Tech

Life as an entrepreneur can be as creative as it can be fun and flexible – but it’s also seriously hard work, with challenges you can only fully appreciate when you encounter them head on.

Melody Shiue has designed everything from rapid blood testing kits to wearable ultrasound belts for pregnant woman.

Guess what? Women are just as capable and talented as men in STEM fields! That’s despite less than one in four IT grads and one in 10 engineering grads being female, and a significant lack of women in leadership across such industries.

Ten female-led startups have been named founders in the SheStarts program, selected from more than 400 applicants.

After 21 years with Microsoft, including as Australian managing director since 2011, Pip Marlow will soon depart the tech giant to join Suncorp as CEO of strategic innovation.

Meet Ludwina Dautovic.

Andrea Walsh is one of very few CIOs in the Australian tech sector, currently managing 15 countries in the role for Isentia.