Is it possible to transition from a non-tech role, say event planning and management to a full-time role in Tech, you asked?

Ada went from planning weddings and corporate events to programs management at Seedstars, a venture capital fund dedicated to global emerging and frontier markets. 

Currently a Senior Program Manager at Seedstars. Ada is a project management professional with over 5 years of experience designing and managing entrepreneurial capacity building programs for early to growth-stage startups in emerging markets (Africa, MENA, Asia, and LATAM) with a goal to maximize growth and improve business performance. She has extensive experience coaching, training, and collaborating with tech entrepreneurs to identify problems, collect data, and implement solutions to support business growth, strategy, and development, and most importantly getting ready for investment. 

In this episode;

- Ada shared her career transition journey with us.

- We talked about the step by step process to transition from a non-tech industry to tech.

- We also identified transferable skills.