Shannon Speight, founder and CEO of Black Box Co

Shannon is the founder and CEO of Black Box Co an innovative SaaS (Software as a Service) product that ingests raw data across the beef supply chain to inform prediction, forecasting and key production insights.

Black Box Co has secured production data on over 2.54 million animals and this product is now being trolled out commercially across the beef supply chain.

Shannon is passionate about the beef and livestock industry. Having graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Sydney Shannon has spent extensive time working within the beef industry in various roles.

Shannon was awarded the Zanda McDonald Award in 2019. This highly prestigious Trans-Tasman award allowed Shannon an impressive personal development package that including an trans-Tasman mentoring trip and the ability to get up close and personal with leaders in the Australasian ag sector through the Platinum Primary Producers (PPP) Group.

In 2020 Shannon was listed on Forbes 30 under 30 for Asia Pacific for her work and innovation with Black Box Co.