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and Glorious. It's a little snowy but glorious a Manchester,
New Hampshire. Today is, of course Saturday, January eleven, twenty
twenty five. Jenny is here at the news table account
for Yes and joining us on the show for the
first time. We have Flow Nicholas from Region Valley Tech Hub.
A good morning, Flow.
Speaker 6: Good morning, and thank you so much for having me today.
Speaker 5: Absolutely, I'm glad that a mutual friend of ours, Anthony
tone Peyton, connected us and very happy about that and.
Speaker 7: We were kind of talking off here.
Speaker 5: I know and understand almost nothing about what you do,
which will make this particularly interesting for me and hopefully
for the listeners as well, because I look forward to
you kind of explaining it, and I know that it
involves technology and innovation and all this kind of thing,
but so I will have a lot of questions along
the way, and some of the questions I have might
seem kind of foolish because I don't know anything about this,
but I am very curious because it all sounds positive
and we need as much positivity as we can get
in this world.
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, No, we definitely do and ask away.
Speaker 8: And this is exactly why I'm here, yes, is because
we understand that not a lot of people who are
right here at Manchester know what's going on right here
at Manchester. So it's a pleasure to be here, to
be able to kind of get people excited about the
amazing innovation that's happening right here.
Speaker 7: All right, so tell us about what you do.
Speaker 8: So I'm the Chief Impact and Commune Engagement Officer of
Region Tech Hub and it's led by Advance Regenitive Manufacturing
Institute also known as Army with an Eye not Army
but a why So I always have to kind of
make sure people know that. So what is going on
is around the country. There are thirty one designated tech
hubs and we are fortunate right here in New Hampshire
we are at designated tech hub and each tech hub
has a unique and specific technology that they're building and
for us right here in New Hampshire, our technology is biofabrication,
which is essentially regenitive medicine. And think of this, right,
we all know someone who has some type of chronic disease. Yes,
And for example, I had an aunt who had kidney
issues and had to be on dialysis. Okay, and historically
what happens is like dialysis is not necessarilways like the
permanent solution.
Speaker 9: Right.
Speaker 8: Typically people who get dialysis need a kidney they need
a kidney replacement.
Speaker 6: But unfortunately, you.
Speaker 8: Know, with a lot of off these organ replacement there
is like a waiting list.
Speaker 6: Yeah yeah, right, and that waiting list is long.
Speaker 8: Just imagine when you go to the er, how sometimes
you're in there for hours?
Speaker 7: Right.
Speaker 8: So it's a similar concept of why does someone have to.
Speaker 6: Die in order for someone else to live?
Speaker 9: Right?
Speaker 8: So this whole using stem cell therapies coming up to
solutions for treating these chronic diseases.
Speaker 6: Right, And it's.
Speaker 8: Almost like essentially in a simple layman tern like manufacturing
and scaling of organs. Okay, right, so just really kind
of revamping this industry right the by fabrication industry which
is being created right here in your Hamshire and really
focused on those critical chronic diseases and coming up with
the solutions to treat them.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's interesting that people. You know, obviously we have
a lot of listeners in the local area. We also
have listeners who online from across the country and even
around the world, and people, I'm sure most listeners have
no idea that you know that there is even I mean,
we've got a pretty vibrant tech sector here in this
area that people probably don't even know about. You know,
the average people living right here in Manchester might not
realize it. But you know, if you go down to
especially you know, and by the river there the mill buildings,
there's a lot.
Speaker 8: Of tech around exactly where it's happening. Yeah, and there's
actually a lot of tech that's happening. I've been monitoring
the tech industry for years and at one point in
time I actually had my own tech show and it
was called Get Tech Smart Oh no kidding, and it
was focused on featuring technology that was happening right here
in the States. I would invite leaders from different tech
companies here to talk about the technology all the way
from cybersecurity to AI for example, and all this stuff.
Like again where a miliad is right behind us, and
there's all various companies and we are like a stud
up heart for all these companies that are working on
these therapies that are going to be helping to treat
some of these chronic diseases. And I'm I also on
the board of directors for the New Hampshire Tech Alliance, okay,
which kind of oversees this tech stutup hub that's happening
right here in New Hampshire. There there is more technology
in New Hampshire that even I knew before I started
this research.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Yeah, And what you're doing in terms of biofabrication, is
that the right truth?
