Chami is the CEO of Convergence.Tech. As part of Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz’s B Team Australasia he helps companies adopt emerging tech. He sits on the advisory committee of Supply Chain Canada and the Finance Advisory Board at the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet.

Having forgone an academic career in 3D Printing of Bioceramic Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London, Chami served with London's Metropolitan Police. Since then Chami started his entrepreneurial journey, and has had four successful ventures. His experience includes serving as Research Director Blockchain Research Institute, Fintech Advisor to the Ontario Securities Commission and Managing Director, Fintech and Blockchain at the Global Risk Institute.

Chami’s passions are food, cycling, travel and empowering youth through education.

Jon Stone is a highly experienced technology and consulting leader, specialising in large scale strategic transformation through the integration of digital and data engineering, process re-design and behavioural science. Purpose and values-led, Jon has over 20 years of international consulting experience, where he has been a Partner and held senior leadership positions for organisations such as KPMG, Deloitte, and IBM. He has a proven track record building successful teams to design and deliver innovative solutions and large scale transformations, specialising in customer engagement, process optimisation, digital experience, complex decisioning and advanced data platforms. 

Originally from the UK, but now based in Australia, Jon's experience spans multiple industries, sectors, and regions, including leading a multi-year customer transformation program for a major Australian bank, developing the data & AI strategy for a global technology organisation, assisting a government agency to design the strategy, roadmap and business case for a multi-year cloud decisioning platform, enabling a new customer service capability for a major European automotive company, and developing a global trade marketing platform for a large consumer goods organisation.

Jon is passionate about creating opportunities for people to achieve their potential and is a leader in enhancing diversity and inclusion throughout the workplace. He is married, with two girls, and enjoys food, wine, coffee, running, hiking and travel.

Wendy joins Convergence.tech from Deloitte US where she spent the last 4 years as a client relationship executive focused on serving one of the premier banks in Financial Services. Her primary role was to build new relationships across all client facing businesses, and to communicate and deliver the best of Deloitte in conjunction with the lead partners.  Wendy is the glue bringing people together, making connections, creating synergies, and driving new campaigns where she sees demand. She incorporates her knowledge of finance and macroeconomics as well as an understanding of industry trends to help serve clients. Wendy brings tremendous experience to Convergence.tech having worked in sales at several of the largest global financial institutions over the past 30+ years. In all roles, she was tasked to build non- existent client relationships and turn them into top 5 Institutional clients. She employed strategic planning and employed a very targeted and disciplined approach to building relationships and businesses with an eye toward short, medium and long-term success. As a business leader in foreign exchange and emerging markets she served as a dedicated mentor and sponsor for junior and senior staff helping them to achieve higher levels of success both personally and professionally.  Her focus on client experience led to many transformational improvements in on boarding and operational excellence. Wendy brings energy, passion, and creativity to all her relationships and a willingness to serve others.

Wendy is also an advocate of health and wellness. Loves cooking and eating with friends.  Orange Theory enthusiast.  Enjoys the freedom of running and has run 2 NYC marathons. She received her Health Coaching Certificate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in 2020.Wendy has served several food banks in NYC and Tampa. Wendy has an MBA in International Finance from Pace University Lubin Graduate School of Business and graduated with a BA in Organizational Communication and Business Minor from the University of Buffalo.

Jim is the former Assistant Deputy Minister of the Climate Change and Environmental Policy Division at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. He led teams that were responsible for the development and implementation of a range of climate change related policies and programs including Ontario's cap and trade program with California and Quebec and GreenOn to finance the deployment of low carbon technologies. His other policy and program responsibilities included Great Lakes water quality including the Canada-Ontario Lake Erie Action Plan towards U.S.-Canada binational commitment to reduce nutrient loadings, promotion of zero-waste and circular economy through extended producer responsibility, source protection for drinking water, toxics reduction, renewable fuels for transportation and buildings, indigenous relations and inter-governmental affairs. He also led Ontario's participation with the Canadian delegation at UN COP 13 Climate Change Conference in Bali and worked on developing carbon offsets to help finance reforestation in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Mr. Whitestone completed his Master's Degree at Michigan State University and a Bachelor's Degree at the University of Guelph in Agricultural and Resource Economics. He has a Certificate of Business from the University of Toronto and a Sustainable Investment Professional Certificate from Concordia University.

