Podcast appearances and mentions of Trinity Industries

In this episode, we explore Michael Smith's journey from an Air Force IT Manager to VP of Infrastructure and Operations at Trinity Industries, Inc., highlighting his pivotal roles and the cybersecurity landscape within the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors. Michael shares insights on outsourcing cybersecurity teams, the strategic decision-making behind these choices, the evolving role of the CISO, and the importance of strategic positioning within an organization. Michael emphasizes the strategic value of leadership positions and how the role that mentorship played in his transition from CISO to CIO while at Jacobs. The discussion also covers Michael's philosophy on leadership, focusing on extreme ownership and servant leadership, and how this influences his approach to new operational challenges. Key takeaways include: The importance of adaptability and strategic thinking in advancing from technical roles to executive leadership in cybersecurity. Why mentorship and leadership development are critical for building resilient cybersecurity teams and fostering innovation. Strategic outsourcing vs. in-house team development: considerations for effective cybersecurity management. The evolving role of the CISO in organizational structures and the importance of C-level accountability and board engagement in cybersecurity. --- Have a question for us? Reach out: hello@esentire.com --- About Cyber Talks From ransomware attacks to supply chain compromises, eSentire's Cyber Talks podcast will delve into the world of the latest cyber threats that are impacting businesses globally. Join our team of security experts as we speak with C-level executives and security practitioners about the cyber risks affecting their business and how they're addressing these challenges. About eSentire eSentire, Inc., the Authority in Managed Detection and Response (MDR), protects the critical data and applications of 2000+ organizations in 80+ countries, across 35 industries from known and unknown cyber threats by providing Exposure Management, Managed Detection and Response and Incident Response services designed to build an organization's cyber resilience & prevent business disruption. Founded in 2001, eSentire protects the world's most targeted organizations with 65% of its global base recognized as critical infrastructure, vital to economic health and stability. By combining open XDR platform technology, 24/7 threat hunting, and proven security operations leadership, eSentire's award-winning MDR services and team of experts help organizations anticipate, withstand and recover from cyberattacks. For more information, visit ⁠⁠⁠www.esentire.com⁠⁠⁠ and follow ⁠⁠⁠@eSentire⁠⁠⁠.

Great ideas should be formed around the customers' needs. This week on Catalyst Clinton is joined by NTT Data's David Schell and Kristen Foster, the Director of Service Product Development at Trinity Industries to discuss finding and cultivating innovative product ideas within an enterprise. How wide of a net should you be casting to bring in new ideas? How do you make sure that customer's voices are being heard? What are the big bets you should go after while making some quick wins? Kristen shares how she's helping to bring the railcar industry into the future. Links: Kristen FosterTrinity Industries 

Jean Savage, CEO of Trinity Industries, joins David Johnson on today's CEO Spotlight. 

Have you been thinking about corporate wellness and not sure where to even begin on how to step into the space? You will want to grab a note pad because Caroline Susie breaks it down on who to talk to, when to talk to them, and the steps you need to actually make corporate wellness a reality for your practice. In today's session, I chat with Caroline Susie about the exact steps you need to take to begin your path into corporate wellness. ABOUT CAROLINE SUSIE Caroline is an award-winning registered, licensed dietitian with 16 years experience focusing on adult weight management. She loves calling out BS in nutrition pop science and likes to keep things REAL. She refuse to sacrifice her quality of life and am known for being a “carb crusader.” On that note, pass the Napa Valley cab please! When she's not helping her clients or addressing population health needs with employers, you can find her bellied up at the bar of the newest restaurant in Dallas, hence her tag line, “dietitian by day, foodie by night!” No food is off limits here. She is a fitness enthusiast who loves all things food and wine. Her and her hubby have a 1-year-old daughter and also 3 perfect dogs (one Lab and two Jack Russell terriers). Caroline has presented at these companies and organizations: Methodist Health System, Trinity Industries, Schneider Electric, National Charity League, Alpha Phi Luncheons, The Widows Journey, Celanese, Orix, Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Oklahoma Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Nutrition Entrepreneurs DPG. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Clean up our LinkedIn and connect with me and Caroline Understand the key people at the companies you want to connect with Learn about their companies benefits and all the lingo Never be afraid to make new friends MORE FROM CAROLINE SUSIE Website Instagram LinkedIn iLiveWell Nutrition and Therapy We Empower individuals to optimize their unique healthy body plan through food and nutrition, and provide access to Registered Dietitians for all who seek qualified nutrition professionals. We provide every client with a unique plan that is based on their specific needs. Our practice is based on a positive and supportive approach to helping clients live a healthy life. Our sole objective is to improve our clients' overall wellness… to look and feel their best from the inside out. We believe a team's strength is in its people. Join us and make an impact. Click here to learn more about our openings. MORE FROM ADRIEN Marketing Wednesdays Action Steps Driven Goal Planner What is my Next Step as a Practitioner - Take the Quiz Foundations of Private Practice Building Your Dream Practice Apply for Business Coaching Resources for Your Practice Schedule Your FREE 15 Min Fearless Steps Call Connect with Adrien on Instagram and Facebook Private Practice Paperwork Templates Subscribe & Review on iTunes Click here to subscribe to iTunes! I add new episodes every week and if you're not subscribed, there's a good chance you'll miss out on those. I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