Speaker 6: That's correct?
Speaker 5: You know, we do talk about well it's funny, just
a total coincidence. But in the first hour of the
show today we had on Natalie Moseley Klinautik, who wrote
a book about her son as CRPS, and you know,
so we talked about this stuff a lot. And Jenny
does a lot of healthcare activism and so forth. So
so these these subjects come up on the show. But
I years ago I had met someone by chance. I
don't remember his name, but he had come to New
Hampshire specifically for he was talking about he had to
get a prosthetic hand and I think it was a hand,
and he had he had come to Uh. This not
somebody I really know, just somebody I happened to meet
by chance, and but he was telling me he had
come to New Hampshire. This was probably ten years ago,
but he had come to Manchester specifically because there was
research being done here, right, you know, developing something that
would work for for someone like him. It was and
it was like, oh, and that was kind of when
I first started to realize what was going on here
and this research that was being done here and development.
Speaker 8: Oh, there's so much going on from looking at you know, diabetes,
tweeting diabetes all the way to you know, other injuries
like you know, ligament injuries like rotato cuff you know, uh,
and using again kind of like those stem cell therapies.
And this is exactly why I'm here, is because part
of the tech cub and what we're doing in the
Tech cup Uh, because this is the new industry.
Speaker 6: Uh, you need the workforce, you need the talent.
Speaker 8: So there's a lot that's going on in terms of
raising awareness through various programs where we have you know,
education Workforce and Development teams that are going into classrooms
working with schools to start that early exposure of hey,
did you know.
Speaker 6: About biof fabrication. Did you know?
Speaker 8: Like this whole new industry, this whole new career path
that you can take. And and it's and it's not
just Army Advance Regenerative Manufacturing Institute who was a part
of this.
Speaker 6: There is a large.
Speaker 8: Consortium of organizations that are all participating in building and
scaling this new industry. Okay, so I'm working with people
from you and ahe working with people from from this
new The granted why for example right here in Manchester
is a part of it because we recognize the fact
that so you can create this new industry, right, you
can create this new workforce, but we have existing issues childcare,
house it, transportation. So we're also looking at that and
we're teaming up with organizations to say, okay, let's say
we want to create these you know, six seven thousand jobs.
Where are people going to live, right, and people have
to go to work, but somebody has to take care
of the kids if they have kids.
Speaker 10: Right.
Speaker 8: So there's all these other issues and challenges that we're
aware of that as part of this scaling and building
that we're really being intentional ensuring that we're bringing in
strategic partners that are going to help us.
Speaker 10: Right.
Speaker 8: And the other thing is what you said earlier when
we kicked off, is I'm right here, the milliad is
behind me, and I had no idea what's going on.
And that is the story that I'm hearing a lot
when I'm going out and meeting with community organizations, especially
those that are in underinvested communities.
Speaker 9: Right.
Speaker 6: And there are people who are looking for work and
they don't know about these career paths right. And we've
had job openings that have been available. We have apprenticeship
programs that are available.
Speaker 8: So you know what, maybe you don't want to go
to four year you know school option, you know, to
get a four year college degree, but you still want
a career right where you can grow and scale and
climb the ladder. So we have all these positions that
are open and that are continuously growing. But people need
to know, we need to feel the positions, and it
starts by me being right here and educating the community
of what's happening right here in Manchester.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and it's great to tell people about it because well,
not only is it important too, you know, because you
do have you need people to take these career paths obviously,
but also it's something to be proud of, right, It's
something that everybody in this area should be really proud
of that this is happening here because it's so cool
and most people don't.
Speaker 7: Know, right.
Speaker 8: I mean, the plan, right is for us to become
the global epicenter for this biofabrication industry. And you know, normally,
like when I talk about New Hampshire, you know there's
some people who still don't even know where, you know,
where New Hampshire is, right, right, and so first so
it for us to be this kind of you know,
some people think about it as like a very rural
entire state.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, right, yeah, we've Jenny and I've personally had
to fight that stereotype with with with people online who
think that I think that that's.
Speaker 6: What New Hampshire is farm land right right, Yeah, Yeah,
people there are.
Speaker 7: People in other parts of the country who think that, yeah.
