White is the founder and CEO of Perisense, Inc., which is based in Ann Arbour, Michigan. The company manufactures sensors to deliver performance and productivity data from legacy manufacturing assets and convert it into actionable intelligence to improve quality and results.
On the WAM podcast, White shares how she started Perisense and how the company is working towards making things like the industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things more accessible to small and mid-size manufacturing businesses, particularly those that operate a fair number of legacy manufacturing systems.
Listen to the podcast on the WAM website.
Dawn White career overview from WAM
Flexible, innovative scientist, engineer and leader with a continuous record of successfully managing teams to ideate, develop and commercialize novel and disruptive technologies in organizations of various sizes and missions. Skilled at product and business model development, and aligning objectives and budgets for innovation efforts. Founder or co-founder of four companies, invented and brought to market the Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing process, developed IP strategies and have been awarded 32 US and foreign patents. Experienced in government, large and small business, academia, and building and leading industry/government/academia teams. Strong technical background in materials science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, additive manufacturing/3D printing and clean technology. Teaches Entrepreneurship at University of Michigan.