Danu Poyner Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

I run a global online community for people with squiggly careers and other multidimensional misfits who insist on relating to the world with curiosity and care.We offer events, courses, content and experiences that help facilitate curious and caring people towards greater flourishing. We operate as a member-supported social enterprise with hundreds of.

Auckland, New Zealand

Independent consulting on research information systems, academic performance and games for education.Large projects include working with Prof Pare Keiha at Auckland University of Technology on a transformative approach to improving academic outcomes within the Faculty of Culture & Society and Te Ara Poutama.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Commercial client-facing role representing the company’s flagship research analytics databases (Dimensions and Altmetric) to academic and government clients across the Asia-Pacific region. Working with sales.
• Support a team of 20 sales and account managers across Asia-Pacific in client interactions with high-quality tailored product demos, training and expert knowledge from pre-sales through post-implementation
• Work with Commercial Directors and Product Managers on go-to market strategy and a sales toolkit for effective selling to academic institutions.
• Secure first academic institutional clients in Singapore (Nanyang Technological University) and Korea (Korean Academy of Science & Technology) and develop growth and emerging markets

Auckland, New Zealand

• Leadership of University’s 2018 PBRF Quality Evaluation submission ($75m value) involving 30+ person project team and 750+ academic staff (resulted in 62% increase in research active staff, 50% increase in funding)
• Responsible for holistic process, system and policy improvements to University research information ecosystem and performance framework
• People leadership: 2 direct reports, 7 indirect reports across ICT/Library/Faculty
• Excellent relationships with key internal and external stakeholders (inc. Faculties, Strategy & Planning, VC’s Office, ICT, Library, Government, Vendors)
• Workshop facilitation, presentations, design and delivery of training resources
• Contribution to organisational research strategy and capability development through committees and working group membership

Gold Coast

• Led end-to-end project to review and replace University’s core research management systems (inc. business case, solution design, RFP, implementation)
• Reporting/analysis on research performance (e.g. research activity, HERDC, ERA)
• Design/implementation of process/system improvements (e.g. smart forms)

Melbourne

• Taught undergraduate courses in public policy, research methods, political economy and inter-cultural communications
• Research Assistant for Principal Investigator Prof Rob Watts on Australian Research Council-funded project ‘Auditing the Victorian Charter: Australian and international perspectives on applied human rights’

Singapore

• Data analysis, policy evaluation and report writing for pilot of Travel Smart initiative to reduce congestion on public transport during peak periods

Chadstone, Melbourne

• Inventory management and supervision of service/repairs at Chadstone store while meeting performance targets for turnaround and customer satisfaction
• Frontline customer service, conflict resolution and complaint handling

Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne

• Owner of two businesses with 7 staff
• Graphic and web design, corporate branding and identity and video production
• B2B and end-user training, support and consulting for Apple platforms/services

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, International/Global Studies (Honours)

Master'S Degree, Social Sciences