Nimit Patel, Principal CEO of Hydraulic Manifolds USA, joins us to share the three factors he's seen that influence every company: people, processes, and technology.
Danny:
Well, welcome to this episode of IndustrialSage on our Executive Series. I have Mr. Nimit Patel, who is the CEO of Hydraulic Manifolds USA. Nimit, thank you so much for joining me today on IndustrialSage.

Nimit:
Thank you, thank you for having me.

Danny:
I'm super excited to jump into today's topic, hear about you and your story. So, for those who aren't familiar with Hydraulic Manifolds USA, what exactly do you guys do?

Nimit:
What, we are the manufacturing engineering assembly for one of the critical components in the hydraulic industry, called hydraulic manifolds. To simplify it, relating it to, similar to electronics, there are circuit boards, we actually lay out the hydraulic integrated circuits, inside a piece of metal.

Danny:
Excellent, that sounds fun. What are some of the top applications that you, or use cases, that you guys, that your product fits?

Nimit:
Where, actually where there's hydraulics, there is, our product would most likely be there. Some of the fun places, from Disney World to NASA, there's simulations from small tow trucks to large industrial farming equipment. Basically, we also have… we make big manifolds for the high-end bridge applications, and also for the oil and gas industry. So, pretty much it's a very, what should I call it? A widespread application. It's something which is usually customized, made to order, and based off the designs, and based off the needs of the customer.

Danny:
Excellent, so let's jump into your story. Tell me, I want to hear a little bit of your career journey. How, take me back to, what was that first job? Or how did you get into the industry? What did that look like?

Nimit:
Well, I kind of jumped into this industry from a totally, from a different segment of the industry where I was, but, means it was challenging. So I basically graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology as a computer engineer. From there, my journey went into, I graduated around 9/11. So, from there, there was very much, it was hard to find jobs. I was actually looking for a job at the time. I worked part-time on my sales up in various retails, T-Mobile, trying to develop my communication skills. From there, I went into the government, where I had a mentor, essentially, part of my journey. I think I have a, at every single milestone, I had a mentor that basically helped me shape my journey, to essentially what I am today.
So, in spite of changes with equipment, from what I learned, to what I did in the industry as a job, to where I am as an entrepreneur, it's been different, but essentially, I was able to relate one part of the discipline to another, and was able to take lessons learned. So, as much as some may find it that it was a 180-degree turn, but there's always, people, process and technology is what I consider is what each and every organization is made out of. And to where I am, with my background, I've been working for the government, working as a government consultant, working as a project manager, too, as I went up the career path, and to the entrepreneurship today. It means, essentially, it's those three variables, people, process, and technology, are what you need to have a handle on to be able to, what I consider every organization has.

Danny:
People, process, and technology, I'm going to write that down. I mean, yeah 100%, that makes a lot of sense. But you mentioned, I think I heard you say the word entrepreneur, or entrepreneurship. Is that, did you say that? All right, so what I am very curious about is,