Stepping into a leadership role, aiming for a promotion, getting onto a board, starting your own company.  We all have aims and ambitions and know where we want to be, but sometimes we need some help in how to get there.
 
This event has some real life lessons from people in technology and what they did to help grow and develop for their ambitions and to take charge of their own career paths. 
 
With more than twenty years in the technology industry Margaret has a unique understanding of how technology and change can facilitate business transformation and digital conversation.  With a passion for accessibility and a drive to use the technology, she knows how to level the playing field. Margaret founded Akari, a Gold Microsoft Partner with a true focus on making technology accessible. As Managing Director of Akari Solutions, this years Global Partner of the year winner for Diversity and Inclusion, Margaret works with organisations across Europe and the UK to show how technology can become a true enabler for inclusion and accessibility.
 
Using technology to enable and empower employees and foster open, productive environments. Margaret works with organisations of all sizes to help them identify and, develop core business strategies and facilitate inclusivity. A strong advocate of the Microsoft stack and the ethos of empowerment and enablement, Margaret is a member of the global Microsoft partner influencer panel driving change and championing partner to partner enablement and ensuring that organisations realize the full scope of their Microsoft investment. 
 
Margaret is also passionate about driving and championing the Women in Technology movement and has also been named one of the top 50 most influential women in the UK IT channel, she sits on the boards of Scottish Women in Technology and the UK WIT.

Thursday, August 19th, 2021
4:00 - 5:00 pm GMT