237-Manufacturing’s Digital Renaissance: How Tom Ferrucci is Transforming IT

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Tom Ferrucci As CIO of Natco Home Group, Tom Ferrucci spearheads digital transformation with a customer-centric vision, aligning processes and pushing innovation to gain insights and address needs. With over 35 years of experience, he leads developers, analysts, administrators, and more in an active IT department overseeing centralized data centers supporting global sites. Tom’s extensive background includes managing IT strategy for automotive suppliers and promoting cultures of innovation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Manufacturing’s Digital Renaissance: How Tom Ferrucci is Transforming IT Join us as we explore the role of IT in manufacturing with special guest Tom Ferrucci, CIO of Natco Home Group. Drawing on over 35 years of experience, Tom shares how he’s spearheading Natco’s digital transformation by integrating IT and operations and leveraging AI. We discuss the importance of active listening, predictive analysis, and cross-functional partnering to drive efficiencies. Tom provides examples of using data, sensors, and automation to reduce waste and downtime. He also weighs in on generative AI, ERP systems, and more. Tune in for an engaging perspective on how IT leaders can innovate in manufacturing.

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0:00.0	Hi, nerds. I'm Michael Moore hosting this podcast for dissecting popular IT nerds. I'm
0:12.4	Tom Faroochie, Chief Information Officer at Natco Home Group. Hey, Tom. Mike, how are you? Nice to be on.
0:18.9	Thank you for doing doing very good. Glad to have you on today.
0:22.8	I'm going to jump right into our icebreaker segment and then and then we'll get into some details here.
0:28.2	But this is an icebreaker segment called Random Access Memories. I ask a question and you just respond with whatever comes to your head first.
0:37.3	Super fun. Have
0:38.4	fun with it. Your first question is if you could rename any IT device or software, what would
0:44.7	it be and why? Oh, goodness. You know, early in my career, I spent a lot of time working with
0:51.3	equipment from digital equipment corporation, just kind of giving you a sense of how long I've been in the industry.
0:57.6	And they had device names, and it was almost like going to IKEA the way they named some of these device names,
1:03.7	the Dequa, the Delqua.
1:05.6	There was so many odd-named devices, and to remember them all, it was always a challenge, right? So, you know,
1:13.2	maybe giving some of those older legacy pieces of hardware that I've had some experience on
1:18.6	names of what they actually did, the switch, you know, or some sort of, you know, actually back
1:25.1	and then it may have been a hub going back that far,
1:27.5	but these unusual names that Deck used to come with always used to amuse me.
1:31.9	Yes, true, too. Yeah, I did have, I did have the, you know, I don't know if it's
1:38.3	fortunate or unfortunate of my earlier my career having to come across some digital equipment and,
1:46.9	and then have to run it and then have to learn the crazy operating systems that they put on them,
1:51.2	like VMS and stuff.
1:52.5	Yeah, VMS.
1:53.1	I spent many years, you know, not many,
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