Josh Peeno
Digital Manufacturing and Industrial Ai Advisor @Northwest Ohio Innovation Consortium Noic
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WORK HISTORY
Digital Manufacturing and Industrial Ai Advisor @Northwest Ohio Innovation Consortium Noic
Serving as the lead technical advisor for NOIC’s Smart Manufacturing portfolio. My focus is ensuring that regional innovation programs move beyond theory and deliver scalable, practical solutions for the industrial base.Technical Thought Leadership: Defining the strategic roadmap for Smart Factory and AI initiatives, vetting technologies for viability and impact.Program Advisory: guiding the development of AI programs to ensure they solve real-world production challenges rather than chasing trends.Ecosystem Development: Bridging the gap between technology providers, academia, and manufacturers to accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0 in Northwest Ohio.
EDUCATION
The University of Toledo
MS, Engineering
The University of Toledo
BS, Mechanical Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT JOSH PEENO
Manufacturing doesn’t have an AI problem. It has a clarity problem.Too much hype. Too many buzzwords. Not enough solutions that actually work on the shop floor.Companies are drowning in data but starved for intelligence. My work is focused on fixing that ratio. I provide Innovation Leadership to manufacturers who are tired of \"science projects\" and ready for results.Whether acting as a Fractional Technical Director or Strategic Advisor, I help organizations move beyond the buzz of Industry 4.0 toward true Manufacturing Intelligence.I partner with industrial leaders to:Lead Innovation with Discipline: Establish governance to kill bad pilots early and scale the winners fast.Build Manufacturing Intelligence: Architect systems that don’t just collect data, but deliver actionable insights to the people who need them.Bridge the Gap: Translate between the C-suite’s vision, the software team’s capabilities, and the shop floor’s reality.I’ve spent years inside manufacturing, including deep experience in glass manufacturing—an industry where technology adoption lags and the gap between promises and reality is impossible to ignore.That experience shaped how I think: If it doesn’t work on the factory floor, it doesn’t matter.
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