On May 17th I organized a kickoff event for the HER+Data community hosted by Intercom, Dublin. And what a kickoff it was! The theme of the kickoff was to give attendees the opportunity to meet some amazing women who work with data and hear their inspiring career stories. The goal was to showcase that there are multiple paths and diverse backgrounds that lead to a career in data. We had talks from:
- Niamh Kirk, a Media researcher working on a PhD in the field of journalism, culture and migration; a media analyst and multimedia journalist; founder of The Media Editor blog and contributor with The Institute for Future Media and Journalism (@FujoMedia)
- Flora Devlin, Product Analyst @Intercom, who helps product teams use their data effectively and understand it thoughtfully. A background in Maths & Economics, Flora is passionate about strategy and loves all things related to travel.
- Martina Naughton, Data Scientist @ZalandoTech with over 10 years across industrial and academic research. Martina has a Computer Science background, is passionate about machine learning and data mining, and is a big travel and sports enthusiast!
I also spoke at the kick-off event and shared my experiences working in Yahoo, Telefonica and now Intercom. When I founded HER+Data I didn’t really know if this community would be interesting, welcomed or useful for other women working in data. I suspected it would be, but you never really know! To my surprise > 30 women turned up for our kickoff event. The talks was super, the conversation flowed and feedback from the ladies that turned up was super. I’m so excited to keep the momentum going and seeing how far this community can go over the next year!