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
Tamara Klisaric
Content Manager
Tamara is a Content Manager at Telstra. She is a commercially focused & results driven marketer, with a 10 year track record of delivering effective integrated marketing communications campaigns for a wide range of blue-chip global brands across multiple markets worldwide. Proven track record in retail and digital planning, social media, ATL, activation, delivery & evaluation across industries including financial services and telecommunications.
Aruna Kolluru
Advisory Systems Engineer
Aruna is an Advisory Systems Engineer at EMC. She has 16 years of technical experience specializing in various technologies including Big Data, Data Management, and Information Management Technologies & Business Intelligence. Besides that she has 13 years of pre sales experience in architecting solutions for the customers and vast knowledge of both technology and business processes that allows her to quickly come up with unique solutions to address various customer functional and non functional requirements.
Fileshie Kuppasamy
Website Designer
Fileshie is a Website Designer at Code-IT!. Hard Work, determination and success are amongst the most important words in her vocabulary. Being 25 she has accomplished a degree in Marketing and HR, as well as studied for certificates in IT. She is never afraid to take on a task put in front of me. Fileshie is constantly learning and putting into use what she learns is her number one priority. Every task that she has accomplished and every thing that she has learnt at school, work or in her personal life has shaped her into the person that she is today. She has had great opportunities with some fantastic companies. Ultimately, her goal is to blend her marketing and IT skills to help build an organisations brand.
Kelly Lai
Having spent most of her life in a city that sees sub 30°C extra-long winters, Kelly decided to wander south of the equator to experience this “four seasons” she has heard so much about. After getting her MBA back in Canada, she worked for a Big 4 consulting firm, providing advisory services to multinational companies as it related to their strategy and operations. When not helping other companies do their thing, she was side-hustlin’ her own thang. Needing a creative outlet for her inner art student, she co-founded an online marketplace that connected people over delicious, home-cooked meals. Having her own side-piece meant that she had full control of the end-to-end customer experience, designing branding, processes, and touchpoints that resonated with her customers. Kelly also competed in hackathons and spoke on start-up panels as a way to continuously develop her leadership and public speaking skills. After landing in Melbourne, Kelly knew that she wanted to get back in the startup game and meet like-minded people!
Genevieve Larin
Production Manager
With a background in script supervising and production management, Gen is the head hustler and organiser of the day-to-day business at Stranger, including the scheduling of shoots, post-production and delivery of content. An empathetic and methodical team leader, Gen has worked on sets of all sizes across film, television and web and is known for her unapologetically forceful nurturing of her crew.
Brianna Laugher
Senior software engineer
Brianna is a senior software developer specialising in Python who loves open source, linguistics and scientific programming. She loves problem solving, testing, and technical work with a BA/community/user-focused component.
Tara Leach
Marketing Specialist
Tara is currently working as a Marketing Specialist at YA Marketin. She plans to leave her mark on this world professionally. She is not 100% sure how she will do this, however she knows that it will be through two main avenues. The first will be her professional career - her long term goal is to assist start up, small and medium business with marketing services and consulting. Tara would also like to leave her mark through her philanthropic work presently through the AWRAK movement. Currently with the Wodonga Chamber, her passion aligns extremely well assisting business with business - if she doesn’t have the answer, she will find someone who does. Continually growing and developing her skills and knowledge- currently completing Masters of Marketing through Griffith University. Tara has a need to keep learning and she will keep growing her networks to ensure she provides the best opportunities to her members and clients alike.
Charmaine Legaspi
Software developer
Charmaine is a Software developer at Genbook. She is a software developer having almost 3 years of experience in Java / J2EE development with VB and C#.NET exposure and has worked in a corporate and multi-cultural office environment. Charmaine has worked as a software developer for Macquarie Bank and Eclaro (OneBeacon Insurance). In both roles, she has been recognized as a solid contributor, a fast-learner and having potential to move up in the company. She has had close to three years work experience in software development with business knowledge in both finance securities and underwriting insurance. In addition to her technical knowledge, she has had the necessary opportunities to work on her interpersonal skills and considers herself as a great team player and very much accustomed to working with team members with different cultural backgrounds and situated in different regions across the world.
Brigitte Lewis
Web Developer/Academic Communications
Brigitte is good at telling stories, creating connections, analyzing where connections need to be made and inspiring change. If it's content you need - whether it's digital or print, she will without a doubt deliver it interesting, with innovative SEO words designed for you. If it's editing you want, her eye for detail combined with her speed will get the job done. If you however need some research to be done – she has experience across private and tertiary institutes conducting long and short-term research using qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
Marie Lewis
Director & Inventor
Marie is a Managing Director at Synxsole & Elite Podiatry. She currently works actively in both professions and finds they compliment each other well. However Podiatry is certainly her passion. She has invested a lot in building up her practice over the past eight years to make it a successful and advanced podiatry clinic. Marie is passionate in the field of sports podiatry and has years of experience in the advanced biomechanics of the lower limb, treating all sport-related conditions and injuries including heel pain, arch pain, ball-of-the-foot pain, achilles pain, ankle pain, shin pain, knee pain and hip and lower back pain. She strives to keep up with the latest literature and is dedicated to keeping up with the latest advancements to ensure that the patient is provided with the best possible treatment plan to achieve success.
Liching Li
Seniort Analyst Programmer
Liching is a Senior Analyst Programmer at National Australia Bank. She is a programmer with over 10 years experience in financial services, online transaction processing and distributed application programming. Liching is driven by my desire to solve complex problems – whether directly related to code, usability, or getting the best out of teams. This fundamental skill is a key driver for satisfaction in the work that she does. She has travelled extensively across the globe, achieved a top 5 ranking in Victorian women’s downhill biking and recently completed a year of studying education, which has begun her exploration into how education can play a role in shaping her future career.
Krijstelle Liao
UX designer
Krijstelle is a UX designer. She loves UX because it allows her to wear different hats, as an interface designer, researcher, information architect, and interaction designer. Over the years she has developed her skillsets in interface design, in both physical and digital space. Her industrial design background provides her with a strong grounding in Human Centred Design, including problem solving and stakeholder management. Since graduation she has worked as a visual designer across graphic, branding, and interaction design fields. She is comfortable working in multidisciplinary environments and throughout all phases of the design process. During her free time, she loves learning how to code and checking out new design tools. She also enjoys holding creative sessions on brush calligraphy, hand-made crafts, and watercolour paintings.