Speaking
Engage Shay as your keynote speaker or technical MC. With a passion for manufacturing industry topics including skills, education and women in leadership, Shay provides invaluable expertise and experience.
Shay’s words come from failure and success, and from a deep understanding and devotion to the industry she loves. Shay educates the public on the uniqueness of Australia and how advanced manufacturing can create a strong economic environment so that the next generation can thrive.
“Shay is dynamically engaging and ensures involvement. Her guidance and analysis are both fascinating and empowering.”
Sasikaran Kandasamy, Senior Engineer – Vaxxas
Speaking for Diversity
Diversity and inclusion in the industry are slowly changing for the better, but there is still some way to go. Working in a predominately male-dominated field, Shay is aware of the reservation from other women to pursue a career in this industry.
She speaks to universities and schools, aiming to encourage and inform students about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), and offer them insight and support with a career in manufacturing.
Speaking for Leadership
It’s not easy to guide a team through quicksand, something Shay learned when she worked in the steel industry in the USA during the global financial crisis. Being thrown into the deep end, she had no choice but to adapt and develop outstanding leadership skills if she and her team were to swim.
The result was more than successfully rescuing and transforming a company in the trenches of global financial adversity – it formed the basis of the method she uses today to coach and speak to those who want to be the best in a company’s most crucial role.
“Shay speaks from a vast experience in management and leadership, providing key advice on navigating challenging and high-pressure work environments.”
Dr. Shanthan Pather, Senior Medical Engineer – Field Orthopaedics
A Vision for Australia
Shay is all too aware of Australia’s negative perception of manufacturing: that it’s lacking innovation and reaching a dead end. Aside from being untrue, this poses a whole new threat - an exacerbation to the country’s looming skill shortage.
Shay provides evidence to support a different view, not only by speaking to younger generations but by educating others from a place of first-hand experience. Why? Because as a specialist in her field, she believes she has a responsibility not just to the Australian advanced manufacturing industry, but to those who could help it achieve its undeniable potential.
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