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Melbourne, Vic, Au

As an advisor of Block Identity, I lead Operations, Commercial, and Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies, ensuring our solutions effectively meet the demand for secure, user-centric digital identity management. Block Identity’s value proposition lies in transforming traditional identity management by eliminating the vulnerabilities and inefficiencies of centralised systems, which often leave users exposed to digital fraud and data misuse. Our platform utilises blockchain technology to enable verifiable credentials, allowing individuals and organisations to verify identities seamlessly and securely, reducing fraud risk without introducing friction into the user experience.In my role, I drive operational excellence, ensuring our systems and processes are optimised to deliver a secure, reliable experience for clients across industries. Leading Commercial, I build partnerships that expand our reach and align with Block Identity’s mission, ensuring our offerings address real-world pain points while supporting our clients' compliance with complex, global regulations. My focus on GTM strategies connects our product vision with the market, making sure our solutions address the evolving needs of users and organisations facing digital identity challenges. By combining strong operational management with a strategic approach to commercialisation and market alignment, I help Block Identity deliver impactful, secure identity solutions that simplify compliance, improve user trust, and ultimately eliminate the digital vulnerabilities that plague conventional identity systems.

Singapore, Sg

mistEO is a CLIMATE FINTECH company providing climate change adaptation know-how and technologies to private enterprises and governments to overcome the cost of climate change.Is your organisation susceptable to the impacts of changing climate conditions? Hint, the answer is most likely yes, almost every industry is.We integrate a wide range of data sources, including satellite imagery, IoT, stationary sensors, radar and third party data into our proprietary platform to deliver climate intelligence services.Our proprietary models have been developed with academic and industry experts in agronomy, animal husbandry and other niche fields to unlock insights that were previously unachievable.mistEO is on a mission to empower businesses, communities, and governments with innovative solutions that navigate the challenges of a changing climate. We are committed to providing accurate, data-driven insights, fostering resilience, and driving sustainable decision-making to secure a more climate-resilient future for all.

ZeroEarthCompany has set forth a plan to revolutionise the dairy farming industry in India and promote sustainability and empower women farmers by building a green fintech and capacity building platform. Our vision is to produce India's first climate friendly clean milk from a women centric dairy value chain.My role with ZeroEarthCompany is to provide strategic advice on the commercial establishment of the company, and assist them in navigating commercial relationships across multiple jurisdictions.

Vienna, Virginia, Us

Providing embedded advisory services to two startups, mistEO in the Climate FinTech space and another in the SSID space.

Vienna, Virginia, Us

Accubits is a global software power house. With a deep history in software services and solutions consulting using emerging technologies such as Blockchain and AI, our focus as an organisation is shifting towards the research and development of advanced artificial intelligence solutions, in an effort to make them accessible to organisations of any size. Our expertise lies in our ability to create these solutions from the ground up, with our own models, platforms and tools. My role with Accubits is shifting as our organisation pivots from a predominantly services organisation to a product organisation. I’m charged with advising and guiding the development and launch of a portfolio company within the Australia and New Zealand region that will provide advanced Self Sovereign Identification solutions to governments and enterprises, while also working closely with our portfolio company mistEO on their growth journey.

As an Agile Delivery Lead and Coach, I've been responsible for coordinating significant technology deliveries while also upskilling key clients in agile ways of working :- Agile Coach assisting in the development and implementation of an Agile Delivery Framework for a multinational Wealth and Superannuation organisation. This included initatiing and upskilling various cross functional delivery teams across Melbourne, Sydney and Wollongong. I was also responsible for developing and conducting several training courses for all levels of the organisation including delivery and support teams as well as Senior Executives and Department Heads. - Agile Delivery Lead and Analyst for a greenfields cloud implementation and integration into on-premises enterprise resource planning solution. Helping a distributed cross-functional team deliver successfully and continuously improve, while also building key client relationships.- Developed an innovation product roadmap including epics and user stories for a Big 4 Banking and Financial Services client

Central, Hong Kong, Hk

I initially joined as an Agile Business Analyst but quickly moved into the role of an Iteration Manager to lead a team of 8 cross-functional developers and testers:- Successfully delivered a suite of API's to allow for the integration of the Vitality product with a significant superannuation partner's mobile application and systems- Successfully delivered several enhancements to the internal Member Management Portal- Helped manage the expectations of all stakeholders, engaged with user interface designers, developed partner and internal documentation, and contributed to the ongoing development of agile practices within the organisation

As an Agile Consultant for SMS Management and Technology, I was an Agile Business Analyst and Iteration Manager for a key telecommunications client. Over this time, I assisted in the completion of a department Agile Maturity audit and developing a framework for improvement, and also initiating and upskilling two separate cross-functional delivery teams.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Within Telstra's Retail Ops team, I was the Senior Business Analyst on a team responsible for the implementation of Pega for a Retail Compliance Team to assist in the workflow and case management for the remediation of orders. This included:- Solution Identification - Vendor selection- Requirements elicitation and elaboration through several workshops with stakeholders- Development of scripts and coordiantion of user acceptance testing activities- Implementation through three releases

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Agile Business Analyst for the Hitwise product, and Product Analyst for the Asia Pacific region. This involved:- Product decomposition through the development of Epics and User Stories- Contribution to the ongoing development of agile delivery practices for Experian Asia Pacific

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelors, Information Systems

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