Industry Outlook 2025: Industrial Products and Construction

Kate Hardin

Kate Hardin leads Deloitte’s research team focused on the implications of the energy transition for the industrial, oil, gas, and power sectors and has an experience of more than 25 years in the energy industry. Before that, she led IHS Markit Ltd’s integrated coverage of transportation decarbonization and the implications for automotive and energy companies.

Lindsey Berckman

Lindsey leads Deloitte’s US Aerospace & Defense (A&D) practice and is also a Smart Manufacturing leader in Deloitte’s industrial manufacturing sector, with more than 16 years of experience serving at the intersection of production, operations, and technology in our Consulting practice. With a broad range of experience in our aerospace & defense, industrials, and automotive sectors, Lindsey helps our clients shape their digital transformation roadmaps, investing in solutions built for scale, focused on delivering value, and designed to transform legacy manufacturing processes through digital technologies and AI/cognitive insights. Lindsey was a key player in launching Deloitte’s Smart Manufacturing use cases and key assets and is highly engaged with our ecosystem partners focused on the A&D sector. Lindsey works across the Deloitte functions to bring comprehensive thinking to challenges – by leveraging digital technologies and engaging multifaceted teams, she drives transformational change that cuts across all realms of the digital enterprise.

Michelle Meisels

Michelle is a principal in Deloitte Consulting’s Technology practice and leads our Engineering & Construction practice. Michelle brings more than 30 years of consulting experience with a focus on leading large, often global, finance and information technology transformation programs by leveraging technology. She helps clients integrate digital technologies with organizational and process standard practices to achieve both qualitative and quantitative benefits. She specializes in Oracle Cloud, JDE, Tech Strategy and Digital Transformations. While she has served clients across many industries, her primary focus has been serving engineering and construction (E&C) companies. Michelle has served many global E&C, EPC, and construction companies throughout her career. Michelle was born and raised in Southern California and graduated from UCLA.

Steve Shepley

Steve is Vice Chair and US Industrial Products & Construction Sector Leader. With more than 26 years of experience in the industrial products space, he understands and has insight into the trends that can impact highly engineered product manufacturing companies and help drive performance improvements, such as through the use of advanced techniques and technologies. Steve is a principal of Deloitte Consulting LLP, where his extensive expertise and leadership have been crucial in guiding clients through complex challenges and delivering innovative strategies that foster long-term success. He specializes in the development of transformational solutions that enable clients to reduce operational costs, improve productivity and drive growth. He holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a BS in electrical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.