<p>In the season opener, Zoie Rittling (Teguar) gets candid about what it&#39;s actually like being a woman in industrial automation — the trade shows where she&#39;s ignored while training the guys next to her, the unconscious bias most men in the industry don&#39;t realize they&#39;re carrying, and what&#39;s actually actionable if you want to help. Then the conversation shifts into her expertise: edge compute, machine vision, and where the hardware is heading in 2026.</p><p><br>**In this episode:**- Why a single LinkedIn comment sparked a larger women-in-automation conversation- The trade-show pattern Zoie has seen play out over and over- A concrete answer to &quot;what can men in the industry actually do?&quot;- How edge AI + machine vision are sorting potatoes mid-air on a conveyor- What specs customers are asking for in rugged industrial PCs right now- Zoie&#39;s path from visual arts to software to industrial sales</p><p><br>Zoie Rittling is in Business Development at Teguar — industrial and rugged computing hardware for manufacturing, energy, food &amp; beverage, and machine vision applications. Catch Teguar at Automate 2026 (Chicago, June) and ICC 2026 (Sacramento, September).</p><p><br>If you listen to the end, drop a review. It&#39;s how new listeners find the show.</p><p><br>#ZackScrivenPodcast #AutomationMonth2026 #WomenInAutomation #EdgeCompute #IndustrialAutomation #Manufacturing</p>