Ep. 114: Fincantieri's Ricky Nutt on the evolution of shipbuilding

Ricky Nutt, chief of shipyard operations at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, and Amelia Compton Wolff, editor of Insight on Business magazine, join Ann and Kate on this week's episode to dive deeper into the March 2026 Insight on Manufacturing feature "Staying the course," written by Amelia about how the shipbuilder has modernized its operations and pivoted in the wake of U.S. Navy contract shifts and the Industry 4.0 revolution.Ricky, who has worked with the company since 2011, has had a front-row seat to the operations revolution and speaks on this episode about topics ranging from what he loves about his craft to whether or not he's been skeptical of new technologies as they have come along to what the future holds with regard to Fincantieri's partnership with the U.S. Navy.Read the feature online here: How Fincantieri Marinette Marine is modernizing shipbuilding in Wisconsin | Manufacturing | insightonbusiness.comThank you to Stoke RGA for sponsoring this week's episode. Learn more at stokerga.com.