{"id":3898,"date":"2019-06-25T15:06:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T15:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/meet-emie-one-of-our-it-engineers\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T10:31:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T10:31:48","slug":"meet-emie-one-of-our-it-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintivo.co.uk\/news\/meet-emie-one-of-our-it-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Emie, one of our IT Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Emie, born in the Philippines, came to the United Kingdom when she was 16 years old<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 Her grit, determination and not to mention a deal of talent, <\/span><\/span>helped her to study for three years at <\/span><\/span>Wiltshire<\/span><\/span> College in order to achieve the UK qualifications she needed to be able to study for <\/span><\/span>her<\/span><\/span> computing degree at<\/span><\/span> the<\/span><\/span> Uni<\/span><\/span>versity of West of England.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now living in Chippenham, Emie <\/span>has always loved the latest gadgets and using <\/span>IT for research and supporting people from a very young age.\u00a0<\/span>She can\u2019t remember when she didn\u2019t want to work in the IT world. She says her passion has grown further as she<\/span> has\u00a0<\/span>develop<\/span>ed her skills and learnt about new technologies and how they can help support businesses.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I asked Emie why she enjoys her job at Mintivo.\u00a0 She told me \u201c<\/strong><\/em>I\u2019m working with professional colleagues, who are interesting to be around and make the atmosphere in the office brilliant. I am amazed with the knowledge and skill sets my colleagues have which helps me to provide better support to my clients. It is so different from other places I have worked. I like the way Mintivo has grown and I\u2019m proud to be part of the continued progression of the business.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Outside work, Emie<\/span> particularly<\/span> enjoys travel<\/span>ling<\/span> and food. H<\/span>er favourite place to visit to date <\/span>has been<\/span> Iceland<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Unfortunately,<\/span> she missed out on seeing the Northern Lights, so she is determined to go back to see this natural phenomenon.<\/span>\u00a0She loves<\/span> eating out, but also<\/span> cooking <\/span>her own dishes,<\/span> many<\/span> of which are<\/span> Filipino<\/span> recipes<\/span>, particularly <\/span>des<\/span>s<\/span>erts<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Emie keeps up to date with her passions by <\/span>watching food and travel vlogs on YouTube.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Her ideal night out would be<\/span> watching a <\/span>thriller or <\/span>horror movie<\/span> followed by a meal<\/span> of <\/span>lamb <\/span>chops <\/span>with rice<\/span>, accompanied by banana ketchup and a glass of Barefoot <\/span>Pink<\/span> Moscato<\/span> followed by a delicious Filipino dessert.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>If she\u2019s staying in, she\u2019ll listen<\/span> to chill<\/span>-out music<\/span> or acoustic covers<\/span> whilst reading a good book or <\/span>checking out YouTube.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A great advocate for\u00a0<\/span>women in technology<\/span>, Emie was delighted to receive feedback from a female Remote Input Output Service Manager:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThank you, Emie. Great to have a female IT person helping me out!\u00a0 Always been men previously.\u201d<\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emie, born in the Philippines, came to the United Kingdom when she was 16 years old.\u00a0 Her grit, determination and not to mention a deal of talent, helped her to study for three years at Wiltshire College in order to achieve the UK qualifications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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