Autism and Tech Leadership - April Lea

This month, we're talking about autism, neurodiversity and tech leadership. We're humbled to be joined by April Lea, featured on the global list of 2021's Top 100 Emerging Engineering Leaders, who has published several articles on autism awareness and managing a neurodiverse workforce.

Agenda:

12:00pm - Mingling and welcome
12:15pm - Speaker and Q&A
1:00pm - Event close

Talk Summary:
April has recently shared she was diagnosed with autism later in her life, and she'd like to talk about how that shaped her career and how, despite the stereotypes there are around autistic folk, they can be very effective, excellent leaders - especially in tech. She would like to share some tips on how other neurodiverse humans can find their home amongst communication and leading people, along with a Q&A.

Speaker Bio:
April Lea is the Head of Product at Reejig, a skills and workforce intelligence startup based out of Sydney. She has spent her career in a pendulum swing between product and engineering, and that’s just the way she likes it! April is deeply passionate about building products used for social good, and building product and engineering teams empowered to deliver their best work. When April is not building products or teams, she likes riding bikes and eating pasta.