Women Breaking the Mold
Rubber News is excited to introduce our 2024 class of Women Breaking the Mold. We've profiled entrepreneurs, scientists, technicians, innovators and problem-solvers, and they hail from every corner of the rubber industry.
Look back at our Women Breaking the Mold class of 2023 here.
If you're interested in attending the 2024 Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum in Nashville, Tenn., visit rubbernews.com/wbmforum.
Women Breaking the Mold
In a packed conference room at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel on Nov. 12, plastics industry enthusiasts Mercedes Landazuri and Lynzie Nebel delivered a workshop blended the "iconic eras of Taylor Swift's music career with essential communication strategies for women in male-dominated industries."
Growth isn't linear. Engel's Vanessa Malena, president of the firm's North America region, knows this well after working her way up the corporate ladder—a journey that involved many hurdles, a few steps back, and even some demotions.
Real professional growth requires a little bit of mentorship, according to industry representatives at the recent Women Breaking the Mold Networking Conference.
Michelle Boven is honest about who she is and what she wants to achieve. And as she pursues success, she keeps a small reminder on her desk: "Be bold, be brave, be courageous."
The 2024 Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum featured speakers who provided actionable insights for women at all stages of their careers. Here are a few takeaways from this year's event.
Our annual Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum returns Nov. 11-12. Here are four reasons you won't want to miss this year's two-day event.
Sussex IM President and CEO Megan Tzanoukakis spoke at last year's Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum, where she broke down six ways to earn the respect and trust of your colleagues.
This year's Women Breaking the Mold honorees truly represent what is best and brightest about the rubber industry, and exemplify the "New, Now, Next" theme of the upcoming conference.
Rubber News is proud to introduce our Women Breaking the Mold Class of 2024. The women featured here are pioneers whose grit, grace and intelligence shine through as they lead by example and push their teams to do, be and achieve more.
Perhaps more than anything else in her career, Candace Amyx is a teacher.
Sure, she's a mechanical engineer by trade and the current productivity manager of the polymers division at Wacker Chemical Corp. But Candace Amyx's passion is to teach others, collaborate with colleagues and find innovative solutions to help support a better society for all.
Amyx has been doing this and more at Wacker for 11 years after working as an engineer in the nuclear energy field in her native Kentucky. When she first started college at the University of Kentucky, she wanted to be a math teacher with an opportunity to teach at some point at the university level.
Yet when she started taking classes in Lexington, the lure and career opportunities of the engineering field was too great for her to ignore.
"I enjoyed making modifications to pieces of equipment and liked the idea of working in a professional atmosphere," Amyx said. "I wanted to do something that would help to give back to the community. I like to understand the big picture."
While at Wacker, Amyx has completed Lean and Six Sigma courses and has led a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically eliminating waste and reducing variation.