From Iowa Farm Girl to Global President: Nashay Naeve's Unbelievable Journey

About this episode

Nashay Naeve shares her inspiring journey from an Iowa farm to becoming the President of a global manufacturing company.

In this episode, Rob Pene sits down with Nashay Naeve, President of Tsubaki Nakashima's plastic injection molding business — a global manufacturing company serving the medical device and automotive industries. Nashay shares her remarkable journey from growing up on an Iowa farm to leading a global team of over 100 people across multiple continents. Nashay opens up about her early fascination with math, physics, and mechanical equipment (thanks to her farmer father), which eventually led her i...

People in this episode

Host: Rob Pene

Guest: Nashay Naeve

Topics covered

• career journey
• leadership
• manufacturing
• global business
• STEM education

Keywords

• Nashay Naeve
• Tsubaki Nakashima
• global president
• manufacturing
• Iowa farm
• STEM
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tsubaki Nakashima

Places: Iowa

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