Stacey Vee, iPads for Lionhearts
Name: Stacey Vee
Designation: Founder
Company: iPadsforLionhearts – we’re a charity that collects second-hand iPads and gives them a new home with families challenged by autism.
What do you do every day? Not as much as I did in the beginning! Running a registered charity is complicated; thankfully I have a small team who have stepped in to help me.
How did you get into the tech space? I am a technology journalist with a parenting blog, with a special needs child of her own – starting the charity seemed like a perfect fit.
What was the best advice anyone ever gave you? Spend your 20s working hard, getting as much experience in every part of your industry – then in your 30s, specialise. My dad gave me this formula for success.
What advice would you given someone wanting to get into the tech sector? Strip a computer and learn what all the parts are, what they do and how they connect. This sounds silly, but this basic understanding will go a long way in your career, no matter what field in IT you want to work in.
What motivates you to get out of bed everyday? I am deeply in love with my job (and not many people get to say that).
Who do you want to be when you grow up? A full-time fundraiser and publisher author.
Find me on:
Twitter: @MissStaceyVee
Blog: www.ipadsforlionhearts.co.za / www.livinglionheart.co.za
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stacey-vee/61/385/82b
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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