Women In Nuix host Tish Looper is joined by Toni Millican, the Director of Legal Technology & Information Governance at industrial products and services manufacturer Trinity Industries. Toni and Tish discuss achieving successful team dynamics through typically gendered strengths, the importance of representation at all organizational levels, and paying forward success.

It's August 28th. It's the day I was born. So I thought I would do a throwback episode and a take a day off from new content. Think back to 1986, if you can. What were you doing? Were you in College like I was at the University of Cincinnati? Were you riding a Huffy bicycle as a young woman or man? From 1986 to 1989 I was lucky enough to be an Industrial Engineering student and I had a co-op job at Huffy bicycles. Huffy had brought in a consulting firm whose initials at the time we AA. After spending many months on-site collecting data, they made a final presentation to our management team using acetate slides on an overhead projector- powerpoint was many years away. They suggested that we embrace something called “Lean” manufacturing to make improvements within the factory and to help us combat the many Asian competitors that were bringing bikes to America. Here is a picture of the best selling bike at the time, a 1987 BMX Sigma. [caption id="attachment_482" align="aligncenter" width="501"] bmxmuseum.com[/caption] I can remember the Industrial Engineering manager being livid in the fact that they used a “canned” presentation. “We spent $100,000 dollars on them, and they gave us a canned presentation that they probably give to everyone!” Regardless, the information in the presentation was heard and we decided that we were going to deploy Lean concepts on our own. This was a few years before James Womack would publish the Machine that Changed the World. At the time there wasn't much information readily available. We learned and implemented some key concepts like pull systems and welding cells. We partnered with the Steel Workers Union to collapse job classifications (we didn't realize at the time that lean is mostly about engaging employees and culture change). We tried things, looked at the results, and often tried things again following the Plan, Do, Check, Act- Deming wheel. At the end of the day, it was an unbelievable place to learn as a college student and generate excitement to complete your Industrial Engineering degree. After college, I spent six years in the paper industry and implemented as many Lean principles as were practical. We used pull systems for raw materials like dyes and chemicals. We used FIFO lanes for rolls of paper in front of some of the downstream processes. But I always wanted to be a consultant. After working in the paper industry for five years, I began a consulting career with a Manufacturing Extension Center (MEC) in Cincinnati. The purpose of the MEC was to consult with local companies of all sizes and help them increase their competitiveness through the adoption of Lean principles. Clients ranged from Morton Salt and Ford to family-owned businesses. In 1998 our family relocated to Denver Colorado. I can remember hoping that I could get a job with JCIT- John Costanza Institute of Technology. John had packaged many lean methodologies into something called Demand Flow Technology or DFT. Working there for several years, I implemented DFT within all sorts of Fortune 100 companies. I can remember working with Carrier corporation a high-volume producer of HVAC equipment. We also consulted with Trinity Industries who made railcars and barges. Rail cars and barges are large, low-volume items. Demand Flow Technology was applicable across all of these industries. Since leaving JCIT in 2000 and working on my own, I have had the opportunity and pleasure to work with many companies across the US and in Mexico. Curtiss Wright, Proctor & Gamble, Lockheed Martin, United Technology Corporation, Stryker medical, to name a few of the larger ones. I have also been fortunate enough to work with many private, family-owned companies as well as covering every industry from the medical device industry to auto body shops. Every company has their own dynamic, their own unique needs

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This week Ashley interviews James Perry, a longtime client and friend from college, who recently left his role as CFO of Trinity Industries for early retirement.

