Hannah Rebecca Pratt

General Info

What will be your most valuable contribution to your TechWomen mentorship?

Sharing my exclusive perspective and insights of regulation and policy implementation in the mining sector. I can provide a deep understanding of the local dynamics, emerging trends and potential opportunities for collaboration. Additionally, I can share my expertise in areas like event planning, fashion and lifestyle, and cross-cultural communication. Through my experiences, I can offer valuable knowledge on navigating challenges, menstrual hygiene (sanitary products), fostering diversity, inclusion and leveraging technology for social impact. Also, I want to be involved in short-term project I can work on daily activities with the mentor and partnering company and introduce creative presentation skills.

The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship

1. Develop and hone public speaking, team leadership, people management and networking skills.
2. Learn data analysis strategies and approaches to using drone and remote sensing.
3. Understand how to start a sustainable manufacturing business and develop a roadmap to reach my career goals.

Mentorship Characteristic

• Attend company meetings
• Participate in a skills-building course, either provided by my mentor’s company or identify a free resource online
• Focus on leadership skills building
• Focus on technical skills building
• Gets me involved in day-to-day activities of the mentor and partnering company.

Ideal Company Type

My ideal mentor has ties to a manufacturing company and experience nurturing startups entrepreneurs, through whom I can practically see how design thinking and project management can make feasible ideas come to reality. Secondly, I'm passionate and interested in growing my knowledge and skills in drone and remote sensing technologies, which will help me to better understand aspects of reliability, efficiency and sustainability. I am eager to engage with employees at a well-structured, multinational company with 100 or more employees, one that is accommodating, friendly, compliant and goal oriented.

What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?

1. Passionate
2. Creative
3. Results-oriented

What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?

The networking and collaboration opportunities with TechWomen mentors and industry professionals could open doors to impactful roles in mining and environmental policy development, advocacy and consultancy, which would empower me with the expertise and connections necessary to drive positive environmental change and pursue a successful and meaningful career in the global space. In line with Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers year of learning, I will introduce and collaborate with TechWomen alumnae to do CPD short courses with the knowledge gained, also with the technical skills gained I will introduce periodic trainings for drone and remote sensing for transfer of skills.

After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?

One major challenge we face in monitoring mining activities is to access most of the mine sites. Upon completion of TechWomen, the knowledge and skills gained on the use of drone and remote sensing technologies, I'll apply them to fix key barriers in executing our jobs as mining inspector. My key aim is to use the drone to fly a small megaphone device over illegal mines with vocal warning messages in different local languages, with the same drone I can take aerial photos and videos that can be used to detect illegal mining activities and make informed decision.

Work History

Years of Full-time Work Experience

4

Primary Professional Focus

• Database/systems/networks
• Energy, renewable technology or green technology
• Leader who is in charge of managing technical employees

Education History