Odette Malkoun, area manager – Levant and North Africa at Milestone Systems

The yr 2022 recorded quite a few achievements and progress alternatives for Milestone Systems. Despite the challenges, we showcased quicker progress than the common market.

As a individuals’s manager, I’ve been engaged on increasing the workforce throughout our main markets within the area. I’ve additionally been specializing in my skilled improvement and methods to profit the corporate by gaining new talent units.

As a lady working from residence and the youngest individual in my workforce, I’ve struggled with the bias and prejudice surrounding management positions, particularly inside the tech house. People managers have historically been chosen based mostly on their age or bodily location – each of which didn’t apply to me.

In addition, should you look at the feminine presence within the tech trade, you’d be stunned to study that the ratio of feminine CEOs or girls in management roles in high know-how corporations as we speak is roughly solely 10.9 per cent.

This meant that I’ve had only a few position fashions within the trade. However, I didn’t let that cease me as a lady in tech. I believed in my abilities and ardour for main my workforce to steady success and constructing a tradition of belief and respect between us. I took it upon myself to mentor and information my colleagues even earlier than a managerial title. I’m grateful that my firm has an inclusive and supportive tradition for girls leaders, and now we have many feminine VPs and CxOs to look as much as.

The tech trade is an interesting world the place information is the important thing to success. Women should seize each alternative to find out about what’s new. They ought to, additionally, think about themselves and neglect the stereotype of the trade being male dominated. Finally, they shouldn’t let their age, gender or background maintain them from reaching their targets.

Read: How we can encourage more women to enter the region’s tech industry