Speaker 11: We're just hanging out of trees here whatever, no cities.
Speaker 8: No milk and the cows, and yeah, no running water.
Speaker 10: Right.
Speaker 8: And so when I use my social media, like I
told you earlier, like LinkedIn is my platform, that's where
I'm like popular, and I have a global audience off
over seventeen thousand followers, and so they're in shock.
Speaker 12: You know.
Speaker 8: I started just really putting a spotlight on your Hamshire
a couple of years ago, and people what I hear
is like I had no idea that things like that
could happen and are happening in New Hampshire. So we
have a lot of education in terms of putting a
spotlight on you know, who New Hampshire really is as
a state and what we have to offer. And I
think this really is going to give us a competitive edge, right,
not only in the global economy, but especially around the country,
give us a competitive edge. And also it's going to
enable us to really have this economic growth, right because
we're building this new industry, we're creating jobs, we're creating
this treatments which will not only is it about the jobs,
but it's also about the treatment that are going to
be able to help save lives and improve the livelihood
of people, especially those you know who suffer from some
of these chronic diseases. So there's so much going on,
but we my role is to ensure that we're community centered,
that we're not doing innovation on the community.
Speaker 6: We're doing innovation with the community. Right.
Speaker 8: We want people to participate and engage in what we're building. Right,
it's not a only just certain people are going to benefit,
but we want to ensure that, you know, it's not the.
Speaker 6: Although we want to scale.
Speaker 8: We know about Silicon Valley, we know about places like
Texas and Seattle that are booming in the tech industry.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 8: But one thing that I talk about, and I said
this to somebody, is I remember applanning for a job
in Seattle for big company, and then when I looked
at the cost of living, I was like, I can't eat.
I love this role, but I can't even afford to
move to that state. So we're been intentional knowing that
you know, there have been times where tech hubs have flourished,
but then it has pushed others out of those tech hubs,
and we want to ensure that that's not what we do, okay, right.
We want, yes, we want this techhub to scale, but
not at the expense of people in the community.
Speaker 7: Right.
Speaker 8: So that's why I'm here because again we're bringing in
different partners. We're calling on partners like you know, the
City FA in New Hampshire. We're we're working with other
partners as I mentioned from you know you one Ah,
Southern University of New Hampshire, Franklin Players, Manchester Community College.
The academia is very involved in what's going on, but
we're also getting involved people from nonprofit organizations, small businesses
to large scale companies. This is really an all hands
on deck effort to build this industry.
Speaker 5: It sounds to me like there's a a real concern
too that you know, obviously this industry is growing, but
it's tell me if I'm wrong. It sounds like the
maybe the biggest concern that you have is getting people
into that pipeline on that career path. Because if you
have a flourishing industry and a very important one, obviously
this is important work. But if you have a flourishing
industry but you don't have enough you know, I mean,
we live in a time where record low unemployment, you know,
so it's I imagine right now in fact, plus in
New Hampshire, even in times of high unemployment in this state,
we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country,
even when the rest of the country is doing poorly
with it. But so, I mean that sounds like I mean,
is that kind of your biggest concern or your biggest
challenge is just getting people on that career path because
you know, again, if you've got a flourishing industry but
you don't have people coming into it actively entering the industry,
then you you know, you run the risk of kind
of hitting a choke point there right where if you
don't have people right.
Speaker 6: So, I don't think that's the concern.
Speaker 8: I think my biggest concern I haven't been boosts on
the ground in the community is the lack of knowledge
of what's actually happening. Okay, so the talent is there, right,
but the people don't know that, you know, the jobs
that are currently available or the one you know, apprenticeship
programs or opportunities that are to come, right. A lot
of people don't know. And we're dealing and I've met
with organizations that are doing workforce development and talent recruited
and and and they're like, we have people, but we don't.
Speaker 7: Know, right, we don't.
Speaker 8: We didn't even know that you existed until you came
here instead of educating us. And that's why for me,
knowledge is power, right. And I've had the opportunity to
in December or travel to DC and travel to Arizona
and meet with people from other tech hubs as well.
And one of the things that I keep it's a
right or the fresh of my mind, is a gentleman
who grew up on is Native American. He grew up
on a reservation and he's now an engineer, but he
said he didn't know what an engineer was until he
was an adult because he didn't have the exposure.
