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Chairman and Founder of Mastermind Smart Girls, Fulvio Inserra has said of the launch of Mastermind Smart Girls, 'It's already hard enough these days for women to be truly successful in business, let alone to make their mark in the ICT industry. I wanted to do something positive about this and in doing so, help women carve their own niche in the ICT industry. This isn't a man versus women thing. It's more about acknowledging and leveraging the value that women can bring to the ICT industry and as a result, showing that together we can make a genuine difference in improving the strike rate for the delivery of successful project outcomes.'
Launched in January 2012, Smart Girls - which is a 100% owned subsidiary of The Mastermind Group - has identified the immediate need to fill what it has identified as a void in the ICT sector by addressing the lack of effective Project Management and Business Analysis services in the ICT industry.
'Project Management and Business Analysis skills are critical for delivering successful projects and outcomes and we believe that women are the untapped pool of natural skills and talent to address this gap in a professional, flexible and methodical way,' Mr Inserra noted.
'We believe that the natural talents that women possess will help address the void of effective communication and organisational skills that exists today in the ICT industry. For instance, women are extremely good at achieving outcomes in the most optimal way. Smart Girls is designed to foster these inherent skills whilst at the same time opening up and creating opportunities and support for other women in the work place who possess the same skill sets and talents - all of which are in high demand. Our focus is on meeting the needs of professional women by engaging them on workplace arrangements that suit their varying lifestyles,' he added.
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