Ilza Lindeque, Capfin
Name: Ilza Lindeque
Designation: Business Intelligence specialist
Company: Capfin
What do you do every day? Most days are filled with exciting data analysis, spotting trends and areas to potentially improve business process, reporting and decision-making. With this comes technology innovation – designing and building sustainable business intelligence solutions whether they be data warehouses, cubes or reports.
How did you get into the tech space? Completely by chance. I studied Accounting and completed my Honours degree in Financial Management. When I started job hunting, an opportunity came along to join a consulting division in a large IT company that specialised in corporate performance management software. Later on I made the transition into a formalised BI environment. I did attempt a career in finance, but soon found myself craving the dynamic and fast-paced world of solution design and technology implementations.
What was the best advice anyone ever gave you? Always exceed expectations in life.
What advice would you given someone wanting to get into the tech sector?
Be inquisitive and ask lots of questions. People can teach you a lot, but never underestimate your own capacity to learn and discover.
What motivates you to get out of bed everyday? Our great continent with all its treasures and opportunities. The diversity makes it such an exciting and beautiful place to live in.
Who do you want to be when you grow up? A traveler/explorer – like Kingsley Holgate.
Find me on:
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilza-lindeque/2/68b/a22
About The Author: Samantha
Samantha Perry is the owner and founder of SJ Perry PR, a small, independent agency that specialises in providing public relations and media relations services to small to medium-sized businesses. She recently served as the JHB Agency Lead for Irvine Partners, an integrated public relations and marketing agency. She has over 20 years' of experience writing for a range of media - print and online - mainly in the ICT sector including Computing SA (editor), ComputerWeek, and Brainstorm magazine (editor). In her capacity as a PR professional and consultant, she has and does work with a variety of companies including Google (South Africa & Nigeria), Salesforce, CLEVVA, Euphoria Telecom, Paymenow and Tiger Content (UK). She also has a Masters degree in ICT Policy & Regulation. She served on the IAB SA Marketing Council as the PR rep, has worked as an independent telecoms researcher for some of the analyst houses in that field and was regularly called upon to comment on telecoms issues in the press. Nowadays she can be found commenting on women in tech issues in the press and speaking at conferences on the subject and the issues women in the sector face.
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