Sarab Hans is president of Hans Dairy, a dairy company in Ontario specializing in in South Asian food products. In this episode, Sarab discusses her journey in the manufacturing industry, how she transitioned from being an ‘owner’s daughter’ to company head, highlights the people who helped her along with the way as well as shares her vision for Hans Dairy.

Diane Reko is the CEO and chair of the board of directors of Reko International Group, a diversified, technology-driven manufacturing company located in Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada. Diane is proud to lead a diverse team of skilled and innovative people that help to support the community of Windsor-Essex. She believes that Reko’s support of other manufacturers also strengthens their communities and helps to provide critical economic independence and freedom.

In this episode, Diane discusses her journey in the manufacturing industry, what keeps her motivated, establishing a firm footing as a leader and her experiences as a woman in a leadership role.

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Suzane Greeman is the President and Principal Asset Management Advisor of Greeman Asset Management Solutions, a firm headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the author of Risk-based Asset Criticality Assessment (R-b ACA©) Handbook, and an accomplished asset management leader with over 22 years of experience.

Suzane has worked across several asset management disciplines to implement asset management strategies for cement manufacturing, power generation, wastewater treatment and airport assets.

In this episode, Greeman, speaks about her role as President and how they pivoted during the ongoing global pandemic. She speaks about her journey in establishing Greeman Asset Management Solutions, and the successes she has achieved over the years. She also speaks about barriers she faced as she started out in the asset management world, and how she overcame these barriers. She speaks about the gender-related challenges she faced as a female working in a male-dominant field, and also the support she received in return. In this episode, Greeman gives advice to all females who are looking to advance leadership positions and senior roles, and how to overcome biases and barriers they might face.

Erin Buchanan-Gelinas is a General Manager at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. (TMMC), in Cambridge, Ontario. In her role, Erin overseas all manufacturing operations in the North Plant, producing the 5th Generation RAV4. She is also assigned the role of Lexus NX Chief Production Manager, responsible for the TMMC launch of the 2nd Generation NX and its manufacturing localization from Japan to Canada.

Canadian Manufacturing associate editor Alanna Fairey spoke to Erin recently to discuss Erin's career at Toyota, the challenges she overcame and her advice to encourage more women to take on more leadership roles.

Renn Scott founded Daily Goods Design LABS at the FashionZone at Ryerson University. DGDL is a product design, research and innovation company based in Toronto. Scott's work focuses on collaboration and co-creation methodologies to create design + tech + innovation experiences using insights gained from female consumers. 

Canadian Manufacturing associate editor Alanna Fairey spoke to Renn recently to discuss Erin's career in design automation, the challenges she overcame and her advice to encourage more women to take on more leadership roles.

Carla Cheung is a technical product manager at Mettler Toledo Canada. Some of Cheung’s responsibilities include technical and application support for their product line; product management ensuring they are certified approved and priced for use in the Canadian market; training and education for their direct sales channel, channel partners and customers; start up and commissioning support; and onsite technical and product support for customers and end users.

Canadian Manufacturing associate editor Alanna Fairey spoke to Carla recently to discuss Carla's career journey, the power of mentorship, and why she wasn't interested in forcing herself into a "boys club".