Global IT Project Manager • Methanex USA
Megan Cornett’s proudest technology project began with something low-tech: paper.
She led the shift from paper-based training and skills assessments to a learning management system, making qualification records accurate and accessible and training consistent. The achievement captured what drives her: helping people do something they could not do before.
Today, the Methanex global IT project manager coordinates technology implementations across international manufacturing sites. Her work has included predictive analytics and process-control projects spanning North America and Egypt. She also maintains a three-year technology road map and manages budget forecasting and reporting, giving leaders information for investment decisions.
Closer to home, Cornett has advanced from website administrator to chief technology officer of the Junior League of Baton Rouge. She is strengthening cybersecurity, standardizing onboarding and documenting systems so each leadership team can build on its predecessor’s work.
The best business advice I’d share: “Be precise about what you actually own. It is tempting to let people believe your role is bigger than it is, and the short-term reward for that is real. But the person who says, ‘I maintain this, someone else decides it,’ is the person leadership eventually trusts with the decision, because they know you will tell them the truth when it is inconvenient.”
Something my colleagues would be surprised to learn: “That I still get nervous. Fifteen years in, presenting to executives, and I still feel it every time. I have learned that the nerves are not a signal to stop.”