Brent specialises in leading the implementation of digital and data driven transformation solutions, providing expertise that enables clients to utilise innovative technology to realise their organisational goals and vision. He leads the Transformation Engineering team at Convergence Tech focused on applying an engineering mindset to solve complex business problems. The team combines business and solution architecture, cloud computing and modern software engineering capabilities to help clients implement their digital transformations and achieve their strategic priorities.  

Brent joined Convergence Tech with over 15 years’ consulting experience at KPMG, Deloitte and IBM during which time he developed deep technical expertise in Customer, Data, Digital, Advance Analytics, Marketing and Automation. He has designed and implemented cutting edge data ecosystems that leverage data mesh and cloud native architectures.

To truly unlock the value of data you need an ecosystem that not only enables you to generate insights but one that smoothes the way for action. When designing data ecosystems Brent focuses on integrating data platforms with core systems and channel applications so insights get to where they provide the most value.

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Her engineering background blended with her human approach makes her a great asset to the team. She has built her experience in the aerospace industry at Bombardier Inc. and electric transport industry Volvo group where she contributed to new product development missions such as delivering private aircrafts to customers, managing strategic planning teams and project management.

Her curiosity and passion for learning drives her to understand how things work. She is always ready to be part of refining organisations or creating new processes. She can be placed in any situation (technical, people, strategy) and be trusted to provide a win or solution.

Sophie enjoys the outdoors and has a true passion for discovering food and cultures.

In 25 years Jono has worked on all sides of marketing and communications.

In advertising, he has worked with Sony, Google, Coca-Cola, Unilever & The British Red Cross making creatively led, internationally recognised and effective campaigns. At Orange he learned his craft at one of the most successful and progressive brand marketing companies of recent times.

Currently based in Melbourne, Australia, he started a creative food project for kids called Death to Nuggets to apply his brand knowledge to the epidemic of obesity in children, and encourage a healthy relationship with food. He has consulted with a number of start-up and scale-up businesses, helping founders express their vision and bringing a marketing orientation to drive growth. Jono is at his best when he is making a difference.

Jono believes marketing has become really interesting in this hyper-connected age. The opportunities to get lost in the noise are greater than ever, but so are the opportunities to out-perform others because you’re genuinely customer centric, because you occupy a clear position, because your actions support your claims, because you can connect it all in creative technicolour. Jono’s mission is to help companies & teams bring this all together.

Doug is responsible for growing the Australian operation for Convergence.Tech. He is also leading the Blockchain Pilot project with the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, the ATO and the local Spirits Industry. This eight-month project will identify efficiencies for both regulators and industry from the application of blockchain and stablecoin to excise processes.

Doug brings over 25 years' experience helping organisations improve performance from leveraging information and analytics. From early roles in analytics with Citibank and SAS UK, he moved to Australia and pioneered the roll-out of data mining capabilities with SAS' Australia and NZ's major clients. Doug joins us after 10 years with Deloitte and KPMG assisting government and industry with major programs of work leveraging analytical solutions to drive performance improvement. Doug was recognised for his Outstanding Contribution to Analytics within Australia following his eight years' leading IAPA (the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia).

We are thrilled Doug has accepted the role of GM Australia with Convergence.Tech where he will continue his passion for helping Australian organisations benefit from advanced technological capabilities.

