# In case you missed it...The Invisible Engineering That Keeps Mission-Critical Hardware From Failing — with Todd VanGilder & Ryan Smith, Genuen

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Podcast: [Making Data Simple](https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-data-simple-17685)
Published: 2026-07-08T07:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In case you missed it....For the Electrical Engineers in Test out there, this is your episode. Todd VanGilder, CTO and CRO, and Ryan Smith, Tech Fellow, for Genuen join the podcast to talk about achieving reliable performance through Systems Engineering and Custom Test Equipment. And their secret sauce: Replica. 02:26 Meet Genuen Leaders08:33 Boeing09:21 Genuen15:11 2-min Pitch16:11 Client Profile18:25 Use Cases23:00 Replica33:10 Reflective Memory Secret Sauce37:1...

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