Battery Industry with Brenda Discher of Siemens Digital Industries

Published on June 26, 2026

In this episode of the ‘Brothers Talking Tech’ podcast, Greg Akiki - Senior Director of Reliability at GlobalFoundries, Geoff Akiki - President at Hoya IT Segment Company and Fram Akiki, President at Joun Technologies hosted Brenda Discher, SVP, Business Strategy & Marketing at Siemens Digital Industries Software, to discuss the growing industry around batteries.  

The topics covered included:

  • How big is the industry and how fast is it growing? 
  • What are some of the challenges to adoption and scaling?
  • Where does the focus need to be for innovation?
  • What can the industry learn from other industries, such as semiconductors?

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