About Us

History

Years of work on delivering tech education for girls and women had shown Tech Inclusions founders, Renee Noble, Alex Penna and Nicky Ringland the breadth of issues affecting not only women, but all underrepresented groups in tech. 

In a mission to do more, and to bring together efforts out there already working to increase representation in tech, Tech Inclusion was founded as a way to consolidate, collaborate, and to share resources and knowledge.

Tech Inclusion is a charity that believes in representation of our mission all the way to the top. We are governed by a board with a wealth of experience, and a belief in providing learning and mentorship opportunities all the way from the classroom room to the board room. 

Sponsors and Partner

Tech Inclusion works with community partners and sponsors to make inclusive tech communities possible. Thanks to our current sponsors:

Platinum Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

Founders and Executive

Renee Noble

Chief Executive Officer

Alex Penna

Chief Operations Officer

Nicky Ringland

Chief Community Officer

 Our Board

Renee Noble - Chair
Renee is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. In her other work, she is the National Director and founder of Girls' Programming Network Australia. Additionally, she founded her own tech education company, ConnectEd Code.

Alex Penna - Secretary
Alex is a Senior Software Developer at Atlassian, and works with the Atlassian Foundation. Additionally, she is the lead of Girls' Programming Network Sydney and lead of  GPN's national leadership up-skilling initiative.

Wendy Bryant
Wendy is the Chief Digital and Information Officer of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, NSW. In the past, she's also worked as the CIO of Transport NSW, and the CTO/CSO of the Australian Tax Office.

Katie Payten
Katie is the Head of Digital Cyber Security and Technology Risk at Woolworths Group. She is also on the Industry Advisory Board for the University of Technology Sydney and the AI & Ethics Committee of the Australian Computer Society.

Christel Martin
Christel is the Director of Procurement Excellence for Transport NSW. Previously she was the Strategic Procurement Manager for ASIC, and she has a background in law.


Peter Walker - Treasurer
Peter is the Assistant Commissioner of Enterprise Services & Technology at the Australian Taxation Office. He boasts a long career history in managerial roles focused on audit, business strategy, and IT infrastructure oversight at the ATO, Telstra, and CCD Consulting.