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Aleisha Amohia

Aleisha is pictured smiling at her university graduation parade, on the steps of Civic Square. She is wearing a korowai with blue, green, black and white detailing atop her graduation gown.

Aleisha Amohia

Koha Technical Lead @ Catalyst IT

Aleisha Amohia is a passionate young advocate for diversity and equity, sparked by her experiences as a young Māori-Asian woman in the technology industry.

Aleisha is the Koha Technical Lead at Catalyst IT, an open source software company, where she started out as an intern in 2014. She is also a Victoria University of Wellington graduate with a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Management and Information Systems).

Aleisha is also actively involved in community organisations, with links to the National Council of Women New Zealand, Wellington Alliance Against Sexual Violence, InternetNZ, Victoria University of Wellington Women in Tech, and more.

Communities, code, and Creative Commons

About

Open source software is a powerful sector of the technology industry - code that is free to use and share, community-driven projects, and global development.

Aleisha Amohia is a Technical Lead at Catalyst IT, a software company based in Wellington which specialises in open source software. She will share her experiences working in open source projects and how open source values may influence culture.

When


2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Where

Room RHLT1
Rutherford House
Pipitea Campus
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand