Just Gonna Send It

In this episode of Just Gonna Send It, Jim Belosic sits down with Barrett Ames, robotics engineer, startup founder, former NASA researcher, and CTO of REK, a humanoid robot fighting league inspired by Real Steel. Barrett shares his journey from building robots as a kid to working on NASA’s Valkyrie and Robonaut 2 projects, earning a PhD in AI and robotics at Duke, and launching startups focused on construction automation and entertainment robotics. The conversation explores the realities of b...

Sam Holland, co-founder of Informal, joins Jim to talk about how a hands-on approach to building led him from early 3D printing and MakerBot to helping companies bring real products to life. What started as curiosity turned into a career built on experimenting and learning directly from the manufacturing process. They get into the messy reality of hardware, from the gap between prototype and production to the importance of communication, proximity, and experience when working with suppliers. ...

You may know Emanual Moshouris from his recent CNC machining challenge for SendCutSend or his reputation of being the “that could have been sheet metal” guy on X. Known to many as his X handle “Emm0sh”, in this episode of Just Gonna Send It, Jim and Em talk about his unusual engineering career path that took him from designing custom rigging for Taylor Swift concerts to Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade to Amazon robotics and Apple’s iPhone team. Em reflects on mentorship, humility and why real comp...

Solange Massa’s career has spanned worlds that rarely overlap. In this episode, Jim sits down with the Ecoatoms founder to trace her journey from professional opera singer to medical researcher and ultimately to building space-ready payloads for microgravity experiments. Solange explains how curiosity, resilience, and learning through failure shaped her path, what it really takes to send experiments to space, and why some of the most meaningful breakthroughs happen when you stop following the...

Cameron Schiller, Founder and CEO of Rangeview, joins Jim to share how Legos, robots and competitive VEX battles led him to build one of America’s most ambitious modern foundries. From a formative stint inside Chinese factories to creating automated casting systems for mission-critical defense and energy parts, Cameron explains why the future of manufacturing depends on curiosity, conviction, and bringing capability back home.

Curiosity and persistence can take you a long way and Bryce Sills is proof. In this episode, Jim sits down with SendCutSend’s Director of Sales to trace his journey from small-town Washington to running businesses, designing products, and even getting swept up in a Texas pinball fiasco before landing at SendCutSend. Bryce shares how hands-on experience, adaptability, and a love for solving problems shaped his path and continues to guide his approach to leadership and manufacturing today.

Brian’s path to leadership wasn’t a straight line, he grew up between Sacramento and North Dakota, served as a combat engineer in Iraq, sold Corvettes and even cemetery property, and ultimately found purpose in digital manufacturing. From tearing apart trucks and restoring a ’71 GMC with his dad to leading hundreds of employees and scaling new CNC services, Brian shares how resilience, reinvention, and passion matter more than any paycheck. His story is a reminder that fulfillment comes from ...

Jake Holland’s path has been anything but ordinary. From growing up in rural Northern California to a 20-year racing career, and from engineering roles at GE and Hamilton to designing research equipment at the University of Nevada, Reno, Jake has built a career on persistence, ingenuity, and grit. In this episode, Jim and Jake talk about his journey from racing and engineering into entrepreneurship, the lessons he’s carried into his new venture HAViK, and how balancing precision with resource...

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