PODCAST: Inside REGENT’s Journey to Commercial Sea Glider Production with Mark Duchesne

What does it take to turn an inno­v­a­tive vehi­cle con­cept into a com­mer­cial­ly scal­able prod­uct? In this episode of the eVTOL Insights Pod­cast, Jason Pritchard speaks with Mark Duch­esne, Vice Pres­i­dent of Man­u­fac­tur­ing and Sup­ply Chain at REGENT, about the chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties of bring­ing elec­tric sea glid­ers to mar­ket.

Draw­ing on more than 30 years of expe­ri­ence in man­u­fac­tur­ing lead­er­ship at Toy­ota, Tes­la, North­volt and Byton, Mark explains how REGENT is build­ing the man­u­fac­tur­ing sys­tems, sup­ply chain and work­force need­ed to sup­port com­mer­cial pro­duc­tion.

He dis­cuss­es the com­pa­ny’s new Rhode Island facil­i­ty, the impor­tance of design­ing prod­ucts with man­u­fac­tur­ing in mind from the out­set, and why flex­i­bil­i­ty is crit­i­cal for fast-grow­ing tech­nol­o­gy com­pa­nies.

The con­ver­sa­tion also explores automa­tion, qual­i­ty man­age­ment, sup­pli­er part­ner­ships, AI in man­u­fac­tur­ing and the future of advanced mobil­i­ty. Whether you’re inter­est­ed in aero­space, mar­itime inno­va­tion or advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing, this episode offers valu­able insights into the peo­ple, process­es and strat­e­gy behind scal­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of sus­tain­able trans­porta­tion.

Click on the Play but­ton below to lis­ten to the episode, which is avail­able on whichev­er pod­cast plat­form you use.