As OP AIC’s Employability Specialist, my primary focus is to support our students and provide guidance as they transition into the job market. I am responsible for hosting workshops, organising employability events, and conducting one-to-one career consultation sessions with students. The employability programmes I develop and implement equip our students with the skills they need to excel in the job market. I also collaborate with industry partners to provide students with valuable learning opportunities through internships, as well as job opportunities upon graduation.

As a Lecturer in both Business and IT Management at Otago Polytechnic, I was deeply engaged in educating future leaders in the principles of Business Functions, Agile Management, Change Management, and Organisational Planning. Drawing from my own academic and entrepreneurial journey, I focused on fostering a teaching environment that encouraged practical problem-solving and critical thinking. Classes were interactive and designed to challenge students to take theoretical business concepts and apply them to real-world scenarios. I was deeply passionate about equipping others with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in their careers and future business endeavours.

As Chief Consultant at ADflair, I spearhead transformative strategies to drive business growth through effective Customer Journey Design. My role encompasses designing and optimising the customer journey to improve client conversion and retention. Dedicated to aligning services with client needs, I translate their visions into actionable, results-oriented strategies that are seamlessly executed by our wonderful ADflair team.

In my role at ApplywithAI, I lead the development of our user-friendly career development platform. I oversee the entire project lifecycle, from inception and testing through to launch and post-launch improvements. My responsibilities include defining product strategy, prioritizing features, and ensuring that the platform effectively meets user needs. I work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and marketing, to deliver a product that simplifies complex systems and makes career discovery and job applications more accessible. My team and I combine creativity, psychology theory, and cutting-edge technology to continuously enhance the user experience and drive product success.

As Managing Director at Chromatic Menagerie my responsibilities include aligning our projects with the company's visionary objectives. In leading our management team, I emphasize fostering innovation and achieving operational excellence. My expertise lies in cultivating genuine, transparent relationships with our stakeholders and actively exploring avenues for strategic growth.

As AVX's Business Services Manager, I focused on streamlining the company's financial processes and enhancing client relationships. My responsibilities included managing quotes and invoices, maintaining accurate financial records with Xero, and providing direct client support. I leveraged my expertise in audio-visual services to interpret technical needs for events, ensuring exceptional service delivery. Additionally, I focused on optimizing our sales and operations to boost efficiency and effectiveness.

As OPAIC'S Employability Services and Events Lead I supported and provided guidance to students as they transitioned into the job market. I was responsible for hosting workshops, organising employability events and having one-on-one career consulting sessions with students. I also developed and managed partnerships between OPAIC, external organisations and students that benefited all parties involved.

While serving as OPAIC’s Student Success Advisor I helped nurture a supportive environment for students and provided a vibrant campus life experience. In this role I was responsible for implementing & complying with the Education Code of Practice and providing quality pastoral care. I was also responsible for developing a comprehensive communication strategy across the student life cycle.

My main aim as student representative was to ensure that student voices were heard. I then helped find and facilitate best-fit tailored solutions to the problems they faced. This role provided an additional channel of communication and feedback between AIC staff and the student body. It also helped foster student involvement in learning outside of classroom activities and helped organise student events on campus.

I worked as an independent contractor for the New Zealand based Project Management firm Ariyel Ltd. My responsibilities included working with the Senior Project Manager to ensure continuous improvements in processes. I was responsible for document control, Project plan and document comparisons, maintaining client project portals, typing, formatting and maintaining Excel spreadsheets and Word documents. I managed the project's finances and prepared & maintained contract files & job folders. I took and distributed the minutes of meetings, also filing/archiving project materials whilst providing project status updates and tracking milestones. I also ensured that relevant documentation were up to date for auditing.

My responsibilities included lecturing to over 400 students per class and overseeing the marking & administration necessary for each module. I also had to set up and co-ordinate modules around three major campuses as well as hire, mentor and manage the module's assistants.

I served as the general administrative assistant in the school of Philosophy and was responsible for handling all communication to the philosophy department, including phone calls, emails and booking appointments. I also had to manage all student communication and marks from all modules in the department. Included in my role was the responsibilities of building manager, making sure all lecture halls & offices were cleaned and that everything was functioning as it should. I was responsible for booking lecture halls and meeting rooms for major events and meetings.

I served as a marking and teaching assistant to the school of Philosophy. This role consisted mainly of marking assignments, tests & exams. Part of my roIe included serving as an invigilator and facilitator to help students better understand the work of a particular module.

At Zacora I served as General Manager to both the storefront and dress factory. I was responsible for managing all employees within the company as well as the company’s finances. Customer appointments and complaints were also handled within this position along with the factory’s general operation. This was a temporary role. My main purpose was to create stability through proper risk management and guidance while the company was starting out and finding its feet. Once I achieved this goal I sold my shares to my business partner, ended my employment at the company and focused on my academic career.

Responsibilities included overseeing a group of research assistants as well as assisting senior associates in creating business plans, specializing in start-up businesses.

Responsible for doing research required by clients. This involved research within specific spheres of business, specific types of companies, our client’s competitors, substitution products and anything else relevant to the client’s request. This position also involved retrieving information from customers and potential customers of the client’s business via interviews, surveys and other forms of data collection.

Aided staff with miscellaneous tasks, with aid primarily given to research assistants and junior associates.