Simplyai

PE-owned AI professional services and consulting business specialising in Agentic AI, AI Ops, big data projects and innovation
Partner to the CEO for Simplyai’s operations
Responsible to the board for sales, finance, operations, M&A, compliance, risk
Ai thought leader and growth driver

Finance Director

Strategic Consulting

Ad-hoc partnership with Business Owners to provide advice during growth, expansion or exit.

Fractional CFO

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

Course Facilitator

Audience Republic

2IC of Audience Republic’s US, European and Australian operations.
Accountable to the Board for Post-sales functions along with funding, finance and compliance.

VP, Finance & Operations

Zapid Hire

2IC of Zapid Hire’s US, UK and Australian operations.
Country Manager of US operations and responsible for launch of US mid-market and enterprise sales GTM. 
Lead the team from 50 to 1,000+ customers.
Accountable to the Board for Pre & Post-sales functions along with funding, finance and compliance.

CFOO

Essence Group Sydney

Australian branded and contract manufacturer, distributor and E-Commerce provider of dairy and nutritional powders for Australian FMCG customers (inc A2 Milk, Swisse, Woolworths and ALDI), and a growing international export market (inc China, India and the US). 
- Reported to the Managing Director and managed the strategic direction of the senior leadership team. In addition, managed the organisational effectiveness of the sales, operations and finance functions of the Group (150+ employees), across Sydney, Nowra and Shanghai. 
- Accountable for development and execution of outcomes-based business plans resulting in YoY revenue growth of avg 100%+ and significant EBITDA margin improvement.
- During leadership tenure, Essence was awarded the high-profile, 2019 Australian Exporter of the Year Award (Agribusiness and Food) by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission for outstanding export achievements.

Finance & Operations Director

Extensive experience executing buy-side & sell-side financial due diligence for clients located in Australia, the UK, Ireland and the US across a wide range of industries, including: Property, Financial Services, Specialist manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Food manufacturing/distribution, Banking and Infrastructure.
- Advised on deal sizes from $50m-$5bn

Transaction Advisory Services - Snr Manager

Graduate in EY’s Financial Services Audit team and completed Chartered Accounting accreditation. Progressed to Audit Manager role and was a global secondee to EY Dublin office.
- Experience with IFRS, US GAAP, Irish GAAP

Financial Services Audit - Manager

Creating incredible customer experiences and building world class revenue and finance teams at early stage hypergrowth start ups

Matthew Caldicott

Gateway Community High

- Built a bi-weekly youth mentoring program for young men without positive male role models in their lives. Measures of subjective wellbeing increased 3-fold over the first 10 weeks with a noticeable reduction in behaviours. The solution-focused program increased student attendance and provided scaffolding for students to direct themselves as ‘agents of change’ within their own lives. 

- Spearheaded a healthy eating breakfast initiative based around high-protein intake for students with attention deficits who regularly came to school without food. Leveraging a developmental approach, students then became responsible for the program when other students were in need (As mentioned in The Sydney Morning Herald). 

- Organised an off-campus PDHPE rock climbing program encouraging physical development with the choice of a gym alternative. This was available for all students however the mentoring group rated “gym-days” as their favourite of the week.

- Assisted head of campus, head of wellbeing, school counsellor and teaching staff in implementing communication, learning and behavioural aids to promote engagement and in-class learning time.

- Assisted teaching and testing staff in numeracy and literacy assessments, behaviour supports, co-regulation and self-regulation strategy development.

Student Learning Support and Wellbeing

Raise Foundation

- Raise offers early intervention and evidence-based mentoring for young people in high school with trained, independent adults with whom they can develop a trusting relationship.

- 1-to-1 mentoring based on neutral-positive interactions directing adolescents to be incrementally better than they were the day before

- Creating a non-judgmental, honest and trusting space for challenged youth to authentically express themselves and their current life-frustrations

- Working directly with program coordinators to assess the needs of participants and find out more about their situations and proceed appropriately

Youth Mentor

- Built and managed an offshore team resulting in the scaling of the business from <2000 users to >100,000 users.

- Providing executives, head of product, operations and engineering with psycho-social mentoring during key growth stages.

- Built and supported a large key-client ecosystem to drive account growth from early inception through to capital raise on the path to product-market fit.

- Developed value-add initiatives to enhance client/partner experience and engagement achieving 13% m/m growth.

Culture and Partnerships

Giant Steps Australia

- Assisting teachers, speech therapists, OT's, and music therapists in the preparation and implementation of communication and learning aids for children and young adults with ASD

- Bringing forth a passion and dedication to improving the lives of children and adolescents specifically revolving around play-based positive peer and adult interactions and relations

- Assisting children to cultivate strong self-control techniques leading to more positive behaviour and providing support during periods of dysregulation through sensory and AAC, and expressive tools and resources

- Assessing the needs of students and modified teaching styles and lesson plans to accommodate different learning needs both in-class and on outdoor adventures (an absolute highlight)

Educator

Climb Fit

Rock Climbing Coach/Instructor

Méjico

Reservations and Events Coordinator

I am a dedicated Master of Clinical Psychology student deeply committed to the intricacies of child and adolescent development, particularly in the realms of resilience and solution focused positive psychology. 

With over half a decade of hands-on experience working with children and adolescents, notably those with ASD and neurodiverse persons with adverse childhood experiences, I am unwavering in my mission to assist children and young adults in being incrementally better than they were the day before.

My current research is focused on the trivialisation and romanticisation of mental health disorders on TikTok, and how people are differentially influenced based on their personality traits (Big-5).

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