DiscoverDiverse: a SWE podcastEp 329: Breaking Rules and Taking Risks With Melanie Lang, CEO of FormAlloy
Ep 329: Breaking Rules and Taking Risks With Melanie Lang, CEO of FormAlloy

Ep 329: Breaking Rules and Taking Risks With Melanie Lang, CEO of FormAlloy

Update: 2025-08-19
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Melanie Lang, co-founder and CEO of FormAlloy, details her entrepreneurial journey and inspires engineers to take bold risks in this episode of Diverse.

In conversation with FY26 SWE President Inaas Darrat, Melanie reflects on the pivotal decision to leave a stable career in aerospace and defense to launch her own business.

Hear the mistakes Melanie made along the way, her tips on embracing failure, the rule she wishes women engineers would break more often, and what a pink feathered suit jacket taught her about authenticity.

Don’t miss Melanie’s upcoming keynote at WE25, the world’s largest conference for women and allies in engineering, which takes place Oct. 23-25 in New Orleans: we25.swe.org

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Ep 329: Breaking Rules and Taking Risks With Melanie Lang, CEO of FormAlloy

Ep 329: Breaking Rules and Taking Risks With Melanie Lang, CEO of FormAlloy

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