GIRL
GEEKS
ARE
GREAT!
We want to raise the profile of women in technology and encourage more of you to speak, teach and be visible to the women on their way up. We need more role models and yes – you are one!
We invite you to become a member of Girl Geek Academy so we can say: “Here’s what Girl Geeks look like and here is what they do”.
For $99 we will give you first access to our events, which usually sell out in 24 hours, showcase your profile in the Girl Geek Academy member directory and invite you to try our online courses when we launch in 2017.
Help us reach 1000 women and let’s continue to create #SheHacks, #SheMakes and #SheMakes_Games and also help us launch new initiatives the Girl Geek way.
We have plenty more up our sleeve and we need your help to make it happen. If you’re up for helping us get to one million girl geeks become a member today!
MEET OUR MEMBERS
Emelia Jackson
content and pr manager
Emilia works as a Content and PR Manager at YourGrocer. MasterChef series 6 semi-finalist and former marketing coordinator, she graduated from Monash University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Psychology & Management/Marketing, has travelled extensively and done the whole reality TV show thing. Her love of all things food, namely sugar, is deeply ingrained. She has been an avid cook long before her stint on MasterChef and since the show has only had experiences that have seen her gain experience and love for the field of hospitality. Emilia has worked all around the world, creating dessert bars and special events for brides, Indian celebrities and (her favourite) her family. Finally settled back in Melbourne and take enquiries for specialised custom celebration cakes and desserts.
Cassie Jacobs
Digital Content Producer & Social Media Manager
Cassie is currently working as a Digital Content Producer & Social Media Manager at CLJ Media. She is a graduate of Bond University. She also owns and runs her own Boutique Communications Agency, CLJ Media, where she specialises in Digital Content Production & Social Media Management.
Alice James
Academic Dean of Science
I am currently Academic Dean of Science and STEM co-ordinator at Kilvington Grammar School, an independent school in Ormond, Victoria. I completed my education at Cambridge University and completed a Masters of Education whilst working at a school in London. It was while working in London that I developed skills in engaging students through practical, hands on activities in Science lessons and I worked extensively on enriching STEM skills in learners. Since moving to Australia, I have continued to develop these skills and enjoy the opportunity to spread the word of the importance of STEM education in a new environment.
Jen Jeavons
Creative Director & Fearless Leader
With nearly 10 years experience and formal qualifications in both web and graphic design, Jen founded Pixel Palace way back in 2009. Today she works as the company’s creative director – getting her hands dirty with design work, creative direction, user experience and project management. She also presents regularly at events on all things digital design and web.
Su Jella
CRM Operations Manager
I am an experienced digital and analytics strategist who takes a solutions-orientated approach to digital systems development. I have proven strategies that can influence customer behavior and build customer experience. My broad experience in managing and supporting digital change, capacity building and strategy execution allows me the unique ability to translate technical information and business requirements into digital strategy and development. I have a proven history of delivering innovation, solutions and continuous improvement through the engagement of colleagues, partners and distributed teams. I have a passion for supporting systems development that enable, transform and drive decisions based on data and value-added insights. My experience is leveraged through an evidenced-based approach that supports continuous improvement. I have a personal interest in data-driven insights and digital trends and use this knowledge to develop better strategies and provide enhanced value to customers. Competencies: CRM (SugarCRM, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, Oracle), Customer Segmentation & Experience, Customer Life Cycle, Digital Marketing & Insights, SEO, SEM, Web Analytics, Marketing Technology (MS Dynamics, Marketo, ClickDimensions, Hubspot), Campaign Management, Analytics Reports, Data Requirements, CRM Configuration & Customisation, CRM Strategy & Integration, Systems Training and Coaching.
Meegan Jia-Good
Event Designer
Meegan is an event professional who predominantly works with corporate organisations to create events that strengthens culture and focuses on specific business outcomes. Her events range from small workshops, product launches, hackathons to large national conferences. Meegan pops up all over Melbourne, joining panels, facilitating workshops and managing creative conferences for some of the coolest people in town. You can say hi on Twitter @mjiagood or meegan@thegoodevent.co
Anna Kamasz
Digital Producer
Anna is an award-winning Digital Producer with a passion for telling engaging stories using new technologies. She works at Australian Children's Television Foundation. For over a decade, Anna has been working for Australian screen based organisations producing high quality multi-platform programs for distribution to international screens, with an expertise in the creation of innovative content specifically designed for the Australian education market.
Lisy Kane
Producer
Lisy Kane is a Melbourne-based games producer. She has worked on internationally released titles Armello (2015) and Hand of Fate (2015) and the unreleased title Push Me Pull You. during her career Lisy has progressed from Associate Producer to Producer on Armello, overseeing the international release across Steam (PC/Mac/Linux), DRM Free and PlayStation 4. Armello has received both national and international acclaim. In 2014, Lisy cofounded Girl Geek Academy - a startup to increase the number of women working in STEM, including Games. Lisy successfully planned and produced sell-out events including SheHacks 2015 (Australia’s first all-female hackathon), SheMakes_Games 2015 and in 2016 will curate #SheJams - Australia’s first game jam targeting women. In 2015, Lisy was the Australian Ambassador for US startup Girls Make Games and assisted in running their first Australian summer camp for school aged girls.
Arna Karick
Astronomer/e-Research Consultant
Astronomer by trade who likes to hack. Spent years in research before moving into an e-Research consultant role – think "big data" solutions and research software training in STEM. I've just finished a 3yr stint with Swinburne Research. I'm still figuring out my next career but in the meantime I'm trying to build up a community of tech savvy researchers in astronomy. I help organise the .Astronomy ("dot astronomy") conferences and Random Hacks of Kindness.
