Avanade, the leading Microsoft solutions provider and Techionista Academy, the leading Dutch IT & Tech Academy for women, have joined together to address the lack of female talent in the technology industry by offering Microsoft Azure Certified Data & AI… continue reading
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100% online was perfect for me, because I also just had a baby.
Burcu Eda Ernas (30) started the data & AI track at Techionista Academy in June 2021 and finished in December 2021. She followed the part-time track because at that time she just gave birth to her daughter. “Now I could… continue reading
A geek? Yes, I actually kind of am
Paulien Leeuwenburgh (44) followed the data & AI track at the Techionista Academy in June 2020. An intensive, but above all very fun and enriching period: “Since I completed the track I look different at myself, in a positive way.”… continue reading
Interview with ilionx director Sjoerd Hobo: “I immediately fell in love with the Techionista concept”
Techionista Academy collaborates with various business partners in the IT and tech industry. One of them is ilionx: an IT consultancy firm with a high priority for diversity. We spoke to Sjoerd Hobo, director of the Amsterdam office. “Men and… continue reading
I work for a lot of different companies now.
Although Mariëlle Koekenbier (44) had already studied data analysis herself, she struggled to ‘market’ herself. “I knew what I could do, but calling myself a ‘data analyst’ right away and telling people to hire me was difficult.” The training at… continue reading
The Techionista Academy was one of the best choices I ever made
Rumèla Sengupta (47) had already worked in IT for 15 years. First in India, later in the Netherlands. To update her knowledge, she followed the Data & AI track at the Techionista Academy from June to October 2020. “One of… continue reading