529: Empower The People Who Power The World, with Samsara
Tim Nagy leads the sales engineering team at Samsara, where he and his team work directly with customers to understand their needs and tailor technology solutions. He is passionate about how technology can empower frontline workers, making their jobs safer, easier, and more efficient. Nagy shares a powerful anecdote about a shuttle driver who praised Samsara for simplifying his daily paperwork and improving his safety, demonstrating the real-world impact on work-life balance. He emphasizes that breaking down data silos with a unified platform is crucial for gaining actionable insights and believes the adoption of predictive AI in physical operations will skyrocket.
Today I’m joined by Samsara, a company that is on a mission to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the operations that power the global economy.
Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, which enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness IoT data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations.
Today Tim Nagy, Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering at Samsara, joins me to talk all about empowering teams and businesses with technology that makes an impact. We’ll be shining a light on what workers really think about new technology and AI, and how businesses can leverage it to retain talent. We’ll be exploring the shift from reactive to predictive road safety and logistics, and the role of technology in supply chain agility. And we’ll be sharing the biggest challenges and opportunities for 2026, and the best insider insights live from Manifest.
Guest bio:
As Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering at Samsara, Tim Nagy leads a global team of sales engineers who are helping businesses transform their physical operations. Tim previously held leadership roles in cybersecurity and network engineering at Zscaler, Cisco, and Juniper Networks. Tim has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee and is also an avid private pilot.
An introduction to Tim, his role as a sales engineer, and a reminder of how Samsara helps their customers.
The biggest conversations happening at Manifest 2026, and the impact of AI across the industry.
How Samsara can monitor real-time issues, from weather to driver behavior, to help businesses shift from reactive to predictive road safety and logistics.
Samsara’s recent advert at the Super Bowl, and their first celebrity coaching avatar.
How Samsara see workers thinking about technology and AI, and a real-world example of driver feedback on Samsara solutions.
How technology and AI can help businesses attract and retain talent, and Samsara’s success with the gamification of driver safety.
The continuing problem of data siloes, how Samsara are helping bridge the gap, and why that’s so important.
Why unification is so important, and how siloes prevent the success of new technology projects.
The role of technology in supply chain agility.
From routing efficiency to idling reduction, how sustainable decisions can also be leveraged for cost savings.
The big challenges and opportunities for Samsara customers and the industry over the next year.
Resources & Links Mentioned
- Head over to Samsara’s website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with Samsara and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and X (Twitter), or you can connect with Tim on LinkedIn.
- If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more from Samsara, check out episode 524: Increase the Safety, Efficiency and Sustainability of Your operations, with Samsara.
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