Launch Event - Leading with Courage

Join us for our first Melbourne Female Influencers in Tech launch meetup on Wednesday 16th October from 5:30pm hosted by Contino.

This event will be your opportunity to hear from two leaders who will share their experience of working and leading in the tech industry.

Drinks, nibbles and some great conversations will be available at the event - we hope to see you there!

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TALK 1: Improve your chances of success to lead in the tech industry

Day-to-day activities, responsibilities, keeping up with technology, and so much more can always be stressful, you don't need to add anything extra to that equation.

In this presentation, Simone will share her learnings that have helped her navigate through IT Architecture, whilst still maintaining a nice and happy attitude, without losing her identity.

About the speaker:
Simone Occulate - Principal Consultant, Contino, "Data is her middle name."

Simone is a Data Evangelist & Architect with 20+ years of experience across a wide range of industries. She is also the founder of the BRITA (Brazilian in IT in Australia - Melbourne) group.

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TALK 2: Leadership starts with kindness

A personal take on leadership, celebrating differences and the courage to turn up and step up. Cheng shares some personal stories and life lessons, on advice she would tell her younger self about harmonising career, bringing up family and self.

About the speaker:
Cheng Yeo, Head of Strategy and Architecture at Australia Post

Cheng Yeo is the Head of Strategy and Architecture at Australia Post. Cheng brings curiosity, pragmatism and strategic foresight about technology to work everyday to help Australia Post's customer, channel, sales and marketing teams achieve their business strategy. As part of her work, Cheng is passionate about creating inclusive workplaces and building high performing teams that are customer-obsessed and in pursuit of execution excellence.

Cheng's IT career, which spans more than 20 years, has seen her work in a number of roles across the software development lifecycle in the telecommunications, financial services, government and supply chain industries.

Outside of work, Cheng is a mother of 2 boys aged 11 and 8, and shares her love of travel with them. She spends her time with them mostly trying to teach them to live a responsible and mindful life, leaving as small a footprint on the environment as they can.

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If you would like to speak or host at our next event please email stephanie.sanassee@contino.io