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Spotlight on Industry Leader Mark Samaha
Industry Officer, Information Technology
TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute
What advice would you give someone looking to enter the IT industry?
"The advice for anyone starting out a career is threefold; first ensure the work you will be doing is true to your personal intent and interest, second have a set of value that contributes to your personal growth and the growth of the team, and finally be committed to continuous improvement and open to change."
Spotlight on IT Pro Mentor Malcolm Stone
What do you like most about working in IT?
"The changing needs of IT and now as a teacher, to see my students moving out into industry with real skills given from the ground up."
Ms Megan Henry works at the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) as a Web
Operations Manager and is currently studying her Masters in Applied Information Technology at Monash University.
Originally from country NSW-growing up in Narrandera, Bathurst, Goulburn, Scone and Newcastle-Megan enjoys watching
her favourite NRL team, the Newcastle Knights, with a couple of drinks while socialising with friends. Her other
interests include listening to music, watching Australian movies and taking off to the snow fields for
the weekend.
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DebateIT It's a World Wide Web of Women!
Less than 15% of people employed in the ICT industry are women, that women earn 85 cents for every dollar of
their male counter-parts and female ICT workers represent a mere 1% of all employed women.
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Ms Megan Henry works at the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) as a Web
Operations Manager and is currently studying her Masters in Applied Information Technology at Monash University.
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