Aneesa Muthana

Aneesa Muthana is a hands-on leader with extensive experience in almost every aspect of a production environment. In 1993, Aneesa took the opportunity to run a small, struggling company. Today, that same company serves multiple industries. Her company, Pioneer Service is proud to be manufacturing components for ventilators, portable oxygen concentrators, lab equipment, and many other products being used on the frontlines in the battle to defeat the COVID 19 virus.

Aneesa is known for both her business acumen and for leading-from-the-heart in everything she participates in. She attributes her success to building a high-performance team that embraces continuous improvement, diversity, and leading-edge technology. She’s won numerous awards including Manufacturing Institute’s 2017 STEP Award, NAWBO Chicago’s 2019 Woman Business Owner of The Year, Crain's 2019 and 2020 Notable Woman in Manufacturing, 2020 Society Of Women Engineers’ (SWE) 2020 Women Engineers You Should Know.”

Aneesa speaks at keynote events, where she delivers her message of hard work, humility, and accepting men as partners instead of rivals. She still makes time for faith, friends, family, and her grandchildren, who are the light of her world.