 President Trump finds himself in a firestorm over his comments regarding the violence stemming from the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend. The media and the political culture, both Democrat and Republican, want the Alt-Right, Neo Nazis, and White Nationalists condemned (and rightfully so) but no one seems to want to hear that Antifa and other SJWs should be sharing in the blame for the violence. No one, and I mean no one, not the President, not myself, is making excuses for or condoning the actions of the 20-year-old piece of crap that used a car as a deadly weapon. Nor is anyone looking to legitimize to the message of the Neo Nazis or the KKK but to ignore the role of Antifa in the violence and only blame the so-called "Alt-Right" is at best willfully ignorant and hypocritical; at worst something far more sinister.    Highway safety, guard rails to be specific, has become a crusade for Joshua Harman. He won a landmark whistleblower settlement against the largest guard rail manufacturer in the U.S., Trinity Industries, Inc. The jury found that Trinity failed to inform federal officials that it had modified its highway guardrail systems, putting American drivers' lives in danger leading to a $663 million judgment against Trinity.            And don't forget about the Edwards Notebook and the Veteran's Tip of the Day! All of this and more as time allows. Listen live, join the chatroom, be a part of the show.Failing Heads

 President Trump finds himself in a firestorm over his comments regarding the violence stemming from the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend. The media and the political culture, both Democrat and Republican, want the Alt-Right, Neo Nazis, and White Nationalists condemned (and rightfully so) but no one seems to want to hear that Antifa and other SJWs should be sharing in the blame for the violence. No one, and I mean no one, not the President, not myself, is making excuses for or condoning the actions of the 20-year-old piece of crap that used a car as a deadly weapon. Nor is anyone looking to legitimize to the message of the Neo Nazis or the KKK but to ignore the role of Antifa in the violence and only blame the so-called "Alt-Right" is at best willfully ignorant and hypocritical; at worst something far more sinister.     Highway safety, guard rails to be specific, has become a crusade for Joshua Harman. He won a landmark whistleblower settlement against the largest guard rail manufacturer in the U.S., Trinity Industries, Inc. The jury found that Trinity failed to inform federal officials that it had modified its highway guardrail systems, putting American drivers' lives in danger leading to a $663 million judgment against Trinity.             And don't forget about the Edwards Notebook and the Veteran's Tip of the Day! All of this and more as time allows. Listen live, join the chatroom, be a part of the show. Failing Heads

What if a cheap stock really isn’t as cheap as it seems? Pick a time stamped topic below: (0:40) - Cyclical Stocks: Are they a value trap? (2:35) - Tracey takes an in-depth look at Trinity Industries (6:20) - How to protect yourself as a value investor (8:24) - Where can you find value? (10:50) - Stock ticker re-cap Welcome to Episode #31 of the Value Investor Podcast Every week, Tracey Ryniec, the editor of Zacks Value Investor portfolio service, shares some of her top value investing tips and stock picks. Recently, she’s been having some Twitter and Stocktwits “discussions” with investors about what makes a cheap stock. Just because a stock has dropped big, even if it’s fallen 50% or more, that doesn’t mean a stock is necessarily “cheap” or a “value.” Certainly, that scenario is one that a value investor would want to investigate further. Tracey has covered value traps on the podcast before but this week she turns to its devious cousin: the cyclical stock. Companies are known as cyclicals when their earnings rise and fall with the mood of the economy. So, for example, a luxury automaker, a motorcycle manufacturer and homebuilders are likely cyclical as their earnings rise when the economy is good and consumers feel bullish enough to buy that new car or new house and their earnings fall when there is a recession. Cyclical stocks can appear to be cheap, especially when earnings are just starting to decline. Trinity Industries Isn’t a Value A good example of this right now are the railcar manufacturers, Trinity Industries (TRN) and Greenbrier (GBX). In 2016, Trinity looked cheap, as it earned $2.25. But earnings are on the decline due to a cyclical drop in rail car orders that will likely last several years. In 2017, the Zacks Consensus is calling for $1.30. With shares near $30, and the slide in earnings, suddenly Trinity went from having a P/E of around 13 to having one around 26. It’s obviously not cheap any longer. How do you avoid the cyclicals? Keep an eye on earnings estimates. What direction are the estimates moving? If they were going up for years but now are on the decline for years, that’s a red flag. The Trinity chart is a perfect illustration of a cyclical. This what you don’t want to be buying- at least not before the bottom of the cycle has been hit. If you’re trying to stay away from these false cheap stocks, what should you be buying right now instead? Look for companies with rising earnings estimates and businesses that won’t be as impacted by an economic slowdown. 3 Value Stocks with Rising Earnings Estimates 1. Western Digital (WDC) has a forward P/E of 14.5. Earnings expected to grow by 38% this fiscal year. 2. Seagate Technology (STXA) has a forward P/E of 10.5. Earnings forecast to rise 99% this fiscal year. 3. First Data Corporation (FDC) has a forward P/E of 12.5. Earnings projected to jump 23% in 2017. What else does Tracey think about the cyclicals and finding cheap stocks while the market is hitting record highs? Tune into this week’s podcast to find out.

