Speaker: Linda Barita, Director of Strategic Alliances (MAGNET)
Manufacturing is the second largest private sector employer in Northeast Ohio - second only to healthcare. It’s important to keep on top of what keeps our region growing. Linda will cover issues that will help manufacturers grow their business - and that is good news for all of us.
About the Speaker: Linda Barita is the Director of Strategic Alliances for MAGNET and is an expert in business development as well as workforce, sales, and product management. She worked for BP Oil for 13 years, followed by work at GrafTech for 5, finally ending up at MAGNET for the past 9. That gives her over 25 years of industry experience ranging from positions in marketing, sales, product development and more.
Linda is a graduate from Youngstown State University, is on the Board for the Cleveland Engineering Society, Regional Board seat for Women in Manufacturing, and also is the founder, and Director of the Women Leaders of Economic Development group for NEO.