Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Michelle Buchi - She is a Software Engineer by profession & currently building @aricahng Community . She is a @WomenTechmakers ambassador and #WTM Asaba lead💪 She is a @gdgasaba co-lead, a @shecodeafrica mentor, @mentorcolor - mentor, mentoring young people in tech, 1-1 mentorship with girls, and a technical writer at http://dev.to, medium & hashnode, technical speaker & technical event organizer In this Fireside Chat, Michelle shares her journey into Tech with us, how she switched careers to join Tech from a non-tech background, her passion, the communities she is building and leading, and what keeps her motivated plus lessons and pieces of advice. Get in Touch with Buchi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-buchi ======== Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice Production: Maureen Josephine Our Socials: Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/womenintechshoutouts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Danielle Cox - Flutter Advocate and Developer and Flutteristas Community Manager, Danielle's tech journey is super inspiring, from buying her first computer in 1981 to being involved in financial technologies since 1997 and being a lead on the team at First Data that created the GiftCards.com. In this chat, Danielle shares her Tech journey from when she started coding in the 80s, the challenges she faced, and how she is still motivated to code to date is super incredible. She also shares some pieces of advice and lessons she learned along the way. Get in Touch with Danielle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-cox
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Jessica Randall - She is pursuing Masters's Studies in Mathematics, is a WomenTechMakers Ambassador, and is a Google Crowdsource influencer - in South Africa. She is passionate about building #Tech communities, and she loves sharing resources & opportunities with her network In this Fireside Chat, Jess shares her journey into Tech with us, how she is pursuing a Mathematics course, her passion, and what keeps her motivated plus lessons and pieces of advice. Get in Touch with Jess on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-randall ======== Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice Production: Maureen Josephine & Wendy Ouma Our Socials: Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/womenintechshoutouts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
We would love to appreciate all the amazing Women In STEM who we have given shoutouts to in the past year and had amazing fireside chats regarding their Tech Career journey, what motivated them to get into Tech, challenges they have faced, lessons and pieces of advice to upcoming women in Tech and those in the ecosystem as well. Last year we had an up-close Fireside chat with the following women and we are super proud of their achievements. Keep up the good work you do👏 : - Maureen Josephine - Smriti Mishra - Caroline Hunt - Tabitha Kavyuu - Kinjal Shah - Shelley Benhoff - June Katei Reeves - Parian Hatami - Sharon Jebitok And a final shoutout to our Fireside Chat Host - Allela Eunice, for her passion and interest to hold these Fireside chats. Check the highlights of our 2022 Fireside Chats. Happy International Womens Day 2023!!
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Sharon Jebitok - Web3 Developer @UTU Technologies where she develops web apps using the new Web3 approach and Blockchain technologies.
She transitioned into Tech from Agri-business undergraduate background and it's super impressive to learn the path she took to get into tech. She is currently active in the Web3 space and also mentors others in the field through her various platforms. Get to know more about her story by watching the video.
Get in Touch with Sharon on
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-jebitok/
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Production: Maureen Josephine & Wendy Ouma
Our Socials:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Parian Hatami - a Mathematician and an Entrepreneur. Her journey is very interesting, When she wanted to get started with Mathematics as a major, her parents thought it'd be time-wasting choice & studying engineering would be a better idea. But she insisted on her choice to focus on Mathematics 💪🏻💪🏻.
She became the 15th place in "Iran's math Olympiad 2020" which is held every year for Bachelor degree students. She was the 1st person in the list from University of Tehran , which is the 1st national university in Iran.
Get in Touch with Parian on
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parian-hatami
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Production: Maureen Josephine & Wendy Ouma
Video Editor: Kelvin Kiprop
Our Socials:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with June Reeves Katei - Quality Assurance Chapter Lead @Carepay where she leads a team of other Software Testers. June's Tech Journey has been interesting for the fact that she originally wanted to become a Doctor and later made a shift to Tech.
In this talk, she shares what her role as a QA entails, challenges, lessons, opportunities, and pieces of advice.
Get in Touch with June on
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/june-katei-reeves-82443533/
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Production: Maureen Josephine & Wendy Ouma
Our Socials:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Shelley Benhoff - who is an Author @Pluralsight, SiteCore MVP, Podcast Host @TiarasAndTech, and CEO @HoffsTech💪.
