Manufacturing Magazine - April 2021 | Page 137

Irina Stiller
Leah Curry
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Irina Stiller

Manufacturing Excellence Manager ( Digital Factory )
Unilever
Irina Stiller , Manufacturing Excellence Manager ( Digital Factory ) at Unilever , has been working in the manufacturing industry since 2012 . Prior to joining Unilever in 2014 , Stiller worked for Daimler AG and PeopleMatters .
At Unilever Stiller strives to “ establish a common methodology for implementing World Class Manufacturing ( WCM ) in the European Unilever factories by providing coaching , auditing and training activities ,” as well as “ supporting the implementation of sites improvement programs and responsible for the Unilever ManEx training in Europe .”

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Leah Curry

President , Manufacturing Indiana
Toyota
With a career spanning 41 years , Leah Curry is the President at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana . Prior to joining Toyota in 1998 , Curry was at Bristol-Myers Squibb for 17 years .
Studying industrial electronics at Ivy Tech Community College and Chemistry at the University of Evansville , as well as completing a three year TPC training systems apprenticeship in electronics . Curry has also completed multiple technical classes for programmable logic controllers , robotics , hydraulics , pneumatics , electrical and welding .
In 2013 , she was selected by the Manufacturing Institute as one of the 122 women recognised with the Manufacturing STEP award for excellence and leadership in manufacturing , she also helps lead the Women ’ s Leadership Forum as part of TMMI ’ s diversity initiatives .
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