Vincent Jansen is a former Director of Technology and currently working as an Education Consultant that provides leadership in digital transformation, primarily using technology needs assessments, strategic planning, digital marketing plans, process intelligence visualizations, data & information management tools, and metrics. He has an extensive 35+ year career with roles as a teacher, Director of Technology & Academics, business analyst and consultant in various public, private, and international schools. He has worked for several education vendors, as a K12 market sales consultant and is currently a member of the Board for EdTech start-ups. As a consultant, he has worked with individual schools, education vendors and learning-focused organizations across Canada, USA, Asia, and China. He has extensive range of solution knowledge, from Salesforce, Qualtrics to, SIS, LMS, CMS installs, to Mailchimp for marketing and many classroom EdTech tools.

Vincent has an MA in Education Administration, and a Certificate in use of Emerging Technologies in Learning. Vincent began his career as an educator, to hone a craft, design, and foster innovation in learning to achieve measurable results. Being results driven, he currently leverages state-of-the-art digital tools in digital transformation projects across the globe to create agile workflows for organizations, improving their use of solutions to adapt and meet learning needs and improve ROI. He has presented at numerous conferences and is an active member of local and national networks.

Dr Asheley Jones is a highly autonomous, senior education executive with more than two decades’ experience in the education, technology, and professional service sectors. Her leadership is highly focused on developing sustainable business strategy and providing oversight of organisational change management through the development and deployment of professional credentialing initiatives.

Over the last five years, ultimately as COO of Deakin Digital, the commercial arm of Deakin University, Asheley has led in the design and implementation of several industry-verified, evidence-based employability skills capability frameworks, mapped to multiple global qualification frameworks.

She has successfully worked with multiple stakeholders in academia; state and federal governments; industry and not for profit sectors. Asheley Jones holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Victoria University (Australia) and is a registered expert of the Australian Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) panel of experts.  A Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), she currently heads the Education, Accreditation and Micro Credential portfolio for the Australian Council of Professions (ACoP), a peak body representing over 1,000,000 professionals. 

Asheley’s recent research projects have focused on identifying collaborative work readiness programs for professional and educational bodies. She has obtained research grants from Department of Education, Victoria; Google; the Australian Council of Deans ICT (ACDICT) and the Joint Accounting Bodies (JAB). 

Kody is an EdTech sales leader that has 8+ years of continued success shaping the education market across North America. He has worked with some of the most forward thinking K12 Districts and Higher Education Institutions across the United States and Canada. He brings a proven record of transforming education for all learners. As a Director of Education Sales his goals include expanding the use of technology into meaningful learning experiences and shifting the education landscape into a new era of thinking.

Erik has spent over a decade and a half in IT software development, having worked extensively in the government sector on the ideation, design, delivery, and operations of large-scale enterprise and emerging tech solutions. His diverse experience includes building out blockchain-based traceability networks, IoT systems for environmental monitoring, digital identity platforms and cloud-native tech in both developing and mature economies, understanding problems and helping enable change through innovative solutions.

Dave is an end to end implementation leader for the design and delivery of large-scale transformation initiatives. Dave led the Ontario Government's implementation of its Cap and Trade program for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, introducing Ontario into the North American GHG Emissions Trading market successfully in 2017 raising $472 million at its first allowance auction. Previously, Dave led a seamless migration and oversight of Ontario's $60 million Driver Examination Services to the private sector. Dave holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from York University. Dave has a unique depth and breadth of experience in leading and managing all facets of large program development and project management stemming from over 30 years of experience at four Government of Ontario ministries including; Environment and Climate Change, Transportation, Economic Development and Trade, and Agriculture and Food.

After studying Markets, Innovation, and Design in college, Joe spent six years assisting and leading large-scale system implementations for state governments across the United States. His background also includes 13 years of successful start-up experience across multiple industries, providing him with a robust understanding of how products and technologies can be reimagined for positive disruption across numerous industries.

With a tertiary background in psychology, Dale's passion lies at the intersection of people, data and technology. Having previously worked at KPMG, Dale specialises in helping organisations realise their business objectives through the uplift of their data, technology and ways of working to drive better, faster decisions.

