Our TechUPWomen have been achieving amazing things since starting the programme in July 2019/20 so we’d like to give them all a massive shoutout, we’ve chronicled many of these below, aren’t they just amazing! The TechUP team wish all of our Alumnae the best of luck as they move #TechOnwards with their journey into tech.
2019
July
• Benedicta Banga: Launched her app Blaqbase
August
• Paula Wilson: Awarded a place on the graduate programme at Thoughtworks
2020
April
• Kathryn Heywood: Started a new job as Head of Business Intelligence at JISC
• Rituja Rao: Awarded a Women on Boards Bursary
May
• Fareeha Usman: Won We are the City Rising Star Award
• Shakirah Mustapha-Tahir: Became a Board Trustee and blogger at Being Woman
• Winona Sharpe: Started a new job as a Junior Release Associate at Double Eleven Ltd
• Paula Wilson: Started a new job as Innovation Developer at Code Nation
• Catherine Lawlor: Started a new job as a Junior Developer with Durham Constabulary
June
• Angela Lynch: Became a Board Trustee at Being Woman
• Shakirah Mustapha-Tahir: Started a new job as Content Manager at HR in One
• Judith Nathanial: Awarded a DrupalCon Scholarship
• Maaly Alkarake: Awarded a DrupalCon Scholarship
• Muma Sinkala: Awarded a DrupalCon Scholarship
• Angela Lynch: Elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Arts
• Natalia Marek: Started a Developer Apprenticeship with Infinity Works
July
• Rituja Rao: Won Future Stars of Tech IT Manager Award
• Nina Ma: Shortlisted for Digital Hero of the Year at the Digital Technology Leaders Awards
• Kirsty Devlin: Launched a new business venture Thermokits
August
• Jennifer Calland: Awarded a place to study an MSc in Big Data Analytics at Edge Hill University
• Lucy Sutton: Promoted to Associate Delivery Manager at the Department for Education
• Jennifer Calland: Started a new job as a Google Certified Platform Engineer at Cloud Technology Solutions
• Jennifer Calland: Nominated for a TechWomen100 Award
• Amy Woodget: New job as Lead Advisor in Earth Observation for the Civil Service
• Katherine Iveson: New job as a Data Analyst for HMRC
September
• Zoe Kelman: New job as a Digital Technology Solutions Apprentice at AJ Bell
• Sarah Berry: New job on the Systems Helpdesk for the NHS with Arden & GEM
• Fareeha Usman: Shortlisted for a Rising Star Award at the Dynamites20 Awards
• Fareeha Usman: New job as a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor at Dynamo North East
• Fareeha Usman: Won at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2020
