Jim Vinoski

Jim Vinoski is an author, scholar and the co-founder and principal advisor at the growth consultancy Firesteel Industrial Solutions. A mechanical engineering by training, Vinoski has held manufacturing leadership roles at General Mills Inc. MGPI of Indiana distillery and the dairy of a large regional grocery chain. He co-wrote the Amazon bestseller We Need One of These! How Competitive Robotics Teams Enhance Public Education and Change Kids’ Lives  hosts the web show and podcast Manufacturing Talks. 

His latest book is "American Manufacturing: 22 Tales of Integrity, Ingenuity, and the Modest Heroes Who Built a Nation."