Jamila Gordon

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Jamila Gordon
EducationA degree in IT from the La Trobe University
Occupation(s)CEO and founder of Lumachain
SpouseRevel Gordon

Jamila Gordon is a

NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year 2021.[4] She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2021.[5]

Early life and education

Jamila Gordon was born to a nomadic family in the hinterland of Somalia and brought up in a small village as one of 16 children.[6][7] As the eldest daughter, she was expected to play a key role in running the family home from approximately five years old, and these responsibilities took precedence over her education.[8] Her family moved to Mogadishu when she was 11 years old to avoid a drought.[9] Once civil war broke out, she became a displaced person in Kenya.[7][10] There, Gordon met an Australian backpacker, who helped her move to Australia.[7] After arriving in Australia, Gordon took English courses at TAFE NSW[11] and enrolled in an accounting degree at La Trobe University in Melbourne.[12] She switched her major to software engineering after taking a programming elective and eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Business and Information Technology degree in 1995.[12][13]

Career

Early

Gordon stated she worked as a dish washer and a kitchen hand at a local Japanese restaurant during her years in college.[7]

After college

After graduating, Gordon was employed in software development and subsequently project management.

ABN AMRO Bank.[14] In 2007, she was hired as a Chief Information Officer for Qantas airways, and then for Leighton Holdings/CIMIC.[14]

Lumachain

In April 2018, Gordon founded Lumachain, a company that provides a blockchain and computer vision software for the meat industry, with $3.5 million in seed funding, in a round led by the CSIRO venture capital fund (Main Sequence Ventures).[8][15] Its stated aim is to add transparency to global food supply chains and provide an auditable record to prove if an item comes from ethically responsible sources (e.g. worker conditions, health code compliance).[15][16] In 2019, the company partnered with Microsoft,[17][18] JBS S.A.[19] and CSIRO[20] for a large scale trials.

Awards

Personal life

Gordon is an advocate for diversity and inclusivity of women in STEM,

board member at the CareerSeekers and the CareerTrackers social organizations.[23] She is also a global ambassador at the IWEC Foundation and serves as a member on the Advisory Council of Questacon.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bio - Jamila Gordon". Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b WECNY. "Awardees". IWEC Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Australia - New Zealand". Women in AI (WAI). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2020 NSW Award » Pearcey". pearcey.org.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. ^ Blakkarly, Jarni (16 January 2018). "My Australia: From washing dishes to Qantas executive". SBS News. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e Gordon, Jamila (6 November 2020). "How Artificial Intelligence creates opportunity for all". TEDxSydney. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Vickovich, Aleks (29 July 2019). "Former Qantas executive raises $3.5 million for anti-slavery blockchain startup — inspired by her forced labour as a child in Somalia". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. ^ Blakkarly, Jarni (3 May 2018). "My Australia: From washing dishes to Qantas executive". iamamigrant.org. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ Mudditt, Jessica; Walker, Nic (1 May 2018). "What I've learned: Jamila Gordon". Company Director. 34 (4): 80 – via Informit.
  11. ^ 2018 Annual Review (Report). Australian Institute of Company Directors. 1 October 2018. p. 23.
  12. ^ a b "Square the Ledger profile: Jamila Gordon". www.latrobe.edu.au. 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  13. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Connolly, Byron (27 February 2017). "Jamila Gordon: The CIO who escaped the Somali Civil War". CIO. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Lumachain lands $3.5 million for tech tackling modern slavery in food supply chains". SmartCompany. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Jamila Gordon". Meat Business Women. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  17. ^ "AI, IoT and blockchain trace meat from paddock-to-plate at nation's largest food processing company, JBS, in Australian-first trial". Microsoft Australia News Centre. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  18. ^ Satya Nadella features Lumachain in his Sydney keynote address, retrieved 7 April 2021
  19. ^ "Agtech: Artificial Intelligence trial tracks JBS beef from paddock to plate". Beef Central. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Paddock to plate: Lumachain beefs up the data trail". www.theaustralian.com.au. The Australian. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Awards recognise high achievers". www.latrobe.edu.au. La Trobe University. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  22. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  23. ^ "Jamila Gordon | LinkedIn". LinkedIn.
  24. ^ "Jamila Gordon, CEO and Founder of Lumachain". www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au. Australian Human Rights Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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