This video is part of Video Insights: WISE Chats in Series: Professional Advancement.
This video appeared in Machine Design and has been published here with permission.
Manufacturing in the 21st Century offers the promise of a rewarding, lucrative career path...but the industry has to overcome its longstanding image problem first. In this video chat, Machine Design’s Rehana Begg talks with digital manufacturing entrepreneur Sarah Boisvert, the founder of Fab Lab Hub, about actionable ideas that will steer more people—and women, in particular—toward meaningful and fulfilling careers in manufacturing.
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About the Author

Rehana Begg
Editor-in-Chief, Machine Design
As Machine Design’s content lead, Rehana Begg is tasked with elevating the voice of the design and multi-disciplinary engineer in the face of digital transformation and engineering innovation. Begg has more than 24 years of editorial experience and has spent the past decade in the trenches of industrial manufacturing, focusing on new technologies, manufacturing innovation and business.
Her B2B career has taken her from corporate boardrooms to plant floors and underground mining stopes, covering everything from automation & IIoT, robotics, mechanical design and additive manufacturing to plant operations, maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement.
Begg holds an MBA, a Master of Journalism degree, and a BA (Hons.) in Political Science. She is committed to lifelong learning and feeds her passion for innovation in publishing, transparent science and clear communication by attending relevant conferences and seminars/workshops.