Don Capener, PhD
ChatGPT- How will it impact information gathering and research?
How often do you hear the phrase “I’m staring at a blank sheet on this one”? If you start from scratch on any information-gathering...
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Our collection of thought leadership on industry topics with a bias toward the future.
Chang Industrial
- Mar 22
- 3 min
JVC- developing a world-class startup community in Jacksonville
The Jacksonville Venture Competition (JVC) is a live pitch competition and conference with the mission of developing a world-class...
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Chang Industrial
- Jan 24
- 4 min
Tim Wei featured in Retail Tech Bulletin: Supply Chain and Autonomy
Tim Wei is featured in Northwestern’s Retail Analytic Council. Wei explains the early impacts of the Coronavirus on supply chain and...
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Chang Industrial
- Jan 5
- 1 min
What is Virtual R&D? - Leveraging Technology To Build a Better World
Virtual R&D will be used to develop new technologies in anticipation of where we will be in the future. We know technology cannot solve...
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Chang Industrial
- Dec 22, 2022
- 3 min
Chang Industrial's 2022 Annual Conference
In December of each year, Chang Industrial hosts our team members for a workshop style conference and celebration. This is one of the...
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Chang Industrial
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Strategic BIM for Industrial and Manufacturing Projects: A Case Study
The Business Case for Business Information Modeling (BIM) by Matthew Chang, Ross Barnard, Kate McAfoose, and Jim Costa includes...
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Chang Industrial
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Chang Industrial weighs in on the future of the alternative protein industry
Chang Industrial has spent years serving the food and beverage industry through advisory on new facilities, facility expansion,...
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Chang Industrial
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
"IP Studio" announced by Chang Industrial - a space for ideas to come to life
What is IP Studio? Chang Industrial has innovation in our DNA. With innovation comes invention. Our innovators have been collaborating...
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Chang Industrial
- Oct 17, 2022
- 1 min
Kate McAfoose featured on "The Horse's Mouth" - are robots taking over jobs?
Kate McAfoose was featured on "The Horse's Mouth" with Tom McManus. The Horse’s Mouth is a unique talk show where Tom’s guests sidle up...
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Chang Industrial
- Sep 5, 2022
- 1 min
JTA Power-Up! Zero Emissions Industry Forum featuring panelist Matthew Chang
Matthew Chang served as a panelist at the inaugural Power Up! Connecting the First Coast Zero-Emissions Industry Forum in June hosted by...
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Chang Industrial
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
City council hopeful, Nahshon Nicks, hosts Matthew Chang on "Nicks at Nite"
Nahshon Nicks, candidate for City Counsel District 7, shares his vision for the future of a thriving Jacksonville and asks Matthew Chang...
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Matthew Chang
- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min
Matthew Chang, featured author in Supply Professional Magazine- Supply chain as a service
Matthew Chang had the opportunity to share his expertise on supply chain as a service for Supply Professional Magazine. This article is...
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Chang Industrial
- May 10, 2022
- 1 min
Matthew Chang presents The New Paradigm at Georgia Tech for the IFAN Conference
Matthew Chang was asked to speak at the International Food Automation Networking Conference this year at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA. The...
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Dr. Timothy Wei
- Apr 5, 2022
- 3 min
3 Considerations for HOW to Innovate in an Era of Disruption - Dr. Tim Wei
In our previous article, Dr. Tim Wei asked a fundamental question: "How do we innovate in an era of disruption?" In this article, Dr. Tim...
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Dr. Timothy Wei
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
Dr. Tim Wei - Exponential Change - Innovation in an Era of Disruption: Part 2
We are living in an era that is both exhilarating and terrifying. To coin a phrase, ‘it [is] the best of times, it [is] the worst of...
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Chang Industrial
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
Matthew Chang, Speaker for Northeast Florida Engineers Week Kick-Off Luncheon
Matthew Chang was the speaker for Northeast Florida Engineers Week Kick-Off Luncheon at the University of North Florida. He gives a...
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Matthew Chang
- Feb 8, 2022
- 2 min
Special Guest: Dr. Tim Wei presents on Strategic, Sustainable Technology Disruption
What is Strategic, Sustainable Technology Disruption? We define technology innovation as the creation of new, or novel application of...
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Matthew Chang
- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
Matthew Chang Presents "World of Autonomy" at JaxTech
Matthew Chang takes an in-depth look into the World of Autonomy during his speech at the MOSH Planetarium hosted by JaxTech. View the...
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Matthew Chang
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
Data Security and Outsourcing - Trends in Business Technology- Part 3
First, let's talk about data security. Data security may be more important today than it ever has. I'll be discussing multi-factor...
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Matthew Chang
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Embracing a Total Automation Strategy - Trends in Business Technology- Part 2
With a changing world comes the need for a new perspective. There has been a paradigm shift in the business world. High tech equipment...
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Matthew Chang
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Trends in Business Technology – Strategies for becoming an Advanced Digital Supply Chain Company
Businesses are becoming extremely distributed from partners to suppliers and vendors to customers. It is a national and regional trend,...
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Matthew Chang
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Matthew Chang Featured on JBJ Table of Experts: Technology in the Workplace- post pandemic
Matthew Chang had the opportunity to participate in a round table discussion for Jacksonville Business Journal on the post pandemic...
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Matthew Chang
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Guest Column in The Florida Times-Union: Matthew Chang on "Jobs for Jax is investment in city."
Matthew Chang, an expert in automation engineering in Jacksonville, explains Jacksonville's transformation and potential for investment...
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Matthew Chang
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
Your Website is Your Front Door
In part 3 of our New Global Economy series, Matthew discusses the importance of your website in customer connections and effective...
