing and how it reveals his true self. And we discuss his desert island album, book, and movie. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 098: Wilson Ing

A conversation with Wilson Ing, Amphenol Business Development Manager for AMAO group, and the Technical Director for the Pasadena Technical Center. Wilson has been with Amphenol for three years but has been in the connector industry for 13 years. We talk about his roles and the importance of continuing to grow Amphenol's presence on the West Coast. We talk connector engineering and the benefits of being able to work on so many different programs. We talk about the work ethic instilled in him by his parents and how that's carried through in his role at Amphenol and at home with his family. And we talk about his surprising selections for his desert island album, book, and movie. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 097: Stephen Richards

A conversation with Stephen Richards, Sales and Marketing Director for Amphenol Australia. Stephen has been with Amphenol since 1998 through an acquisition of Alcatel Components. We talk about his unique sales role of expanding the audio connector business with design and manufacturing based in Australia while selling imported Amphenol products for many other markets. We talk about why Amphenol Australia's audio connectors are so well known and where the future of audio connectors is going. We talk about how taking four years to reconstruct a '57 Chevy was a sign that he is a true Amphenolian. And we talk about his desert island album, book, and Australian movie classic. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 096: Arthur Heijmerikx

A conversation with Arthur Heijmerikx, EMEA Sales Director for the Amphenol Industrial Group. Arthur has been with Amphenol for over 20 years in various sales and business development roles within the Industrial group. We talk about his passion for connectors and how much time he puts into his knowledge of the products to pass that on to his team and customers. We talk about working through the pandemic and the huge success of developing a new online resource tool for AIPG. We talk about how being fluent in five different languages helps him in his job while still trailing his father, who's fluent in 11 languages. And we discuss his desert island album, book, and movie. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 095: Efosa Omoregie

A conversation with Efosa Omoregie, Distribution Analyst with the Amphenol Industrial Products Group. Efosa has been with Amphenol for a few years and now works out of Florida. We talk about his role with the AIPG distribution team and how he's helped to streamline their reporting since he began. We talk about his daunting task of trying to decipher Amphenol's part numbers and how it's gotten easier as time goes on. We talk about his diverse educational background growing up in Nigeria and how his family encouraged him and his siblings to explore their own paths no matter where it took them. And we talk about his desert island album, book, movie. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 094: Mariano Rigotti

A conversation with Mariano Rigotti, Business Development Director for Amphenol Energy Technologies, part of Amphenol Industrial Products Group. Mariano has been with Amphenol for eight years. We talk about the formation of Amphenol Energy Technologies, which combined four different Amphenol industrial divisions into one larger group. We talk about his time as a consultant in both the steel and furniture industries before coming to Amphenol. We talk about living in Argentina and Italy before settling in the US. We talk about enjoying the abundance of outdoor activities in California. And we discuss his desert island album, book, and movie selections. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 093: Phil Baynes

A conversation with Phil Baynes, Director of Sales at Amphenol Canada. Phil has been with Amphenol for 10 years, but has been in the connector industry for almost 40 years. We talk about Amphenol Canada, what they specialize in, and how filter connectors work. We talk about the benefits of having their own ceramic capacitor facility. We talk about his team working around the travel restrictions between Canada and the U.S. over the past year. We talk about how he loves to spend time outdoors when he's not working. And we talk about his desert island book, movie, and most obvious Canadian choice for desert island album. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 092:Tom Schaefer

A conversation with Tom Schaefer, Amphenol's Business Development Director specializing in eMobility and Battery Products for the Transportation industry. Tom has been with Amphenol for almost four years after spending time as a Submarine Officer in the U.S. Navy. We talk about the EV market including the interconnect product differences between EVs and gas-powered vehicles. We talk about his time in the ROTC program at MIT, then discuss what it was like working and living on a submarine. We talk about how having to be a jack-of-all-trades on a submarine has translated well to his work at Amphenol. And we talk about his desert island album, book, and movie. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 091: Brian Engle

A conversation with Brian Engle, Business Development Manager for Amphenol Advanced Sensors. Brian has been with Amphenol since 2014. We talk about his exciting work in the electric vehicle market. He explains the differences and challenges posed by electrically powering vehicles versus powering them with an internal combustion engine. We talk about how this shift radically changes the types of products we can provide. We talk about the thrill of working on new technology that will change how society moves from place to place as potential becomes reality. And we chat about tinkering with his own cars before discussing his desert island album, book, and movie. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Episode 090: Jeff Fortin

A conversation with Jeff Fortin, Group Technology Director for the Amphenol Sensor Technology Group. Jeff has been with Amphenol since August of last year. We talk about growing up in Maine, working on farm equipment, and developing an interest in how things work at a young age. We talk about working full-time while earning his degrees in physics. We talk about his time doing research, both for General Electric and for Penn State University, and his desire to get out and see all of what Amphenol has to offer. And we talk about his desert island album, book, and movie. This is The Interface.

Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed.

For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions: send an email to ccappello@amphenol-aao.com or LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.