A presentation by Adrián Lajous, Former Pemex CEO. Adrián Lajous is Chairman of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, President of Petrométrica, SC and non-Executive Director of Schlumberger, Ternium, Trinity Industries and Grupo Petroquímico Beta. He is senior energy advisor to McKinsey & Company. In 2003-04 he was a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and a Visiting Fellow in the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame during the first quarter of 2005. In 1994 Adrián Lajous was appointed Director General of Pemex (CEO) and Chairman of the boards of the Pemex group of operating companies. He stepped down from this position in December 1999 after 29 years in public service. Adrián Lajous taught at El Colegio de México (1971-76), joined the Ministry of Energy in 1977, where he was appointed Director General for Energy. In 1983 he moved on to Pemex where he held a succession of key executive positions: Executive Coordinator for International Trade, Corporate Director of Planning, Corporate Director for Operations (COO) and Director for Refining and Marketing. He also served on the Board of Repsol-YPF. Mr. Lajous holds degrees in Economics from the National University of Mexico and Cambridge University. Event organized by the Katz Center for Mexican Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.

A presentation by Adrián Lajous, Former Pemex CEO. Adrián Lajous is Chairman of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, President of Petrométrica, SC and non-Executive Director of Schlumberger, Ternium, Trinity Industries and Grupo Petroquímico Beta. He is senior energy advisor to McKinsey & Company. In 2003-04 he was a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and a Visiting Fellow in the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame during the first quarter of 2005. In 1994 Adrián Lajous was appointed Director General of Pemex (CEO) and Chairman of the boards of the Pemex group of operating companies. He stepped down from this position in December 1999 after 29 years in public service. Adrián Lajous taught at El Colegio de México (1971-76), joined the Ministry of Energy in 1977, where he was appointed Director General for Energy. In 1983 he moved on to Pemex where he held a succession of key executive positions: Executive Coordinator for International Trade, Corporate Director of Planning, Corporate Director for Operations (COO) and Director for Refining and Marketing. He also served on the Board of Repsol-YPF. Mr. Lajous holds degrees in Economics from the National University of Mexico and Cambridge University. Event organized by the Katz Center for Mexican Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.

A presentation by Adrián Lajous, Former Pemex CEO. Adrián Lajous is Chairman of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, President of Petrométrica, SC and non-Executive Director of Schlumberger, Ternium, Trinity Industries and Grupo Petroquímico Beta. He is senior energy advisor to McKinsey & Company. In 2003-04 he was a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and a Visiting Fellow in the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame during the first quarter of 2005. In 1994 Adrián Lajous was appointed Director General of Pemex (CEO) and Chairman of the boards of the Pemex group of operating companies. He stepped down from this position in December 1999 after 29 years in public service. Adrián Lajous taught at El Colegio de México (1971-76), joined the Ministry of Energy in 1977, where he was appointed Director General for Energy. In 1983 he moved on to Pemex where he held a succession of key executive positions: Executive Coordinator for International Trade, Corporate Director of Planning, Corporate Director for Operations (COO) and Director for Refining and Marketing. He also served on the Board of Repsol-YPF. Mr. Lajous holds degrees in Economics from the National University of Mexico and Cambridge University. Event organized by the Katz Center for Mexican Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.

What if a customer tells you they are going to reduce what they pay you for the work you just delivered to them because you owe them to fix for a bad job you did on an earlier contract?  If you are on the accrual basis, can you reduce your accrued receivable or record an expense if you are disputing that claim?  That is the issue being dealt with this week in the case of Trinity Industries v. Commissioner, 132 TC No. 2.The written materials can be downloaded at http://www.edzollars.com/2009-02-02_Timing.pdf .The podcast is sponsored by Leimberg Information Services, located on the web at http://www.leimbergservices.com .

This PodCast is about the timing of income you report and deductions you take. What if a customer tells you they are going to reduce what they pay you for the work you just delivered to them because you owe them to fix the "bad job" you did on an earlier contract? If you are on the accrual basis, can you reduce your accrued receivable or record an expense if you are disputing that claim? That is the issue being dealt with in the case of Trinity Industries v. Commissioner, 132 TC No. 2. The written materials can be downloaded at http://www.edzollars.com/2009-02-02_Timing.pdf . This Podcast is sponsored by Leimberg Information Services, Inc. at http://www.leimbergservices.com Please visit our software, books, and PowerPoint Presentations site at http://www.leimberg.com