Mahirah Basri is in the Frontier Development division at Leave the Nest Malaysia. A Public Service Department Scholarship holder, Mahirah received her Bachelor of Engineering and Eta Kappa Nu (honour society for IEEE) membership from Vanderbilt University. She joined Sensata Technologies (formerly the automotive division of Texas Instruments) upon graduation. She was given the opportunity to work with automotive manufacturers from Japan, South Korea, Germany and USA. One of the roles that she held during her time in the company was to develop new products. She designed the manufacturing processes for prototype products produced in labs. With the plethora of communication issues observed during her time in new product development, she decided to read business at the University of Oxford to bridge the gap between product developers and product manufacturers. Addressing communication gaps between these groups can significantly reduce product development time. She is passionate about helping researchers to design the manufacturing processes to mass produce their products. Her mission is to help start-ups mass produce their products at the lowest cost possible while still maintaining their product quality.