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Matthew Chang
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
The Future of Connected Teams
In part 2 of our video series, Matthew walks through all of the essentials of a well-connected team. One of the most important aspects of...
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Matthew Chang
- Mar 17, 2021
- 1 min
The New Global Economy
Check out the first video in our new 3 part series: The New Economy. In part 1, we take a deep dive into the new global economy. In this...
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Matthew Chang
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Re-thinking Customer Connections
Current management theory touts a triple-bottom line for business: profit, people, and planet. There is an increasing popularity with...
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Matthew Chang
- Jan 20, 2021
- 2 min
Dr. Carlton Robinson, Jax Chamber - Guest Speaker on Innovation
We were honored to have Dr. Carlton Robinson, JAX Chamber Vice President of Entrepreneurial Growth, share "Jacksonville's Innovation...
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Matthew Chang
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Matthew Chang at CESMII: A Talk about Smart Manufacturing
Matthew Chang had the opportunity to discuss smart manufacturing with industry members and leaders at CESMII Food, Beverage, and Consumer...
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Matthew Chang
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Matthew Chang Featured on "Tech Talk USA"
Matthew had the opportunity to share his expertise in automation engineering, smart technology, and disruptive innovation. "Tech Talk...
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Matthew Chang
- Aug 10, 2020
- 1 min
Resiliency and Its Role in Autonomous Technologies
Check out our Chang Chat on Resiliency and how this connects to our Automation Series. Matthew Chang breaks down 4 important components...
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Matthew Chang
- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
Scalability
Check out this Chang Chat on scalability. This is part 2 of our 3 part automation series. In this video, Matthew will explain the general...
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Matthew Chang
- Jul 15, 2020
- 1 min
Automation vs. Autonomy
Check out our first Chang Chat: Automation vs. Autonomy. Stay tuned for all 3 videos in our Automation series. This Chang Chat focuses on...
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Matthew Chang
- Apr 28, 2020
- 4 min
The How behind Jacksonville’s Smart City Initiatives
In our previous articles in this series, we have covered the why and the what behind Jacksonville’s Smart City Initiatives. In this...
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Matthew Chang
- Apr 13, 2020
- 4 min
A Challenge to America's Mayors
In the midst of this pandemic sweeping the nation, we thought it appropriate to take a pause in our article series focused on the smart...
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Matthew Chang
- Feb 17, 2020
- 2 min
The What Behind Jacksonville's Smart City Initiatives
In our last article, we gave some insight as to why Jacksonville has been able to become a smart city leader. Now that we have covered...
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Matthew Chang
- Jan 10, 2020
- 3 min
The Why Behind Jacksonville’s Autonomous Future
The Jacksonville Economic Round-table that took place at the Federal Reserve Bank in Jacksonville provided some of the greatest minds,...
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Matthew Chang
- Oct 5, 2019
- 4 min
Will AI lead to new efficiency or human obsolescence?
Are robots really going to take over all the jobs and leave humans without work? The world’s leading innovators and inventors have...
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Matthew Chang
- Aug 20, 2019
- 3 min
Sometimes it's about the Journey
Technology, politics, progress, and culture have all evolved extremely quickly over the last several years. The world seems to be...
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Matthew Chang
- Jul 12, 2019
- 2 min
I Taught at Harvard and Here’s What I learned
In April 2019, I was invited to Harvard to lecture on sustainability and the advancements in autonomous vehicle technologies. For my...
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Matthew Chang
- May 23, 2019
- 4 min
Insights on Data’s Role in a Smart City: Interview with Drew Messer
Drew Messer is a Smart City advocate with Urban SDK. We asked Drew what it means for a city to be smart and what Jacksonville is doing to...
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Matthew Chang
- Apr 17, 2019
- 5 min
Dr. Tim Wei Weighs in on Technology Advancements in Food Manufacturing
What do technology advancements and food manufacturing have in common? Timothy (Tim) Wei, PhD, the Richard L. McNeel Professor at the...
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Matthew Chang
- Mar 13, 2019
- 5 min
“The architecture has to humanize the technology”: in conversation with Roland Udenze
We had the opportunity to sit down with Roland Udenze, world renowned technology architect, and talk about the role of architecture in...
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Matthew Chang
- Feb 25, 2019
- 5 min
P3’s Making It Happen For Smart Cities
Public private partnerships (P3’s) benefit both the public sector and private sector by combining resources so that both parties see a...
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Matthew Chang
- Oct 29, 2018
- 2 min
I’m a Millennial, What’s Your Problem?
Everyone who is not a millennial loves to talk about how terrible they are. The generation of “Me,” laziness, entitlement, want...
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Matthew Chang
- Sep 18, 2018
- 2 min
Florida city seeks agile solution to mass-transit dilemma
Bloomberg news wanted to profile a traditional mass transit infrastructure that was being modernized with new technology, they traveled...
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Matthew Chang
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Deficits vs. Debt; what you need to know
Deficits and debt talk are dominating our news stations. Why do deficits and debt matter? What are they? How do they relate? This video...
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Matthew Chang
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
Food Industry Disruption
Major portions of the food supply chain stand to be disrupted. One area in particular is big, centralized agriculture. Big agriculture...
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Matthew Chang
- Jul 29, 2018
- 2 min
100+ Autonomous Vehicles in Florida
Did you know that Jacksonville, Florida is poised to become the nation’s leader in public-sector autonomous vehicle shuttles? Donna...
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Matthew Chang
- Jul 12, 2018
- 2 min
The Evolution of Modern Manufacturing
The manufacturing industry is rapidly changing as new technologies and software are being created and implemented by companies around the...
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