Dales has worked with organisations from a range of industries to transform how they use data to create personalised experiences at speed and scale. This has included the delivery of the enterprise data strategy for a global technology organisation, the definition and implementation of a best in class personalisation program for a leading telecommunications company and the transformation of traditional marketing teams into agile, data driven marketing organisations.‍

Dale is passionate about using data, technology, behavioural science and human centred design to create better outcomes for clients and the community. He has a particular interest in social impact and believes that through coupling a deeper understanding of people with innovative technology, we can solve some of the world's most important problems.

Dale lives in Melbourne and is a sports tragic, often found watching, playing or discussing a wide range of sports.

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Sam specialises in leading the delivery of cloud-based data and analytics solutions to empower clients to make faster and more data-informed decisions. He has worked extensively over the past 8 years on cloud solutions, designing solution architecture and leading development teams across a range of industries and domains.

As a Solution Architect Sam has learnt the value of the interfaces between systems and believes a good design is as much about the system integrations as the systems themselves.

Sam is highly experienced in in the design, development and implementation of data ingestion and warehousing, advanced analytical solutions, I.O.T platforms and communications and natural language processing.

"Houston, we’ve had a problem." is usually followed by a call to Frederick. A skilled engineer recognised for expertise in technology and specialises in achieving business outcomes through technology solutions. Frederick has followed his curiosity about technology and what it can achieve from a young age where he dismantled his toys to understand its inner workings - a trait his parents quickly regretted but encouraged. Always trying to uncover why and how they work so that he could understand and take his learnings with him for life. Frederick is a driven innovator and problem-solver.

His curiosity trait has enabled him to pursue a career in Management Consulting with IBM and later KPMG, before joining Convergence Tech. Where he worked with fellow innovators to solve complex business problems through people, process, and technology. Frederick carries lots of experience in Cloud technologies and Data and Digital solutions. He strongly believes in helping people and innovating with technologies to solve complex problems.

Frederick spends his past time Astro-photographing with his amateur kit, sipping a strongly brewed coffee or listening to lectures about health and wellbeing when he isn't trying to play around with his Arduino or RaspberryPI. He also likes to watch/play basketball and specifically only watches AFL.

Dhanuka has a deep fascination with finding new and interesting technical areas to explore. Having started coding while he was in primary school, he has since picked up a variety of interests, from electrical engineering and IoT to the cutting edge of AI and ML, and most recently Quantum Computing.In his free time Dhanuka can usually be found playing video games, avoiding cardiovascular exercise, eating deep fried food, and minting analogue NFTs (oil painting).

Michele is a passionate, energetic and successful leader in the corporate and private school sector.  She has proven success in organizational design, program management & building strong, positive and motivated teams that drive companies to growth and success. With over 20 years experience in leadership roles, Michele specializes in corporate culture, program development, HR, organizational design and restructuring to drive operational excellence. 

Michele lives life to the fullest and leads a healthy and active lifestyle. She is devoted to making a positive contribution to the planet and its people. She enjoys cycling, hiking, culinary arts and traveling.

Reuben has worked in a wide range of industries, from caravans to superannuation to the media. He recently sold an Airbnb compliance startup that he founded and successfully grew, while serving as its COO. Previously, he delivered the world-leading technology behind IAG’s Poncho Insurance, a startup-in-the-enterprise that required him to wear many hats along the way (growth hacker, recruiter, technical product manager, project manager, and more). He has also worked as product lead on Fairfax Media’s cutting-edge content management solution, as a product manager and as a startup coach. The common thread through it all is a love of solving complex problems with elegant solutions that really make a difference.