Speaker 6: So that's what we're trying to do. And that's what
my role is.
Speaker 8: And that's what you know, other organizations we're teaming up
with is. You know, there's this ideology sometimes off you know,
you when you know the various opportunities that are available
to you, right, that empowers you to explore those various
career paths.
Speaker 12: Right.
Speaker 8: But if you don't know and you are unaware of
the various career paths that exists, then it's not on
the top of your mind. Off, Hey, that role is
a possibility for me because you don't know, right, And
what we're trying to do, And one of the efforts
that I'm leading is that raising awareness, that matching up
people you know, with these opportunities, right, and working with
organizations that are also in the community to help us
amplify the message, right, because we understand we can't do
this alone. I'm but one person, right, But what I
have to do is ensure that I am having people
who join this concertium who see what we're doing and
are like, yes, we want this, we want this to scale,
we want this to build, we want to be part
of this economic growth, and we're going to help you
share the message out into the community.
Speaker 7: Yeah. In terms of.
Speaker 5: I mean when you're talking to people about that, well,
people like me who don't really know much about it
and it's wonderful to have this opportunity to learn about it.
What are some things that you tell people to kind
of get them excited and invested in it, Like when
you like to me, it's exciting when you talk about
the biofabrication. If I can say it biofabrication.
Speaker 6: Yeah, you got them.
Speaker 7: You know that's exciting to hear about that kind of thing.
Speaker 5: Is that one of the things that you're communicating to people,
because obviously you're communicating to people all the time, right
who have no idea about any of this. So I mean,
what are some of the things you tell people to
get excited about it?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 8: I think the first part is really that educational awareness
of what it is and also being like really clear
because listen, I'm not in the medical industry. I'm actually
a license attorney, right, So having people know that, like
you don't have to have this PhD in biology and
chemistry and you know, life sciences to participate. Like we're
creating pathways like the apprenticeship program. The whole premise is
that you know, learn and earn. From day one, you're
learning about this new industry and you're getting paid.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 8: Then you go to classes at like mcc man Community College,
and while you're in class, you're getting paid.
Speaker 6: So we are ensuring that.
Speaker 8: We're not you know, first of all, one organization said like, hey,
you gotta remember, like this stuff is so complex, right,
So even for people who English is their main language,
this stuff can for some this can be difficult. Now
we also have to think about, you know, in New Hampshire,
especially right here in Manchester, there are several dialects, there
are several languages that have been spoken.
Speaker 6: So how are we also taking that.
Speaker 8: Approach to ensure that while we're spreading the information that
we're being very clear right and if people are not
fully understanding, we're also taking the steps to ensure that
we're creating programming that enables people to understand what's going
on so that they can be able to participate. So
I think the biggest thing is that really being intentional
with how are spreading this information to ensure that again
everybody in the community understands and have that pathway to
be able to participate and engage.
Speaker 7: Okay, okay, what.
Speaker 5: Are some are are there misconceptions that people have about
it that you encounter that you have to kind of
you know, push back on and like like, are there
people who are kind of who have some level of
awareness but they they just have the wrong idea about
it all?
Speaker 8: Or yeah, I mean listen, I think even for me
when I first started doing this, this stuff sounds like
from a sci fi movie, right right, right, it's like science.
Speaker 6: Fiction and real life.
Speaker 8: Right, It's like, you know, like almost like doctor Frankenstein
creating organs and stuff like that. So I think that
people are their minds are blown. But I think it
comes down to what I just said, is that the
biggest misconception is that like, oh, this is for the doctors,
you know, the people and the medical Like I can't
participate in this because I'm just a janitor or you know,
I'm just a right So, and I think that's the
biggest thing that we have to dispel is people thinking
that this industry is untouchable and that only a select
few who you know, might have the credentials and the
schooling can participate. And and again when you when I
go to some of the meetings and I hear some
of the people talk, there are some things I'm like,
I have to go google that, right.
Speaker 6: So, so it's that.
Speaker 8: Notion off, you know, that biggest myth is that these opportunities.
Speaker 6: Might not be for everyone.
