No consultants. No theorists. Every speaker at WBS has built something real in the trades — and they're here to show you exactly how they did it.
Josh Huite is the host of the Tradesman Experience Podcast and co-founder of Blue Collar Insiders — a community built to help trade business owners stop grinding and start growing. Josh has spent years in the trenches alongside contractors and shop owners, and he brings that real-world experience to every conversation. At WBS, he's not here to impress you with theory — he's here to help you walk away with clarity on what to do next.
Chad Abel is the owner and president of Tig Tech Inc., a Redding, California-based metal fabrication company specializing in multi-family housing, structural steel, fencing and gates, stairs and guardrails, and custom metalwork. Under his leadership, Tig Tech has grown from a small family operation into a team of roughly 50, earning a reputation for quality craftsmanship, strong safety performance, and reliable project delivery across California and beyond.
Tyson Nelson is the founder and owner of Fine Iron LLC and one of the industry's leading authorities on handheld laser welding. Having replaced traditional MIG and TIG processes with laser systems across his own production shop, Tyson knows firsthand how the technology cuts weld times, reduces training barriers, and transforms shop throughput and profitability.
Our speakers come from inside the industry — not from the outside looking in. Josh Huite built Blue Collar Insiders to give trade business owners the practical, no-nonsense guidance they actually needed. Chad Able brings the operational perspective of someone who has grown a fabrication company to a team of 50. Tyson Nelson adds the innovation angle — leading the charge on laser welding technology that is changing how shops operate. That's the room you're walking into.