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I recently enjoyed a walk on West Cliff with Charles Koontz, Co-founder of Monarch Energy, and his son Spencer Koontz, who is preparing to enter a workforce being rapidly transformed by AI.

While walking the cliffs of Santa Cruz with Michael Keer and our spouses, Scott Weinstein, PRG Quality & Reliability Specialist, took a moment to reflect on a meaningful milestone: one year consulting with Product Realization Group.

From startups to industry leaders, teams are redefining what’s possible in hardware development. This month, we’re sharing a real-world success story from Fictiv, highlights from the Build Better Conference, and exciting news about the next edition of Agile Hardware Product Realization.

I recently enjoyed a walk along West Cliff with William Mintun, former Co-founder of b8ta and former Principal Customer Experience Engineer at Humane. William shared his insights on the importance of Customer Experience (CX) in hardware product development

In this issue: our Build Better Summit sponsorship, how we helped Synopsys double production in record time, a look at how Paramit grew from $12M to $100M despite global pressures, and fresh insights on tariffs shaping global manufacturing.

I enjoyed a scenic and insightful get together with Robert Bisaillon and Wayne Miller in Sausalito. It got me thinking about how much high technology hardware product development has evolved over the past few decades.

I recently walked with Ronald Westhauser, the former COO at Redaptive, an Energy-as-a-Service provider that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. We discussed the evolving world of AI.

Today’s walk was with Kyle Doerksen, founder of Future Motion and creator of the Onewheel. Kyle shared valuable insights into the evolving consumer mobility market.