Special Interest Group

International Girls in ICT day (WA)

Presented by ACS Young IT, ACS Women (WA), and IIBA WA

EMPIRED, 7/1 William Street, PERTH, WA, 6000
Thu 26 Apr 2018 05:30 PM AWST
Duration: 2.0 hours
Register by Thu 26 Apr 2018 05:30 PM AWST
In Person
CPD Hours: 2
Skills Level: Professional development (PDSV) -> Level 4

About this event

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Every year, ACS Young IT and ACS Women (WA) join forces in a unique occasion that celebrates the success of Women in ICT and brings inspiring role models to young women looking to a future as ICT Professionals, this year we’ve also partnered with IIBA WA.

We’ll bring you two female presenters who have reached success in their career and will be sharing from their past experiences to guide and inspire the professionals of tomorrow.
 
SPEAKERS

Sarah has been a business analyst since starting work in 1995. She has worked in a number of different business areas in the UK including local government, the armed forces, prisons, probation, police and courts.  Since moving to Perth in 2011 she has worked in financial services. 
 
She has worked on a variety of projects over the years including system enhancements, application of new legislative requirements to processes and systems, and Business Transformation "let's replace X number of old systems with a shiny new system" projects.  She has worked on major waterfall and agile projects and has taken on the product owner role. She has been involved in almost all tasks a BA might be expected to do and a whole lot more.
 
Sarah is highly qualified with a BA (Hons) in Commerce, a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems, an Advanced Diploma in Management, and a professional certificate in Business Analysis from George Washington University. She became a Certified Scrum Product Owner in 2012 and obtained her CBAP in 2013.  She has done pro bono BA work and was also one of the volunteer reviewers of the BABOK version 3.

Marie Pillay
Graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) and a Master of Management Information Systems specializing in Enterprise Systems in 2014, I have battled my way through to find the right opportunity to help me become a Business Analyst. Now I am a Business Analyst for CRM Projects and enjoy my role and the challenges it brings to my daily activities.

 

Event Location

EMPIRED, 7/1 William Street, PERTH, WA, 6000
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