Ladies Who Logistic October Meeting

​Inside China’s Hardware Supply Chain: From energy to robotics

📅 Date: October 30th, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
🎙 Speaker: Sharon Chen, Co-Founder, Persimmon Systems

​What does it take to source transformers, battery materials, robotics components, or a solar production line when lead times are long, specs are custom, and the best suppliers may be on the other side of the world?

​Sharon is co-founder of Persimmon Systems, which helps companies building physical products in energy, robotics, solar, batteries, and advanced materials find the right suppliers and get hardware delivered. She'll share real examples of what global sourcing looks like from the inside, with a focus on China: where the supplier ecosystem is strongest, where things break, and the basics Western teams often overlook.

​Sharon has worked across nearly every side of hardware - from engineering in the US to the industrial side in China, as an investor, and now as a founder. She'll talk about how AI is changing industrial procurement and how she built a career bridging hardware, supply chains, and two business cultures.

​See you there!