Dune Studio

Managing Director

•	Consulted on digital IT strategy for innovation with emerging technologies
•	Consulted on organisational design and business process improvement for change agility and continuous learning
•	Consulted on risk management of digital innovation strategy
•	Developed teams through mentoring and coaching as well as proactive knowledge sharing

Senior Consultant

The British University in Dubai

Member of the Board of Advisors

G100: Mission Million

IT Services, Innovation and Gig Economy UAE Country Chair

Project Management Institute

Social Impact Lead

Perspective

The Middle East’s transformation is accelerating, whereby how we do transformation is becoming significantly important in delivering successful outcomes for large-scale transformation strategies across various sectors. The region's long-term economic diversification and growth will depend on how well we achieve transformation. Perspective is a web application for progressive organisations to optimise human capital and realise effective execution of transformation results that progressive boards track and report on. 

• Building and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with key partner stakeholders including C-Suite
• Evangelised Perspective’s vision across partners and Dune Studio’s teams 
• Filled the gap between Perspective’s vision and execution, by building executable plan with regional ecosystem partners incorporating lessons learnt and best practices from worldwide Perspective engagements 
• Thought leadership in the space of sustainable finance with creative but highly practical implementable solutions
• Evaluated inorganic opportunities for strategic value to advance value propositions for large corporations

Sales Director - Middle East

UNSW

UNSW Business School postgraduate students work in a cross-disciplinary team to address a real-world problem to investigate the many challenges faced by future workforces and the human capabilities - curiosity, creativity, empathy and courage - required to overcome them. Students examine how these skills intersect with emerging technologies, artificial intelligence and globalisation.

Industry Partner

Yardi

• Managed cross-functional project teams with members from both onshore and offshore using agile methodology to implement innovative commercial solutions 
• Oversaw the identification and implementation of organizational and process changes required as part of a large-scale system implementation that impacted finance, legal, asset management and procurement functions and managed engagements with senior client stakeholders
• Large-scale digital transformation program based in Dubai, transforming the client's Finance, Procurement and Asset Management functions using analytics and ERP. Led the functional requirements, product design and documentation and streamlining of business processes to improve the efficiency of the cost cutting strategic strategic initiative for the Finance, Asset Management and Procurement functions
• Oversaw budgeting and forecasting module software development life cycle 
• Devised best practices guidelines for agile and client consulting practices
• Demonstrated consistently strong customer relationship management (CRM) skills including communication, problem solving, organisational and interpersonal

Team Leader, Professional Services

• Reviewed stakeholder relationships throughout project lifecycle to achieve optimal satisfaction of deliverables
• Recommended use of qualitative performance measurement of cross functional teams

Lead Consultant, Professional Services

• Led the end-to-end project life-cycle including kick-off, business analysis, product development, go-live and post go-live transition resulting in business operations efficiency
• Led the identification of detailed process changes, system requirements and changes and other capability gaps
• Designed efficient integration across accounting functions and business operations by adopting a process view to analysing ERP requirements
• Conducted training for groups of 8 – 36 end-users, including robust training documentation
• Data analysis and data-driven decision-making to identify trends, optimise processes, and improve product performance
• Led the creation of analytics dashboards to measure effectiveness and to identify bottlenecks

Functional Consultant, Professional Services

• Led a team of five portfolio accountants for the data validation phase of MRI system rollout
• Led the change management of interstate offices within aggressive timelines
• Worked closely with Business Technology function on digital transformation project impacting 5,000+ users to identify ways to make the business more efficient as part of a cost-cutting strategy implementation. Captured and streamlined business processes. Identified processes that can be automated and roles that can be outsourced. Led knowledge transfer and facilitated outsourcing activities between different teams. Identified continuous improvement opportunities.
• Created reference materials that outlined new processes and system steps
• Performed financial reporting evaluation and verification according to audit standards for JLL Asset Management nationwide portfolio
• Partnered with Business Technology to design internal workflow processes for security deposits

Accountant, Shared Business Services

ARW Chartered Accountants

• Led implementation of accounting systems for SME clients for reporting and data analytics 
• Managed preparation of quarterly business activity statements, SMSF audits and HNW tax returns

Junior Accountant

With 17 years of experience in the finance, real estate and information technology industries, I am a leader in innovation and transformation, delivering value for progressive organisations. 

At Dune-Studio, a professional services and technology company, we specialise in transformation to diversify growth opportunities. I lead a team of SMEs to craft solutions by reinventing boundaries and weaving intersections between people, technology, and process.

I hold a Bachelor of Economics from UNSW and MBA, Technology from AGSM UNSW, a CPA, PMP and CMI professional certifications. I have also received multiple awards and scholarships for my academic and professional achievements.

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