Sam Mcintyre is passionate about helping women excel in the workplace, and has seen first-hand the benefits of having women involved in the decision making process. She has spent 30 years working in tech, and her career journey has seen her progress from IT Help Desk to CIO.

She has worked in Australia, UK, Asia and the US for a variety of retailers and manufacturers including brands such as Tesco, Coles, Woolworths and L’Oreal. Sam loves problem solving, and that technology continues to evolve and change. She has built her career by continuing to learn new skills, being brave and creating solutions that deliver business results.

Sam currently works as Group CIO at the Sussan Group, which incorporates Sportsgirl, Sussan and Suzanne Grae brands. She is on the Advisory Board for One Roof, a women's co-working and networking space, and also has her own startup, BeautiFinda, a marketplace for beautician services.

Sam is also a mother to two young boys and loves spending time with them, her husband and her horses.

Here’s an outline of what we cover in this episode:

• Sam’s career journey and how it led her to becoming CIO at Sussan Group
• One Roof, and what her advisory role covers
• Sam shares a few of her biggest learnings throughout her career in tech
• We talk about motherhood, and how it’s helped, not hindered her career. And how she juggles a successful career as CIO, being a mother of two and her own side hustle.
• We talk about some of the challenges women in tech face and how to overcome them
• We then discuss her side hustle BeautiFinda
• Sam then shares advice for anyone looking to start their own business

Episode Resources

• One Roof (Instagram and website)
• BeautiFinda (Instagram, Facebook and website)
• Sam McIntyre (Instagram and LinkedIn)
• The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates 
• Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
• My Year of Saying Yes by Shonda Rhimes
• Mia Freedman No Filter podcast
• Sylivia Jeffrey’s Future Women podcast

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