Happy Women's Day!
This whole month we have all women's special podcast.
Today, Malini Gowrishankar , Founder and CEO of F5escapes is in conversation with Chitra sharing her experiences as below
- Describes herself as a nerdy 1st bencher with interest in music poetry, screen tested with Doordarshan
- Support role resolving backend issues, strong fundamentals in delivering high quality software
- the disconnect between developers v/s requirements and realizing business value, software products v/s services
- An understanding of the "why" as key to building good software
- Building software is NOT a transaction, empowering people to encourage curiosity
- A process of keeping many identities, thriving and not just surviving
- Voice acting, scripting and weekend hobbies becoming her career
- Starting f5 travels post the Nirbhaya incident to create an impact
- A trip to Sikkim to prove some perceptions otherwise and travel as a transformation
- create feeling of safety through establishing local connections and traveling in groups, solo women travel
8 years in IT as a techie / project manager, 10+ years in media as voice-over/dubbing artist and creative writer, 8+ years in travel as Founder/CEO of F5 Escapes. Passionate about women empowerment, entrepreneurship and sustainable travel. Lover of rains, books, music, nature, performing arts, animals and children. In her free time, she also trains people in voice-overs; mentors young professionals and women wanting to return to the workplace.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/malini-gowrishankar-40210515/