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10 November 2009
Rachel Elnaugh is one of Britain's highest profile female entrepreneurs.
At 24 she created Red Letter Days on a shoestring budget from the front room of her home. Red Letter Days went on to generate over £100million in turnover in the 16 years that she ran it.
In early 2005, Rachel shot to fame as one of the original Dragons in BBCTV's BAFTA nominated cult business show Dragons' Den.
Rachel has spent the past four years working in the Enterprise Sector inspiring, motivating and empowering entrepreneurs on their journey towards success.
Carrie Hartnell - IntellectAs Head of Industry Strategy for Intellect, the leading trade association for the UK technology industry with 750 SME and multinational member companies.
Carrie Hartnell is responsible for promoting the important role of the technology industry to and within the UK economy.
Gillian Arnold - IBM UK Ltd
Gillian has twenty six years in the IT industry, the last sixteen being with IBM. Gillian has board placements as Chair of the DTI and Intellect Women in IT Forum, Chair of IBM internal Senior Technical Professions Board, and has extensive input to the IBM UK steering committee for diversity policy.
14 January 2010
Thursday January 14th 2010 is a long way off but please make a note of the date in your diary as
Sophie Davies-Patrick, Head of International, Yahoo! Developer Network will be coming to the region especially for the Girl Geeks event! Sophie will be talking about her exciting career to date, her role at Yahoo! as well as introducing Yahoo! ‘s Developer Network.
Past Speakers
Suggestions
Please contact us if you would like to be a speaker at our future Girl Geeks events or would like to suggest a suitable speaker.
Fiona Cruickshank,
Managing Director of SCM Pharma and Former CEO of Specials Laboratory
Fiona is currently the managing director of SCM Pharma was the founder of The Specials Laboratory, the only North East company to break into The Times Fast Track 100 - a list of Britain’s fastest growing private companies. An extremely inspirational north east businesswoman and speaker, Fiona was a great asset to our launch event through her passionate speech where she shared her valuable business experiences to date.
Clare Hart,
Executive Vice President of Dow Jones Clare Hart has been a leader and innovator in the world of on-line business media for over two decades. She currently is executive vice president, Dow Jones & Company and president, Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group. She is widely sought after as a speaker and thought leader on trends in enterprise electronic media. For our Girl Geeks launch event in Durham, Clare provided a dedicated interview highlighting her career and thoughts regarding today's online technology industry in addition to incorporating soundbites from the her female collegues - 'girl geeks' of Dow Jones.
Clare Hart interview and 'Girl Geeks' of Dow Jones:
Kim Inglis, Freelance Journalist Kim Inglis former Tyne Tees TV presenter and reporter now working as a freelance journalist and media trainer/speaker)was our host for the launch event. Kim is an experienced reporter and TV presenter with over 15 years experience reporting in the North East and Cumbria, Kim has also made a number of network appearances including 'This Morning' with Phillip Schofield on ITV1. Kim is a fantastic host and motivator for the Girl Geeks events.