Empowering Women in Manufacturing

Meet our host, Kelly Keodara: A communications expert with a background in journalism and experience at Patria and Nokia. Founder of Bloom Finland, Chief of Opportunities at the Finnish Leadership Team podcast, and Communications lead for Africa at Nordic Development Fund. Kelly’s mission is to empower individuals, especially women, to reach their highest potential.

Maria Lammentausta
IWE, IWI-C, VT2, PT2, MT2, NDT trainer at Q-Test

Maria has 18 years of experience in the metal industry, working in various positions. Currently, she is working as a welding coordinator and trainer for new Welding Inspectors at Q-Test.

Shruti Mittal
Product Manager at Visual Components

Shruti holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and a Master’s in IT. She leverages her strong tech foundation to drive innovation in manufacturing. Adept at utilizing IoT, automation, and data analytics, she revolutionizes production processes. Her forward-thinking approach fuels digital transformation and operational excellence in the industry.

Ella Raitio
Quality Manager at Treon

“Ella would describe herself as quality and continuous improvement enthusiast. With a background of Industrial Engineering and Management studies from Tampere University, she joined Treon in 2020 as a Business Analyst trainee during the company’s growth phase. Her role quickly expanded to leading the Quality Management System project and further developing quality and process improvements, driven by her passion for QHSE themes.

Natalia Leinonen
Co-Founder and CTO at Spogen.ai

Natalia Leinonen is a co-founder and CTO of spogen.ai, a startup that transforms manufacturing and heavy machinery operations through conversational AI, making work more accessible and efficient. With over 15 years in tech, her journey has taken her through robotics, machine vision, building her own self-driving robotics startup, and working with lasers. Now, she’s all about making complex tech more user-friendly, and she’s a big believer in encouraging more women to step into technical and technical leadership roles.

Jatta Kallio
Manufacturing Manager at Valmet

Jatta Kallio began as a manufacturing manager summer trainee at Valmet’s Tampere Workshop in 2015 and has since held various roles. She graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from TAMK in 2016 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree at LUT. Since 2018, she has managed a manufacturing line producing boiler pressure parts for Valmet’s Recovery and Power Boilers, overseeing both blue-collar welders and white-collar professionals

Sandvik is a global high-tech engineering group specializing in solutions that improve productivity, profitability, and sustainability in manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure. A leader in digitalization, Sandvik offers cutting-edge equipment, tools, services, and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation, and processing. In 2023, the company had around 41,000 employees and generated approximately 127 billion SEK in revenue across 170 countries. Sandvik operates several sites in Finland, including Tampere, Turku, and Lahti.

TT Gaskets is the leading Nordic manufacturer of gaskets, sealing solutions and sealing services for all industries. The company’s headquarters and factory are located in Tampere, Finland, and the company also has offices in Germany and Sweden. Responsibility, reliability and continuous development are important values ​​in the company’s operations

Fastems provides intelligent automation and digitalization solutions for high-mix-low-volume CNC manufacturing. With 40 years of experience and nearly 5,000 installations worldwide, Fastems operates in Europe, North America, and Asia. As an open integrator, the company specializes in milling and turning machining automation, powered by its industry-leading MMS software. Fastems also offers solutions for automating production and resource planning for stand-alone machine tools, supported by a comprehensive range of services. Its mission is to enhance productivity and profitability for metalworking manufacturers.

Treon is a leading technology company that helps businesses enhance their physical operations through Treon Connect, a platform designed to boost operational efficiency by utilizing data-driven automation to extend machine lifespan, monitor assets, increase productivity, and ensure safety. Serving industries various, Treon empowers companies to leverage data-driven automation for better outcomes.

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.