Meena Shah

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

As a software engineer, I was always interested to work in United Nations and want to support developing countries through technology. This motivated me to work as a National Information Technology officer in Nepal working as a consultant in Department of Customs. Later, I started working as an International Information Technology Officer supporting for ASIA region.

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

I am a hard worker and I always like to do challenging work which motivates me to improve my skill. My favorite IT project is related to Bangladesh Customs where I had fix the issues with the server performance which was arising because of bad coding practices. I managed to fix it by re-engineering the source code, handling the proper exceptions.

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

Following advice I would like to give women interested in pursuing a field in technology: 1) Always stay curious to learn new technology as tech industry is changing rapidly. 2) Ask for feedback and take criticism as a positive. 3) Don't panic keep a good work/life balance. 4) Always try to work in group and communicate with your colleagues. 5) Create more female role models working in technology so that it will help us to get motivated.