It's inspiring to see how her journey has been, having been in Tech 20+ years. In this talk, Shelley shares how her journey on how she got into Tech, lessons, opportunities, and pieces of advice.
Get in Touch with Shelley.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-benhoff-69787513/
Checkout their website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hoffstech-llc/
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Production: Maureen Josephine
Our Socials:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Kinjal Shah - Co-Founder - Global Mavin.
Having always been an aspiring entrepreneur with a lot of passion & liking for technology, Kinjal co-founded Global Mavin, an embedded and software services firm 💪.
It's also impressive that in Tech, one can still venture into Entrepreneurship other than the common roles like software Engineering. In this talk, Kinjal shares how her journey on how she got into Tech, lessons, opportunities, and pieces of advice to any aspiring Techprenuers.
Get in Touch with Kinjal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinjalshah6/
Checkout their website: http://globalmavin.us
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Production: Maureen Josephine
Our Socials:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wome...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Tabitha Kavyu - Community Manager at AltSchool. It's interesting how being an active member of Tech communities got her opportunities like being the former Lead GDSC at the University of Nairobi and & currently a Community Manager at AltSchool 💪. It's also impressive that last year, we gave Tabby a shoutout under students edition women in tech shoutouts and she is already killing it with great career progress after graduation. In this talk, Tabby shares how her journey on how she got into Tech has been, lessons, opportunities, and pieces of advice to fresh graduates. Very impressive!!
Get in Touch with Tabby on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tabithakavyu/
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Fireside Chat Production Team: Wendy Ouma & Maureen Josephine
Our Socials: Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto our Next Episode of #womenintech Fireside chats, this time we are having a chat with Caroline Hunt on her #Tech journey. It's interesting how she transitioned from planning wedding events to now being a Brand & Community specialist at Liquibase.
In this talk, Caroline shares how her journey has been, lessons, opportunities, and pieces of advice to upcoming women in Tech. Very impressive!!
Get in Touch with Caroline on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-hunt-2491aa89/
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Fireside Chat Production Team: Wendy Ouma & Maureen Josephine
Our Socials:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshouts
Onto the next Episode of #MyTechJourney Series, This time we are having a chat with Smriti Mishra - Head of Artificial Intelligence at EarthBanc on her journey into AI, what motivated her to get in AI, resources to get started with AI, pieces of advice and opportunities in AI. It's great to learn that actually Technology can be used to predict the future. Very impressive!!
Get in Touch with Smriti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smritimishra
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Fireside Chat host: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Fireside Chat Production Team: Wendy Ouma & Maureen Josephine
Our Socials:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshoutouts
We are thrilled to introduce #MyTechJourney Series where we get to have Fireside chats with amazing WomenInTech powered by TambuaWomenInTech (also known as WomenInTechShoutOuts).
Tambua.Women.In.Tech is an initiative to give shoutouts to amazing WomenInSTEM for the good work they are doing in the Tech space, with the mission to recognize, inspire and Enlighten.
DISCLAIMER: Kindly note that this season was recorded end of last year(2021) and all the information shared is based on individual opinion and not tied to any company or sponsor.
Well, In this episode, we get to interact with the Founder of this amazing platform - Maureen Josephine, who shares with us, how and when the initiative came about and the motivation behind it.
Besides, we also get to learn Maureen's Tech Journey, what inspired her interest in getting started into Tech, what lessons she would give to her younger self, and pieces of advice to those who are getting started into Tech.
The amazing session was hosted by: Allela Eunice - Google Community Manager SSA
Here are some of the Links mentioned in the Chat:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/W_TechShoutOuts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-tech-shoutouts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w_techshoutouts
WomenInTechBlog: https://womenintechblog.dev
Maureen's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-josephine-605127a9/
Maureen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/J_Akello
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaDfVeHDaxA&ab_channel=TambuaWomenInTechTV%F0%9F%93%BA
We Hoped you enjoyed and learned from this season. Stay tuned for the upcoming FireSide chats with amazing WomenInSTEM who we gave shoutouts to in the past year (2021) and in the coming years. :)
Cheers!!
