DE&I INTERVIEW


Smashing the glass ceiling


Stephanie Reiss, Market Development Manager at Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials, shares her path from academia to the air conditioning industry, revealing how personal resilience and professional determination have shaped her advocacy for women in cooling science.


Education, she argues, is key to dismantling those


persistent barriers. “It’s essential to educate and make women comfortable with their


potential, with their power.” To her, the metaphor of the ceiling being ‘glass’ is both accurate and optimistic. “If it’s glass, you can


scratch it. You can smash it.”


“W


hy not you?” That’s the simple but powerful question Stephanie Reiss poses to women and girls who hesitate to pursue careers in science


and engineering. Her journey from academia into the air   


    


From acedemia to industry       a role where she could apply theory to real-world problems.   Her entry into a largely male-dominated industry was not without challenges. One encounter remains etched in   technical aspects of the products?’” she recounts.       woman.” 


14 August 2025 • www.acr-news.com


   answer.” That moment shifted the dynamic. “He realised how    and balanced.    


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