Jacinta Lane is the Business Manager at Airtec Corporation/Airtec SmartOBM on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, and has been with Airtec for the past five years. Jacinta leads business development, customer relationships, strategic initiatives and marketing, with a focus on delivering technology solutions that improve safety, compliance and operational efficiency across the transport industry.

She has played a key role in the market launch and growth of Airtec’s AXS SmartOBM system, working closely with transport operators and industry stakeholders to support the adoption of intelligent On-Board Mass technology.

Jacinta is also a Director of Transport Women Australia Limited, where she contributes to initiatives supporting and empowering women across Australia’s transport and logistics industry.

Daniel Mikosic is the General Manager of Multiquip, based in Sydney. With over 15 years of experience in the trucking and transport industry, Daniel has developed extensive expertise in fleet operations, workshop management, compliance, safety and customer service.

In his role, Daniel oversees the day-to-day operations of the business, including fleet maintenance, workshop performance, customer relationships and strategic growth initiatives. He is passionate about building strong teams, improving operational efficiency and delivering high-quality outcomes for customers across the transport industry.

Shane is the Operations Manager at Formula Chemicals in West Ryde, NSW and has worked in the trucking industry for 10 years. He started at Formula Chemicals in the chlor‑alkali production team, where he developed his technical knowledge and experience in chemical manufacturing.

He oversees and coordinates day-to-day operations, working closely with the production, transport, logistics and administration teams to ensure operations are safe, efficient and compliant with company and regulatory requirements.

Shane works closely with drivers and the dispatch team to help ensure the safe and efficient delivery of hazardous goods, while maintaining compliance with safety and transport requirements. He also helps improve processes, train new employees and solve operational issues.

Luke is the Operations Manager – Goulburn/Sydney Division for Ron Finemore Transport based in Marsden Park, Sydney. He has worked for RFT for the past three years managing the driving team and operations staff across Canberra, Goulburn and Sydney.

He manages a contract with a large supermarket chain delivering to stores in the metro Sydney, ACT/Riverina and the South Coast area. He was involved in overseeing the contract double in size with budgeted loads and moving depots from Prestons to Marsden Park in Sydney.

Casuarina (CJ) Smith is a heavy vehicle driver and the founder of Trucking with CJ. She holds multi-combination and dangerous goods licences, and over the past decade has worked her way from concrete agitators and truck and dog tippers through to mining, harvest and fuel haulage. Today she hauls a race transporter for Scott Taylor Motorsport to Supercars and Porsche events around the country alongside her contract driving.

Since starting Trucking with CJ in 2022, she has built a community of more than 300,000 people across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, sharing the behind-the-scenes of the industry to help attract new people into trucking and support those already in it.

Mandy is an Operational Trainer at Followmont Transport in Brisbane. She has worked in the trucking industry for five years, starting as a PUD driver before moving into linehaul driving and now her current role.

As an Operational Trainer, she works across driver training, assessment and capability development. She also supports onboarding and licence progression through to safety initiatives and broader workforce development projects. She is passionate about moving learning beyond ticking compliance boxes and using it to build genuine capability, confidence and safer outcomes across the transport industry.

Chris is the National Maintenance Manager at Lindsay Transport, based in Sydney. He has worked in the trucking industry for nearly 20 years, starting as an apprentice mechanic in 2007.

Chris oversees 140 staff across workshops and wash bays, from Cairns to Tasmania and west to Perth. Lindsay Australia operates seven workshops that maintain all aspects of the fleet, including paint and panel facilities.