Speaker 8: Sure, And that's one of the things that I have
to spend a lot of time saying. It's like, no,
we don't need you to go to Dotmouth. I mean,
if you want to go, that's fine. You know they're
part of the concertium. You know they're working with us.
But you don't have to go become a medical doctor
to participate in this field. Like, we need, you know,
people who are project managers, right, we need people who
are doing quality assurance, you know, we need people who
you know, those labs, you know they need to be cleaned, right,
and maybe there's somebody who can specialize in handle in
some of that material.
Speaker 9: Right.
Speaker 8: We need people who are you know, doing the essentially
the lawn, the laundry, right, the lab codes, cleaning them
up and you know, so there is We're trying to
create opportunities, essentially, uh for everyone, and and yes there
might be some roles that are specific to somebody who
needs to be a scientist, but there's also going to
be a role for someone who We need marketing people,
we need communication people, right, And you're.
Speaker 11: Truly working to make New Hampshire and absolute go to
I was just doing a little bit of research on
you and you worked really hard last year and got
a grant to really put this off from the federal government. Yeah,
you got a forty four million dollar grant and there
were only twelve issued across the country, right, And you
got one of those right here from New Hampshire, and
I was reading about it, and just to play off
for what you were just saying, this is all about
growing the next generation's leaders. And when you were talking
about the labs, that's like so important. You think about
an operating room, right, you can't have anything in the
wrong place, right, same thing in a lab. One wrong
particle in the wrong place throws what you're working completely
out the window.
Speaker 6: And you've got to start all over again.
Speaker 11: So it's vital to make sure that the environment, every
aspect of that environment, and how to do that and
who's running it.
Speaker 1: There's so much to.
Speaker 11: That that you don't Yeah, we don't think about that.
We think about lab work, we think about a scientist,
think about a doctor, but we don't think about all
the other players in the room that are needed to
make that advancement happen.
Speaker 6: Right, you're absolutely right, and thank you for bringing that up.
Speaker 8: You know this this critical technologies. We're funded by the EDA, right,
and and we are so fortunate in New Hampshire.
Speaker 6: What is both the Economic Development Administration?
Speaker 8: Okay, right, so and and and that's and that's something
that I have to practice. I gotta remem and that's
one of the things that we have to work on
is sometimes we use as acronyms or the assumption that
everybody understands and and that's part of that clear uh
communication to have people know what's happened. So, yeah, So
this these uh tech hubs, as I mentioned earlier, are
funded by you know, the DA and various other initiatives.
Speaker 1: UH.
Speaker 8: The National Science Foundation is also heavily invested in in
in you know, kind of the scaling of various critical
technologies across the country. So to have this happening right
here in New Hampshire is incredible. And mind you, two
years ago, under the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, there
was another forty four million dollars that poured into the
state and I actually serve on the board that oversees
those funds. And the exciting part about that is we
also have created a demobil It looks like a food truck,
but it's a biofabrication lab on wheels.
Speaker 6: That's awesome.
Speaker 8: Yeah, And it's going into the community and it's going
to schools and it's going to community events and people
can kind of get on and see kind of like
the different equipment, and of course they made it like
you know, miniature size, and you know, so that people
can kind of see what is happening in some of
these labs. And my kids have been on on this
demobil Like I had to literally drag my six year
old out of it because they had kind of like
different activities, hands on activities for them to do. And
I had to say, hey, you're not the only one
who wants to play with this stuff. And we have
an Army has an educational workforce development team that is
going into schools in Manchester's Yeah, and they're working with teachers.
Uh and they're you know, they have programs where they're
training teachers about this new industry and then given teachers
essentially that curriculum to go back into the classroom. Uh
and and and work on with their kids, their students,
I should say.
Speaker 6: So. So there's so much going on.
Speaker 8: And the other thing is there's also opportunities for organizations
to participate. There are actually grants that are going to
be available that are going to be opening up soon
into the community that allow organizations to essentially write proposals
to show how they can help us in terms of
workforce development and and scaling you know this industry with
talent recruitment, so that that's coming soon. So hopefully you
invite me back. Oh absolutely, We want to keep tabs
on so that when we release them, because I'm working
with a team that's working on those grants. So when
we release them, would love to come back and let
people know so that you know, those people in the
community can submit those proposals. And again, this is all
about that. The key thing that economic growth creating opportunities
not just for individuals but also for our businesses and
organizations in the state.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 11: Yeah, the more we talk about this, the better and
the more students that may go into STEM or get
involved in these things if they know it exists.
