Julie Bates

Julie Bates is a Senior Engineering Manager at Brady Corporation, where responsibilities include overseeing the Mechanical Engineering and Product Experience teams and managing the Systems Compliance team to ensure product compliance with safety and environmental regulations. Prior experience at SC Johnson involved roles as Associate Manager and R&D Engineering Manager, leading key innovation projects and coaching teams on ideation processes. Additional experience includes positions at HLB, LLC. and Motorola, focusing on project management and mechanical engineering for various consumer, medical, and industrial products. Julie Bates holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master's degree in Product Design and Development from Northwestern University.