Decades Of Innovations Create New Opportunities In Energy

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Decades Of Innovations Create New Opportunities In Energy
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Jason Spiess interviews Ken Mertz and Jesse Swindell of Mertz Manufacturing in Ponca City, OK. The three discuss new innovations in industry and how Mertz’s has kept up with the times and technology.

For years, Mertz has designed and manufactured quality built equipment for industries around the world. Mertz is a home town business over 85 years old. It is a job shop that provides equipment, especially trailers for the oil industry.

Everyday your story is being told by someone. Who is telling your story? Who are you telling your story to?

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Sponsors, Music and Other Show Notes 

Studio Sponsor: The Industrial Forest

The Industrial Forest is a network of environmentally minded and socially conscious businesses that are using industrial innovations to build a network of sustainable forests across the United States.

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Weekly Sponsor:  Black Creek Pipeline Leak Detection

Disabled Veteran Owned Business in Decatur, TX. Servicing the K-9 industry with pipeline leak detection, detection services, dog training & K-9 consulting.

Dwayne Farris served in the United States Marine Corps as a Military Police Officer, assigned to be a Military Working Dog Handler. Upon the honorable completion of active duty, he continued as a reservist for the U.S. Marine Corps Military Police Detachment located in Wahpeton, North Dakota as a squad leader. He was later promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant.

As a civilian contractor, Dwayne operated for various high-profile U.S.-based security companies deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served as a Combat Canine Tracking Handler, Trainer, Kennel Master, and Program Manager.

His most recent experience was as the field-based Supervisory Subject Matter Expert working for TSA as the Regional Canine Coordinator for Region 5 based in Seattle, WA.

In that position, he regionally oversaw all National Explosive Detection Canine Training Program assigned canine teams. For the Pacific Northwest area of operations, he served as a Regional Canine Training Instructor for the NEDCTP.

Prior to joining the TSA, Dwayne was a Multi-Purpose Canine Trainer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, for a special operations unit training and deploying K-9 teams in support of world-wide missions.

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Weekly Sponsor:  MineralTracker

MineralTracker is the only mineral management software that allows mineral owners to compare actual royalty payments to expected payments based on well performance and a proprietary, Bakken-specific reservoir model built by MineralTracker’s petroleum engineers.

MineralTracker was formed in Watford City, North Dakota, and is a subsidiary of First International Bank & Trust, a family-owned bank also based in Watford City.

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Phone Line Sponsor: Swan Energy, Inc. 866.539.0860

Studio Email and Inbox Sponsor: To Be Announced


Featured MusicAlma Cook


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