Speaker 7: Right.
Speaker 11: I think this is wonderful that you have this mobile
that you can go around to the different schools and
introduce the kids, because I don't see how there is
there's no real way otherwise except for out of a
book in the classroom or maybe a little video. It's
so great to have something hands on that they can
touch and feel and get excited about.
Speaker 7: Yeah. Yeah, how did you get involved in this flow?
You know you're you're an attorney.
Speaker 11: Yeah, how'd you go to them?
Speaker 8: Yeah, So I'm an attorney who pivoted into tech and
I spent over seven and a half years working for
one of the biggest tell of communication companies in the country,
and I worked on like four G projects, five G projects.
Speaker 6: I was overseeing like multimillion dollar.
Speaker 8: Modifications to sell towers, overseeing teams of various vendors.
Speaker 6: So I just fell in love with that kind of tech.
Speaker 8: And innovation and and all that comes with emerging technologies
and became kind of just started looking at what was
going on globally and then I said, wait a minute,
but what's going on locally? And I just started, you know,
just on my own doing research and that's when I
ran into the New Hampshire Tech Alliance. And that's when
I said, you know what, I want to create something
on my own that's going to educate people in my community.
And that's when I had created Get Tech Smart, which
was to essentially educate members of the community of what's
going on right here in your hand.
Speaker 6: I'm sure.
Speaker 8: And I've had people like the Sea Science Center as
a guest because the Sea Science Center is also involved
with what's going on. They actually have like a biofabrication
summer camp, yeah, where students can.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 8: And I actually serve on the board of the Sea
Science Center. So that's the other thing I started doing
was really aligning myself with some of the organizations that
were really invested in STEM education instead of aligning myself
with them and going to them and saying, how can
I help you further your goals? Because I really see
how like, if I had been exposed to this when
I was younger, at an early age, then my pathway
probably would not have been the legal world. It would
have been immediately into the tech world.
Speaker 13: Right.
Speaker 8: But you know that was my exposure, and that's why
I'm a big advocate for raising awareness at an early age, right, that.
Speaker 6: Early childhood curriculum.
Speaker 8: And you know you mentioned something that really critical is
that hands on, right, Like I didn't learn law, like
truly practicing law until I actually worked for a law office. Yeah, right,
Because you know, when you go to law school, it's
so books, book, book, book book. Yeah, you have mock
trials and all that stuff. But if you're not doing
internships like in a courtroom or for a law firm,
you don't get that hands on experience. So That's why
for me, I'm a huge advocate for that kind of
hands on education because it's so much easier to learn
and then also make it fun. That's why this demobil
is incredible. So yeah, that's how I got into this
because I'm just such a firm believer in people having
opportunities to dream big, but not just to dream, not
stop there, but to also have pathways to make those
dreams of reality.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Yeah, do you ever do you ever run into situations
where you have to kind of explain to somebody like
we live in a time where there's there's there's a
segment of the population that is skeptical about any kind
of medical science.
Speaker 7: You know, you know, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of you know for.
Speaker 5: People who you know, we watch a couple of YouTube
videos and think they know more about you know, uh,
more than an immunologist or a virologist or an epidemiologist
for example. There's a lot of misinformation, disinformation, all of
that kind of stuff out there, right, do you do
you have to kind of fight that battle ever where
you're you're talking to somebody and they're not getting it,
not because not because they don't understand what you're doing.
Speaker 7: But because they don't, they just don't believe it.
Speaker 5: Like they think that, you know, any kind of medical
advancements or any kind of tech advancements stopped at a
certain point and anything after that, it's just the government
trying to do something to us.
Speaker 11: Or something, you know, right, you know what I mean, right, Yeah,
a lot of wild ideas out there.
Speaker 8: Right, nobody's trying to plant any chips. That's not part
of the project, you know. To be honest with you,
as you were asking that question, now, I was sitting
there like really like kind of like have I ran
into that? And honestly, no, good that's reassuring, Yeah, I
have not. I think again, I keep coming to this.
