Speaking & Events
Twelve topics.
Four registers.
One speaker.
Rebecca Hawkins speaks across technical/industry, professional development, and women in STEM advocacy registers — calibrated to audience expertise level. Keynotes, breakouts, workshops, panels, and podcast guest appearances.
The Speaker
Rebecca Hawkins, PE
Chemical Engineer · Founder, PT&P Solutions · Pageant Titleholder · Host, The Athena Factor · Author, Pink Tools & Pearls
BChE — Villanova
PE License 2011
WOSB
OSHA 30-Hour
25+ yrs Life Sciences
ADHD · ASD
Available formats
Remote or in-person. Tampa Bay, FL — available nationally.
Keynote
Breakout Session
Workshop
Panel
Podcast Guest
Corporate Training
Speaking Topics
The full slate.
Technical & Industry
Life Sciences AudiencesTopic 01
CQV for Rookies: What Is This Crap and Why Do We Need It?
A plain-language breakdown of commissioning, qualification, and validation for life sciences teams new to regulated environments. High-energy. Zero jargon. Maximum utility. Will change how your team thinks about validation.
Topic 02
Risk-Based Validation and the Future of CSV in Digital Manufacturing
How the industry is evolving beyond traditional GAMP 5 frameworks, what that means for CSV programs, and how to build validation infrastructure that survives the transition to digital manufacturing.
Topic 03
How to Survive — and Lead During — an FDA 483 Inspection
What organizations get wrong before, during, and after an inspection. What the agency actually needs to see. How to turn a 483 observation into a lasting compliance improvement rather than a recurring liability.
Leadership & Professional Development
Technical Professionals & ManagersTopic 04
What Neurodivergence Looks Like at the Principal Level — and Why It’s Your Competitive Edge
The real case for neurodivergent professionals in technically demanding fields. Not inspirational — practical. With data, war stories, and a clear framework for turning cognitive difference into organizational advantage.
Topic 05
How to Run Multiple Workstreams at Full Quality: The Real System
The actual concurrent execution framework Rebecca uses across complex multi-team programs. Not the LinkedIn version. The one built from 25 years of doing it — at scale, under regulatory scrutiny, with no margin for error.
Topic 06
From Engineer to Entrepreneur: 25 Years of War Stories and What They Built
The non-linear path from staff engineer to PE-licensed principal consultant and firm founder. The decision frameworks, the failures, the infrastructure — and the moment she realized the system was the product.
Work-Life Integration
Working Parents & Women’s EventsTopic 07
The Chaos Stack
Six systems for running a fully loaded life without losing your mind. The flagship talk — built from the lived experience of managing a household of seven while holding a PE license and a startup. The mental load audit. The decision stack. The whole thing.
Topic 08
The Family Operating System
How to run a household like a project manager — without losing your mind or your people. Calendar systems, delegation frameworks, and the shared load, built from a neurodivergent household with triplets. For dual-career families who are tired of systems that weren’t designed for them.
Topic 09
The Art of the Drop
Which balls to put down, when — and why letting go is a systems decision, not a failure. How to triage your life intentionally: what to deprioritize, what to protect, and how to stop performing productivity at the expense of what actually matters.
Women in STEM & Advocacy
STEM Conferences & Leadership EventsTopic 10
The 2.25% Problem: Where Women in Engineering Actually Go
The full pipeline data — from 18% of undergraduate degrees to 2.25% at the twenty-year mark — and what organizations, managers, and individual engineers can do about it. Evidence-based. Not a feelings presentation.
Topic 11
The Athena Factor: Building Authority as a Mid-Career Woman in STEM
How to own your expertise, navigate credential-heavy environments, and build the kind of authority that doesn’t depend on anyone else’s permission. The operating manual for the second half of your engineering career.
Topic 12
The Hard Hat and the Sparkly Hat: On Visibility, Advocacy, and Refusing to Choose
What happens to your platform when you show up as the full, complicated, multi-dimensional professional you actually are — and why the combination is more powerful than either half alone.
Target Venues
Where Rebecca
speaks best.
Rebecca calibrates every talk to audience expertise level. The same topic lands differently for a room of QA directors than a room of first-year engineers — she knows both rooms.
Available for keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, panels, corporate training, and podcast guest appearances. Remote or in-person, nationally.
Life Sciences Industry
BIO International · RAPS Annual · PDA Annual · ISPE · DIA Global
Women in STEM
SWE Annual · AAUW Events · STEM Advocacy Conferences · Campus Engineering Programs
Leadership & ND
ATD · Women in Leadership Summits · Neurodiversity at Work Conferences
Entrepreneurship
Women in Business Conferences · WOSB Procurement Events · Incubator Programs
Productivity & Systems
HR/L&D Events · Corporate Offsites · Engineering Association Chapters
Work-Life Integration
Women’s Conferences · Parent Communities · Corporate ERGs · Community & Faith Organizations
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Every talk is calibrated to the audience, the event format, and the outcome you’re trying to drive. Fill out the inquiry form and we’ll be in touch within 1 business day.
Rebecca is available for remote or in-person events, nationally. She is also available for podcast guest appearances and cross-promotional opportunities aligned with The Athena Factor and Pink Tools & Pearls.
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