Changing Your Path To Tech

Hear the stories of women who have successfully changed career to a tech role. We'll start with Ekua Cant, a career coach, telling us the steps to take, then from Kathryn Tingle, Elle Hallal and Nyasha Duri who have successfully changed careers will be on a panel for Q&A. Ekua Cant Ekua lives to make people be their own cheerleader! Ekua started her career as a personal assistant to a Director working in the UK Civil Service, working with numerous Government Departments the Cabinet Office, Home Office and left as an IT Project Manager. She formerly ran DrinksBot, an on-demand drinks delivery service enabled by a Slack Chatbot. She’s currently coaching, writing a motivational self help book, and mentoring. Check out beyournumberonecheerleader.com Kathryn Tingle (@KathrynLilliana) Kathryn is a Technical Programme Manager at Sainsbury’s Tech, with a strategy consulting background. She’s a speaker and advises start ups and scale ups on their strategic roadmaps. Writer of a “Non-techies Journey to Tech” blog highlighting non-traditional career pathways. Elle Hallal (@ElleHallal) Elle is a Software Crafter at 8th Light, following an apprenticeship run by Black Girl Tech. She started her career change with a lot of self study and then found a structured program to jump start her career. She is also on the Leadership Team for Coding Black Females. Nyasha Duri (@NyashaDuri) Nyasha works in the transparency team at mySociety on the world's largest freedom of information database relied upon by millions worldwide. Before this, her career encompassed roles across education, government, peacebuilding, marketing, and research to name a few while developing skills through a mixture of self taught learning and on the job training. She is also the Founder of Your Career Site and has recently been selected for the Founders of the Future Fellowship.