Nicole is a chartered Mechanical Engineer with an eclectic mix of experience in the manufacturing sector, and innovation support. Currently as Head of Customer Success & Partnerships at MESTEC – a global scale up cloud-native manufacturing productivity solution that defines, plans, controls and analyses shop floor data to make better factory performance decisions, faster, Nicole ensures the current customer base are maximising the benefit from their investment. Nicole spent the first 2 decades of her career in manufacturing operations leadership roles throughout Europe. The last ten years has seen Nicole developing and collaborating in technology & innovation projects, in the support sector, in a plethora of sectors. She holds a M.Sc. from Cranfield, and a B.Eng.(hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College.