A typical day consists of customer, partner and business meetings; presentations and calls; writing articles and responding to journalists; industry and product research; solution designs and input; software engagement and learning, data analysis and coffee...lots and lots of coffee!
I wanted to be an archaeologist
By accident, while finishing my studies I took a temp receptionist job at SYSPPRO an ERP software company and the rest, as they say, is history
If people aren’t adopting something new that you are introducing, you haven’t sold it to them properly. Show them the value it will add to their lives, then you will get buy-in and support.
Just do it, technology does not understand gender!
The 'who' is my family. I want my daughters to be proud of who their mom is and does.
The 'what' is the word impossible, I believe anything is possible just somethings just take longer to solve or do.
I think woman are getting more of an opportunity each day than we ever had in the past. Like all things, there is always room for improvement.
Least exciting is waking up, I have never been a morning person. The most exciting is brainstorming new ideas, approaches, strategies and solutions.
Technology is all about solving problems and therefore natural problem solvers are key to the industry.
Not everyone has your back and there are people who will throw you under a bus to get ahead.
By remembering to stay true to myself, being fair and kind to others, it all pays off in the end. Loyalty and trust is earned, not bought.
Knowing I made a difference. One example is by starting and managing our internship program for four years and then seeing those individuals grow and achieve in their careers.
I think, as females, we believe feelings and emotions are not allowed in the workplace, so we hide them and bottle them up, this can have a very negative impact on our well being.
Learn to channel your emotions constructively. Our feelings and emotions give business and solutions to problems a different perspective, embrace it.
Virtualisation is going to be bigger than we can imagine. I believe from schooling, to work, to be creative most of our time in the future will be spent in virtual worlds.