Women in Tech with Lorraine Steyn (KRS Systems)

Jul 13, 2017, 3:30 – 7:00 PM (UTC)

Cape Town

Workshop 17, 17 Dock Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002

With lots of opinions on growing talent, being a woman in IT, balancing career and family, Lorraine Steyn has been quietly leading and building her software development company for the last 30 years. Lorraine founded KRS in 1987 at the age of 24, besides having international clients, they also run an internship program.

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About this event

With lots of opinions on growing talent, being a woman in IT, balancing career and family, and successfully running a company for 30 years in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment, Lorraine has plenty of wisdom to share with entrepreneurs today.

Lorraine Steyn has been quietly leading and building her software development company for the last 30 years.

Lorraine founded KRS in 1987 at the age of 24. It was in the early days of desktop computing, and the company focused on using PCs to solve business problems, moving on to web and mobile development and big data solutions over the years.

Lorraine has always cared about growing young developers. KRS has run their internship for 9 years continually, providing an accelerated programme for graduates to gain work experience and enter the software development field.

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Speaker

  • Lorraine Steyn

    KRS

When

When

Thursday, July 13, 2017
3:30 PM – 7:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

3:30 PMNetworking & Food
4:30 PMFireside Chat
5:30 PMNetworking + Cash Bar

Organizer

  • Brian Mlambo

    Akha Ventures

    CEO & Founder

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