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anera Maharaj is an industrial engineering manager working for MAHL , one of the largest automotive suppliers in the world. She leads a team and oversees several improvement areas to keep a careful eye on productivity, cost and waste reduction, and process mapping. In the past, she was chosen by the Super Scientists initiative to be a spokesperson for S M careers. More recently, Maharaj and her team were one of two winners of the MAHL lobal Incubator . ith funding from the company, and since winning the competition, she’s been able to pursue her own idea. She’s been busy creating her own corporate start-up and has learned much along the way. “My work has changed from a traditional industrial engineering manager to an entrepreneur,” she says. “I look at the product, market

and customers all at the same time.” — es s