Anna Maria Blengino , Sunrise CIO , discusses balancing her role , digital transformation , building a team that attracts diversity & being a mother in STEM
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Anna Maria Blengino , Sunrise CIO , discusses balancing her role , digital transformation , building a team that attracts diversity & being a mother in STEM
When Anna Maria Blengino was appointed at Sunrise , she requested some posters for the office and invited the entire CIO team to bring in their own paintings and photographic art for the walls .
“ You cannot imagine how many came with their pictures ,” Blengino says .
So many wanted to offer their art that they ran out of wall-space . Now Blengino has a long waiting list and every second month the art is replaced - except for December , which is a month reserved for the art made by the children of CIO employees .
“ It ’ s a surprise to see that these technical people have a creative side !”
Now working in Switzerland , Blengino was born in Italy .
“ As a child I followed my curiosity to take things apart and put them back together ,” she says . “ I was inspired by my father and by my mathematics and physics teachers , I fell in love with technology .”
She graduated with a geotechnical engineering degree at the Turin Polytechnic and began work in the construction industry . At the end of the 1990s telecommunication was on the rise and captured her interest .
“ I started my new career from the bottom and continuously used my curiosity to explore the different options , moving up from hands-on Software Testing to Director positions , in IT Operation and IT Delivery .”
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