MOBILE MACHINES SENSORS FOR

 Position sensors for stroke measurement in hydraulic cylinders

 Dynamically compensated inclination sensors for precise angle measurement

 Compact safety rotary encoders for position and speed measurement SIKO

That really helped me also see what I could become and encouraged me. So, setting those big goals for yourself, really understanding and opening your mind to the possibilities, and then finding that supportive network of people that will help you reach higher than you might on your own.

Can you give us a brief preview of what you plan to talk about during your keynote today?

So, we’re talking about really the technology transition that needs to happen in our industry, and Cummins’ view around what’s required to do that and how we plan to use our entire business to help our customers succeed and make that transition.

We have a strong view that we need to decarbonize our industry. We contribute meaningfully to global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the world. And our industry is really important in driving the economy and keeping the world and many of the things that we all depend on running and successful. So how you do that in a way that is good for the environment, helps our customers businesses to be successful and continues to serve all our needs is really important.

And in that, we think the approach to that is to start today in really reducing CO2 and accelerating solutions that use engines. Cummins built 1.2 million engines last year. So, there’s a lot of engines going out into the field, ours and others, that will operate for many years. Decarbonize those and then also really focus on accelerating and innovating on some of the alternate technologies that will be necessary to reach zero and building the infrastructure to do that.

So, I’ll be talking more about what we think that looks like and what some of the challenges and opportunities are.

Those are a lot of the topics, major topics, that readers want to see and hear about in the magazine … the step changes, because you can’t just, tomorrow, get rid of every diesel engine, right?

And you must do it in a phase step way. And the reality is, we can say construction, but there’s a lot of different applications in the construction equipment or in the trucking business. So, there’s not one solution that will work for all those applications today.

So, Cummins is investing in a broad portfolio of technologies: engines, certainly, which we’re pretty well known for. Also, we are a leading player in zero emissions technologies through our new power business and growing that business as well.

Where is your favorite place to travel for work and or trade shows?

I love that question. You know, it’s a tricky one for me. I am the kind of person that likes change. So, I will say, I enjoy going different places.

My favorite place is where I have an opportunity to go out and actually see our product in use by a customer and even better if I can actually drive or operate the piece of equipment and experience that. But just seeing firsthand how our customers are using products, some of the environments in which they operate.

I will say from a trade show perspective, I have a bias towards CONEXPO because it was one of the first trade shows that I went to. I spent kind of the middle part of my career working in off highway.

I remember going to my first CONEXPO. My youngest daughter was like nine months old, and she went with me along with grandma to help take care of her. Then the three years later, both my daughters were there.

So, I have these great pictures of them sitting in excavators and wheel loaders. CONEXPO is amazing, to just see in one place all the different construction equipment that is there.