Do you fear failure and lack the courage to speak up? Are you stuck in the 9 to 5 gig, struggling to move up the ranks? No-one wants to regret the decisions they never made or look back on their life and regret not having given it a go. Growing up we’re told that you’r...

With an adventurous and fearless spirit – and little need for rest – Emilio De Stefano has surmounted considerable challenges to become one of South Australia’s youngest business leaders in the engineering and defence industry.

His passion for inspiring people to overco...

With all the buzz about Industry 4.0, Australian defence sector SMEs face some clear strategic choices. They can become part of a drive to take small Australian manufacturers to the forefront of global defence supply chains, or they can step aside and let it pass them...

As a Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) professional, working in and around engineering, technology and manufacturing organisations for well over a decade, I often hear about the need for more STEM educated people if we’re going to flourish as a nation in...

De Stefano & Co Principal, Emilio De Stefano has just released his new Keynote Speaking show reel / trailer. Passionate about inspiring your audience to think big, embrace change and take action, Emilio's topics include leadership, disruption, innovation, the future of...

Last Friday night I was fortunate enough to attend the 2017 SA Science Excellence Awards at the Adelaide Convention Centre as a finalist in the category of STEM Professional. Congratulations to Dr Duncan Taylor of Forensic Science SA who took out the award and to all o...

De Stefano & Co Director & Principal Emilio De Stefano has been announced one of three finalists in the South Australian Government’s 2017 Science Excellence Awards in the category of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Professional. More than 70 entr...

Welcome to De Stefano & Co's inaugural website. This is my first blog post under the De Stefano & Co banner, which I established in November 2015. My plan is to make this more of a regular occurrence as a way to share my knowledge and opinions, encourage debate and int...

After a couple of big growth years at Smart Fabrication, and after having established a new production facility, in April 2014 I decided I would apply for an Industry Leaders Fund (ILF) grant. It had been around 12 months since I completed my Masters in Systems Enginee...