Amandeep Kaur
Software Developer
Amandeep is a Senior Software Developer at ANZ. She has extensive development experience as a server side developer in using Java, Spring, REST, JMS and SOAP web services, XSDs, XSLT, JUnit, Mockito, Spock, Hibernate, iBATIS/MyBatis, WebSphere, Tomcat, JSP and Servlets. She has had a lot of exposure to frontend technologies such as JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS 3, and JSON. She is very competent in using modern development tools and techniques such as Git, IntelliJ, Toad, SQL Developer, Gradle, Maven, Jira, Bamboo, Stash and the Agile Methodology. She has also worked with various design patterns such as MVC, Factory design, Singleton etc. building large and complex web applications.
Melanie Kaw
Digital Designer
I am a digital designer, an experimental photographer, an amateur guitarist, and a traveling aficionado. Working in London and studying multimedia in Paris fueled my passion for innovative user-centered and elegant design. I have worked across a range of brands and have experience in front-end dev, design, photography, marketing and UX.
Sally Kellaway
Snr Audio Designer
Sally-anne Kellaway is the Senior Audio Designer for Zero Latency, a Melbourne-based VR developer that creates content for its internationally represented Large Scale Free Roam VR System. She also works closely with the Industry-standard Audio Middleware solution FMOD, she is the sound supervisor for the upcoming VR documentary Uku360, as well as the co-chair of the IGDA Special Interest Group for VR, AR and MR technologies, and a regular contributing editor for designingsound.org. Sally is an internationally respected speaker on the topics of game audio and VR audio, having presented content at major conferences worldwide. Heavily involved in advocacy and community efforts locally, she runs a Women in VR group for Australia, as well as co-running the VR Audio and the Game Audio meetups for Australia. Sally started her career with SEGA Studios Australia, working across the Motion Capture, Animation and Audio departments and developing a strong appreciation for cross-discipline co-operation and a taste for using adaptive game audio to augment true-to-life scenes. Following the completion of her employment with SEGA, she went on to complete a Masters in Design Science with a specialisation in Audio and Acoustics and develop her knowledge for spatial audio in direct application to HRTF technology for VR and AR.
Jacqueline Kelleher
Office Manager and Executive Assistant to the CEO
Multi-skilled executive administration professional specialising in client services, project management, communications and business operations. Having worked in diverse capacities throughout Australia and the UK. Jacqueline is now based in Brisbane with QUT Creative Enterprise Australia (CEA) helping start, grow, scale and connect creative companies.
Caitlin Kelly
Incident & Problem Manager
Caitlin works as an Incident & Problem Manager at Microsoft. She is a major incident manager, stakeholder manager, incident management, problem management, data analyser. She has passion for root cause analysis, continuous improvement, operational efficiency and emerging technology. Specialties: Facilitation skills, organisational change management skills, data analysis, business analysis, technical liason, stakeholder management, impact analysis, risk analysis, root cause analysis, major incident management, knowledge collection, sharing knowledge.
LJ Kenward
Heya, I'm LJ and I am excited to be a recent programming graduate from General Assembly in their Web Development Immersive course. I passionately believe that programming is the future. Before coming to Melbourne to study Web Development I travelled and worked extensively around the world. I think that the knowledge and experiences I gained from my travels have led me here and to the challenging yet inspiring career path of a Full Stack Web Developer. I now see how programming can make it possible for me to participate on a global stage by working on solutions that could impact real world problems.
Maya Kerr
Freelance Developer
Unity witch, graphics sorceress, AR expert. A developer, teacher, and maker for games & apps, with 5+ years working on innovative and subversive uses for technology.
Tanya Keys
Customer Service and Data Manager
Tanya’s position is at Customer Service & Data Manager at Oxford University Press in Melbourne. She is a fantastic forward thinking employee with plenty of enthusiasm. She is a top-notch at publishing.
Sat Kriya Khalsa
TPM
Sat Kriya is currently working in Dropbox as a Technical Project Manager in Reliability. She is an experienced people manager who is dedicated to finding solutions and in-depth problem solving, versatile project manager with track record of success in operationalizing processes and coordinating cross-functional teams. Sat Kriya is alwys looking for a fast-paced environment where the customers are more important than job titles or descriptions.
Erin Kilpatrick
Managing Director
Erin works at Impact Marketing Services (AU/NZ) as a Managing Director. She is strategic thinking, creative, results-oriented Marketing Manager with proven ability to develop and implement successful marketing programs and inspire teams to deliver ambitious results of growth in sales, market share and brand strength. She has more than 14 years’ experience in Marketing Communications and Product Marketing in a multi-national company with proven track record of success in Australia, New Zealand and internationally. Erin possesses strong history of promotions and positions being offered as a result of high performance, strong work ethics and a willingness to put the effort in to help the company achieve its business goals.
Selin Kinali
Experience designer
She is incredibly knowledgeable about financial services and works closely with her colleagues to disseminate this knowledge wherever possible. Selin puts learning at the forefront of her practice. Nearly every day she is building her abilities, whether it's participating in hacks, working on startup ideas or learning new methodologies. She also takes this a step further, actively sharing her learning through both team sessions and teaching design students. Selin is genuinely passionate about doing good work and cares deeply about designing outcomes that are positive for both customers and stakeholders. She takes her work personally and will always push through tough constraints, guiding ambiguous projects toward better outcomes. She is able to bring business and design together in a unique way, applying the right lens at the right time and understand perspectives from both of these areas.
Lars Klint
Chief Wizard and Banjo Coder
Lars is a freelance solution architect, Pluralsight Author, Microsoft MVP, writer and podcast host with a passion for the Microsoft ecosystem. Lars is co-founder of the DDD Melbourne community event with over 350 participants, now in its seventh year running and has presented at various technical events nationally and internationally.