ACS NSW & Tech Ready Women Panel Event: From Idea to Tech Scale Up - Women Building Careers in Tech
Are you currently thinking about what career path to take, changing careers, or even founding a startup?
About this event
Our next Tech Ready Women event co-hosted with ACS will deliver the value, motivation and inspiration you’ve been looking for!
You'll hear inspiring stories from successful Australian female leaders who have all taken the leap and forged a career building technology businesses, as well as successfully navigated the path of startup to scale up, raised millions of dollars in capital and built high performing teams.
Our speakers will prove that you don’t need to start with technical know how to enter into the industry. You just need enthusiasm and a passion for learning and personal growth. They’ll share with you what it is like to walk in their career shoes.
Join us along with our guest speakers and our event partners, ACS, City of Sydney and Magento (an Adobe company) for this valuable Sydney event.
Speaker line up includes:
Christine Rodrigues, Technology Partnerships at Magento (Adobe)
Sandradee Makejev, Founder/ Director, St Frock
Georgie Drury, CEO & Founder, Springday
Cheryl Mack, NSW State Manager, ACS
Christie Whitehill, CEO, Founder, Tech Ready Women
Date: Wednesday 14th August, 2019
Arrival: 6:00pm registration and networking
Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm
Get new ideas and learn valuable key takeaways that will get you started on the career path to success including:
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The tech entrepreneurship career journey
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The corporate tech career journey
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Growing and scaling a startup
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Learn where the future of work is heading
Join us as we hold an evening filled with fantastic guest speakers and keynotes to motivate and inspire you to create the career path you've dreamed of!
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Registration
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Disclaimer
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