Name: Jill Blaauw
Designation: Key Account Manager
Company: Hardware Distribution SA
1. What do you do every day?
Build relationships because people buy from people.
2. How did you get into the tech space?
My sister was already in the industry and an opening came up. I started as in local purchasing and marketing and learnt so much. I then fell in love with technology.
3. What was the best advice anyone ever gave you?
The only thing that is constant is change.
4.What advice would you give to someone wanting to get into tech?
If you want to be continue learning, this is the industry to be in. No day is the same and you never know it all.
5. What motivates you to get out of bed every day?
I learn about technology and get to meet new people every day. Two of the best things in the world.
6.What do you want to be when you grow up one day?
I would like to help more in our community.
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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