Facing Today's Supply Chain Challenges with David Byrley

<p><strong>Connect with David Byrley:</strong></p><p>Website: https://www.leverage30.com. </p><p>Email: dhybyley@gmail.com</p><p><strong>Show Transcript:</strong></p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan:</strong>&nbsp;Hey, it's Lisa Ryan from the Manufacturers' Network. I'm excited to introduce you to our guest today David Byerly. David has spent more than 30 years in the startup, new business unit, new product, and new business development for multiple industry leaders of industrial cutting tools contractor tools, food processing capital equipment, dental lab tools nanomaterials, and powder powered medical devices and knives. So, welcome to the show, David. It's good to have you here.</p><p><strong>DAVID BYRLEY</strong>: Thank you for the opportunity.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan:</strong>&nbsp;I read a little bit about your background, but share with us what you did, what brought you into manufacturing, and your journey of what got you to where you are today.</p><p><strong>DAVID BYRLEY</strong>: Right out of high school, I went to work in industry as a machinist and that was it goes back to 1978. I immediately began to work on my engineering degree and spent the next 11-12 years going from being a machinist to an engineering technician ultimately completed my engineering degree at Cleveland State.&nbsp;</p><p>I worked my way into management and found a path in new product development. When you're involved in that process, you're involved in manufacturing, and you're involved in the business side, you're learning product management and marketing and sales. So you get a fully comprehensive view of the business right then. So did that many years and leveraged leading into technical sales, product management, engineering, R&amp;D, and lots of different areas. And so now that's what I do.</p><p>I bring all that comprehensive knowledge into working with companies starting up new business units or major new product categories or looking to make some acquisitions and really would like to understand what that acquisition might be in the