Guy has served on international boards in banking, financial services and a not for profit, as well as on their audit, credit, risk, and IT governance committees. He also served as CEO of a multinational financial services organization. This combination of experiences sharpened his interest in enterprise risk management, enterprise governance, IT governance and data governance as value-producing instruments. He regularly shares his digital and data experiences by writing and by speaking, has published over 40 topical articles recently, some peer-reviewed and some translated by the publisher into Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese, and was awarded the 2019 global ISACA Michael Cangemi Best Book/Author Award for "major contributions in the field of IS audit, control, risk, governance and/or security." Guy holds a BSc (Computer Science) from the University of the Witwatersrand (SA), a BCom (Econometrics and Quantitative Management) from the University of South Africa, a MBA from Heriot-Watt University (UK), is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) and is a Certified Data Privacy Solution Engineer (CDPSE).

Kim Hammond is an EdTech enthusiast, digital credentialing expert, and has over 20 years of project management experience working with educators in K12, Community Colleges, and Universities across the globe. Driven by a love for lifelong learning, she takes pride in creating formal and informal professional development opportunities. As a Director of Customer Support, her goals include helping educators, nonprofits, and businesses transform their use of technology into meaningful learning experiences. In addition to her primary job functions, Kim enjoys outdoor recreation activities including backpacking, rafting, and skiing.

Adam currently leads engineering operations with Convergence.Tech. He is a driven engineer and educator, with a background in Mechatronic Systems and Software Engineering. He has been active in the Blockchain ecosystem for several years and has been involved in a variety of initiatives spanning both software education and development globally.

Chamika is a seasoned technological expert with over 12 years of software design and development experience in sectors ranging from lifestyle applications, payment platforms, aviation industry, and the restaurant and the food service industry, and a passion for the design, implementation, and operation of distributed large-scale enterprise systems.

He is highly experienced in all aspects of the software development lifecycle with a deep understanding of architecture and design, and a demonstrated ability in project management from initiation through to completion in fast-paced, deadline-driven agile environments. He has architected and developed highly scalable software solutions that are used in fortune 500 and other large-scale enterprise software companies, that cater to a global audience of over 120 million users.

His extensive experience in the IT industry has seen him grow from a Software Engineer developing robust engineering solutions to a hands-on and competent leader, adept at assembling, leading, and mentoring cross-functional and geographically distributed technical teams through time-sensitive enterprise projects.

Chamika, although an industry professional, also shares a keen focus on academics. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Computer Science and Engineering and a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Software Architecture.He identifies himself as a goal driven, result oriented person who also enjoys recreational activities such as hiking, traveling, and cricket in his life outside of work.

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Brad specialises in the design and development of large scale data-rich platforms. His primary focus is unlocking the potential of data and analytics, and to deliver innovative solutions that empower clients to make faster and more advanced decisions across spaces like customer and digital experience, process optimisation, supply chain and logistics, and many others.

Brad has worked with a range of industries including government, financial services, education, and insurance and has helped transform the way that his clients store, access, use and think about data.

A Melbourne local, Brad has a love of food and great coffee and can be found playing or watching any number of sports on the weekend.

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Ishaq specialises in the design and development of time critical cloud solutions. He has a deep understanding of foundational cloud design principles with a focus on compliance and simplicity. He has developed solutions across major web service platforms such as AWS, GCP and Azure. Ishaq’s development experience crosses the entire stack, examples are his design and  development of UI’s/integrations of Alexa/Siri/Google voice assistants, WhatsApp/SMS chat services and native mobile app/generic web interfaces.

Ishaq has worked across multiple industries including large scale building developments, Home Automation/IoT and Pharmaceutical IT. The solutions he has developed cover a number of common issues in cloud platforms such as scalability, security, compliance and availability.He has joined the Convergence Tech Digital Transformations team to lends his expertise in cloud technology to develop internal products, as well as engage with clients to migrate and elevate their services and applications into the cloud.

Josefina became a part of the Convergence.Tech family in 2021. She is an Executive Assistant with more than +20 years of experience working alongside executive teams. She is a powerful force in the workplace and uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed.

She has experience in the private business school sector and corporate companies with extensive experience with all administrative tasks, including scheduling with different time zones at a time.

Josefina's passions are spending quality time with twins and husband, travel and good coffee.