2024: A Year in Review
When I look back on a year like 2024, I think “Well, that was … something”. It is always difficult to identify an overall trend. What seems consequential in the …
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Navigating Tomorrow: Insights from the 2024 Construction Technology Summit
In Austin, Texas, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the 2024 Construction Technology Summit. It provided a platform for global leaders in construction technology to discuss the industry’s future. …
Part 2: COMVEC 2023 – A Gateway to New Opportunities
Previously, in Part 1, I discussed the background of COMVEC, why participation in industry events is paramount, introduced my fellow panelists, and discussed our preparation for our panel discussion. Now, …
2023: A Year in Review
As I think back a year to the beginning of 2023, my first thought is that 2023 started more “normal” than the prior two years. I have had the opportunity …
Part 2: DISTek at NI Connect 2023
In part one of this series, we explored the NI 2023 Technical Sessions “Creating a MeasurementLink Plugin” and “Using Python and TestStand to Boost Your Test Development.” In this part of the series, we will …
Part 1: DISTek at NI Connect 2023
Three DISTek engineers from our Fargo, North Dakota office (Justin, Jared, and Matt), recently attended NI Connect 2023 in Austin, Texas, at the Austin Convention Center. NI Connect is formerly known …
We’re Back from CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023
The DISTek Sales Team, along with Benjamin Jefferson, DISTek’s VP of Technology Development, recently made the trip out to sunny Las Vegas to attend CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 at the Las Vegas …
2022: A Year in Review
As I planned for the writing of this blog post, I certainly gave ChatGPT a chance to write it for me. Unfortunately, at least as of the date I tried, …
DISTek Gears up for the iVT Expo
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a booth (space #i1213) August 31 to September 1, at the iVT Expo in Chicago, Illinois. Having successfully broken the …
Recent AEM & AEF Happenings
I had the opportunity to attend two major events in March that involved both AEF and AEM participation. The first event in New Orleans was a joint AEF Plugfest at the same venue and overlapping with the Commodity Classic show which is partially sponsored by AEM. A little over a week later was another event sponsored by AEM: Ag on the Mall.
2021: A Year in Review
If 2020 was the year that COVID-19 hit us like a tsunami wave, 2021 seems like it was the year we all tried to figure out how to respond to it. In the news, companies would roll out back-to-office plans only to have them postponed or modified. In-person events would get scheduled and then change to virtual or be cancelled, or in some cases, held in person but with restrictions or mitigations. If nothing else, the COVID-19 pandemic has at least improved our knowledge of the Greek alphabet.
DISTek Participates in COMVEC 2021
I had the opportunity once again this year to attend COMVEC 2021 with fellow DISTekians Nick Elliott and Benjamin Jefferson. COMVEC, (Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress), is a conference sponsored by the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). It is dedicated to discussing the latest and future trends pertinent to commercial vehicles in the on-highway, agricultural, construction, industrial, military and mining sectors. The theme of this year’s conference was “Energy, Sustainability, and the Future of Commercial Vehicle Transportation”.
