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Joe Hernandez
Joseph Hernandez is one of three founders of Liveline Technologies Inc. and serves as its chief operating officer and vice president of engineering. With deep expertise in both industrial process engineering and applied artificial intelligence, he leads the design and global deployment of self-optimizing control systems that combine physics-based modeling with reinforcement learning to reduce variation, cut scrap and improve stability on high-volume production lines. Under his leadership, the Liveline Technologies platform has been deployed worldwide across rubber, thermoplastic, reactive plastic and fiber optic extrusion applications, helping manufacturers automate processes long considered impossible to control autonomously.
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Opinion
Transforming Continuous Extrusion with AI-Driven Process Control
For the first time, manufacturers can deploy control systems that don't just execute instructions but understand processes.By: Joe Hernandez23 July, 2026 | 4 minutes
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