Matilde Triguis Gonzalez

What brought you to a career in technology at the United Nations?

I have a PhD Docteur �s sciences �conomiques et sociales, mention syst�mes d'information ("Docteur �s sciences �conomiques et sociales, mention syst�mes d'information")

What has been your favorite technology project or initiative at the United Nations and why? What was your contribution?

I have been in so many favorite IT projects in my career that is difficult to choose, so, I will say my current project to coordinate, control and monitor mandates and programme for the ICTS subprogramme, specifically the budgetary allocations to services, my technical contribution is to support its design.

What advice would you give women interested in pursuing a field in technology?

Go for it! Be confident in your capability to change the world. IT is a wonderful but unforgiving field as you always need to keep learning, but it will keep you young. Show off your accomplishments, don't be shy. Help other people, fight for gender parity, study the UN and your office mandates and get involved in it. Know the budget process (follow the money) and propose IT innovations that will help achieve the UN goals.