Entering and excelling in your career in tech (part of Leeds Digital Festival)

How to find a role you love in tech and hints and tips to take your career forwards

If you are entering the world of tech for the first time, a career changer, or simply looking for some ideas on how to take your current role forward, this talk is for you!

Amelia has almost 20 years experience working in the software delivery space, in roles such as Business Analyst, Project Manager, Portfolio Manager, through to her current role as Regional Director. In this time she has seen all sides of what it takes for successful software delivery, across a number of different industries and organisations. This has mainly been through steep learning curves and the lessons of getting it wrong to get it right the next time. She is happy to share her career journey and the key learnings she has made along the way, which helped her enter the world of tech and also excel within it too, continually growing and developing herself and her career.

Amelia is highly motivated about attracting more people to tech and highlighting the variety of roles available in this space. She is also passionate about sharing her own career development tips and learnings, in an attempt to help other people find a role in tech they love and excel in their chosen career!