I think what I see really is more off a
lack of awareness, and I think where it also is
is a shock off what like this is happening like
in real life, like right now, like because again I
think this sounds like things that you know you see
on like a Netflix, yeah, you know show and as
some type of you know, science fiction show. I think
what I see more is of a shock that this
is actually happening and this is this is real, like
people are working on, Like what do you mean you
want to wait?
Speaker 6: You want to like be manufacturing organs?
Speaker 1: Like what?
Speaker 8: Yeah, Like so if something happens to me, I need
an organ like y'all having like this assembly line of organs.
Speaker 6: Like so those the type of questions.
Speaker 8: It's like the disbelief not because of like you know,
they think it's some conspiracy theory, but more off a wow,
like technology has really come this far, Like in my lifetime,
I get to actually witness this type of innovation happening,
and I think that's where where we're seeing it's people
are just like you know, you know, my father always
tells me, you know, back in my day when I
went to school, you know, I would walk to school
and sometimes I didn't have shoes on, right, So it's like,
you know, so like my parents are from kind of
like that generation to them like being excited to tell
their friends like, oh my god, you won't believe like
what my daughter is a part of. So is that
type of this belief off, we can't believe this is happening.
Speaker 7: What's been the biggest surprise to you?
Speaker 5: There is there one thing you can point to that
that you've seen or that you know is being worked
on that that really kind of stands out. It's just
being like, wow, I never even thought I'd seen this
in my lifetime and they're doing this is there?
Speaker 8: Yeah, so real quick, how I met advanced with General
Manufacturing Institute and how I kind of started finding out
myself that this was happening is they were at a
STEM event, Wicked Stem Your England event.
Speaker 6: Have you guys heard of this?
Speaker 8: No, there's there's a Wicked Stem Your England event that
happens every year.
Speaker 6: Oh and the Union Leader actually hosts it. They run it. Oh,
Billy Wilson from the Union Leader runs it.
Speaker 8: And and it's bringing in people from not just New Hampshire,
but we're getting people from as far as Connecticut, from
mom Maine, and you're getting all various you know companies
that are coming that are in like in the STEM
and and you know they have booths and they have
interactive and hands on activities. So when I went to
the Wicked Stem Your England event, Army had like, you know,
their their table there and they had a pig's heart
and I'm like, well that's odd, Like why why y'all
have like a pig's heart, like in a glass container,
and and they said, what we've done is stripped the
pig cells off and and we we don't want it
to remember or you know, it's a pig. And then
then there's a concept of then you will then put
stem cells from a human right into the heart because
the heart is closely resembles a human heart. And then
this concept off right, this this serialization off the pigs
cells and then embedding them with a human and then
now you have this heart which now essentially now it's
no longer a pig.
Speaker 6: Now it thinks it's a human. So that to me
was the say what again, like.
Speaker 3: Y'all a joke?
Speaker 14: It?
Speaker 4: Wow?
Speaker 6: So that's how I got introduced to this.
Speaker 8: Okay, through shock and through I can't believe this has happening,
and please may I have more information that I want
to be involved? And here I am, like several years
later after that one interaction.
Speaker 7: Oh wow, that's pretty cool. That's pretty cool. If you're
just joining us.
Speaker 5: We're talking with Flow Nicholas from the Region Valley Tech
Hub and or Army A.
Speaker 7: What what is aar AM? I what does that stand for? Again?
Speaker 8: So it's Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute gotcha.
Speaker 7: Gotcha?
Speaker 5: Yeah, No, that's this is this is exciting stuff. Do
you do you learn about things that you can't talk about?
Speaker 7: Like like, do you ever do you ever.
Speaker 5: Learn about something that that's being worked on that you
but you can't you can't.
Speaker 6: Say no because I'm not allowed on that part of
the building.
Speaker 7: Gotcha.
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 8: So no, So that's the fortunate thing. Stuff that I'm
allowed to chat about, I'm exposed to. And then there's
other things that you know, because some of the funding
is from the d O D. Yeah, so they are
working on some stuff there too. Oh yeah, yeah, so yeah,
so I'm not in that part of the building.
Speaker 7: Oh okay, I gotcha. I gotcha.
Speaker 5: So what do you what do you recommend for people
who are listening to this who do want to get involved,
because as you mentioned, you know, there are various career
paths and you know, not everyone's a scientist or is
going to be a scientist. But right, like, like, what
what do you suggest how do people who think they
might want to get involved in this industry?
