We are delighted to announce that TfL’s Women’s Staff Network Group sub-group - Women in Tech has been shortlisted for the WeAreTechWomen's TechWomen100 Network of the Year Award.
Led by Dionne Condor-Farrell, the TfL WSNG Women in Tech committee includes Shivani Bhatnagar, Charul Gupta, Kathryn Lowen, Melanie Carter, Carly Plummer, Eleanor Morgan, Cassandra Bruce, Amy Allen, Elinor Hutchison, Sreelekha Doddipalli, Fiona Hammond, Krishna Jadeja
The community launched in 2017 as it was evident that there was a serious lack of women doing hands-on tech roles. Dionne was one of a handful of female developers in her department and recognised something needed to be done. It was important to provide a safe and supportive environment that encourages exploration and confidence-building with tech.
The committee has worked hard to build and grow a vibrant community at TfL to raise the profile of Tech at TfL, and encourage more women to see technology as a viable career. They create opportunities for members to try out tech skills in programming, data science, mobile app development amongst other areas, provide mentoring, and allow women to find out about the various roles in tech through Tech Talks. They also connect with the external tech community to raise the profile of TfL Tech and Data, through their support of non-profit communities like Women Who Code London.
The committee raises awareness to the wider external community of the tech skills needed for the future and the role women need to play in designing and developing our products/services in order to meet the needs of the growing population TfL serve, so they open their doors regularly to underrepresented groups and host events and networking opportunities to encourage more women to see tech as a viable career, and hopefully consider TfL as their next employer of choice.
The TfL WSNG Women in Tech showcases role models already in tech so women can see what they can be and are doing important work in making tech careers in transport accessible to women.
We wish the TfL WSNG Women in Tech community the very best of luck for the finals on 3rd December.
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