Art Bejarano on Entrepreneurship, Fire Yourself, and Building Cogen LLC
In this episode of WhatKeepsYouAwake.TV, host David Hooser sits down with Art Bejarano, CEO of Integrity Engineering & Design Solutions (IEDS) and founder of Cogen, an engineer-to-engineer talent platform. From leaving a limiting job to scaling a multimillion-dollar engineering firm, Art shares the systems, mindset, and lessons that shaped his path through aerospace, defense, and high-tech industries.
🎯 Inside This Episode:
• How leaving a stagnant role launched a fast-growing engineering business
• Navigating cash-flow shocks and the realities of net-30 to net-180 contracts
• Scaling IEDS from PCB layout to full-service engineering with AS9100/ISO 9000 quality
• The Flex Interface™ model that helped deliver major aerospace projects ahead of schedule
• Why Art built Cogen to streamline engineering talent matching and prepare teams for the AI-driven future
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