Speaker 7: What? What's what's the first step?
Speaker 8: Yeah, definitely, I think the first step is to essentially
Google is my trusted advisor, So Google region Valley Tech Up.
Speaker 6: Everything is so spanking you. Even my role is spanking you.
Speaker 8: So I'm actually one of the things I'm going to
be working on is we're going to be hiring a
market and communications specialist where we vamp in our website
excellent where it would have additional information. But I truly
believe in boots on the ground quickly. Yeah, so definitely go. Also,
we are right now. The Region Valley Tech website is
embedded in the Advanced or Generative Manufacturing Institute's website. So
if you look up Army A r M I, and
even if you look up Region Valley Tech Hub, New Hampshire,
it will bring you directly U to the website and
there is you have the ability.
Speaker 6: To hit inquire and listen.
Speaker 8: Any follower that wants to connect with me directly and
learn more, please give them my information.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, absolutely absolutely, any uh, any announcements forthcoming that
did you want to mention or any And because you
know you talked earlier about events like I didn't know
about like the one you were talking about the Wicked.
Speaker 6: The Wicked Stem you're England.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I had no idea that was that was going on,
and the union leaders involved, I mean anything anything coming
up that we should know about.
Speaker 8: Yeah, So we will have events coming up in May,
which again now I have an excuse to come back.
Speaker 6: Yes, yes, and one.
Speaker 8: And part of one of the events that we do
is community Update. It allows anybody in the community the
ability to come and hear all the progress that we're
making and any other opportunities that might be available.
Speaker 6: So I would again that's going to be coming up
in May.
Speaker 8: If this is where it's going to be important for us,
you know, to have our website, which is coming soon.
But we do have a landing page where if people
want to acquire and stay tuned to what's going on,
I encourage them to do so. But that to me
is the big the biggest announcement. But the thing is
just again to the point, go to the website, because
where jobs are being created, like a great example the
granted why in Manchester right here, they are a funded
project out of that forty four million. Okay, they're creating
a childcare apprenticeship program training childcare work because as we
talked about earlier, one of the issues is childcare and
we need more childcare workers in some of these centers.
So there is that apprenticeship program that is coming soon.
They're finishing up. So anyone who's looking to pivot into childcare,
that is an opportunity where you will be essentially trained
from day one, you know, learn and earn and you'll
be able to work in one of these facilities.
Speaker 5: Oh wow, Okay, that's great to know about. And where's
the best place? Is LinkedIn the best place for people
to find you?
Speaker 8: So I know not everybody's located on LinkedIn, but yes
I am. You know that's where I have a big
followings on LinkedIn. But yes, like I said, if anybody
reaches out to you, more than happy to give them
my contact information so they can reach out to me directly.
Speaker 6: I have no problems having one on ones with folks.
I encourage it.
Speaker 8: So yeah, please, if you want to learn more. I've
had people just say, hey, can you talk to this person?
Speaker 6: And I'm not sure. Give me their phone number. I'll
talk to them.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, oh outstanding, outstanding.
Speaker 5: Is there anything about this we didn't talk about that
we should the people should know about.
Speaker 6: I think we covered a lot. Yeah, and you know,
I try not to overwhelm people.
Speaker 8: Yeah, but no, if anybody wants more information, please reach out.
Speaker 5: No, it's very exciting, and uh yeah, we will definitely
have you back on soon because we want to you know,
we definitely want to follow all of this. And uh no,
I think I think it's you know, there's probably going
to be people who hear this who are going to want.
Speaker 7: To get involved.
Speaker 5: And also it's it's just exciting these technology and when
technology is being used for good, right that just in
a broad sense, that's exciting, you know, and all the
medical advancements and everything that's.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's it's uh, it's.
Speaker 8: Quite a time to be alive, isn't it It is
it is, And with all this innovation and the opportunities
that are being created, it's also a great time for
career paths and workforce development.
Speaker 5: Yep, yep, absolutely flow Nicholas, thank you so much, my pleasure,
Thank you absolutely, and yes we will. We'll definitely have
you back soon to keep up on everything going on.
Speaker 7: So all right, very good.
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