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Mark Parker

Accenture Song

Manager - Digital Commerce & Experience

Associate Manager - Digital Commerce & Experience

Kaplan Business School

Lecturer - Strategy & Operations Management

University of Sydney

Guest Mentor at the Discipline of Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Lean Startups Program, The University of Sydney Business School

Guest Mentor - Entrepreneurship & Innovation

In this academic staff role, I'm involved in teaching subjects like global business, international business strategy and future of business at postgraduate and undergraduate levels for the Discipline of International Business.

As part of the transformation amid COVID disruption, I have also been involved with the Educational Innovation teams facilitating the transition to online teaching-learning.

Academic Tutor / Educator - International Business (Strategy)

As an RA, I’ve been part of research teams in Work & Organizational Studies and Discipline of International Business

Research Assistant

As a Student Ambassador of The University of Sydney, I’ve represented the university at key national and international events and fairs, and helped organize and implement programs by working with the Global Student Recruitment and Mobility team. I’ve been the leading ambassador for postgraduate business school campaigns and particularly the Master of Management.

Student Ambassador

AI Talent

At AI Talent Australia, I'm elated to have established and been responsible for AI Ventures' program driven approach to attract great AI tech founders & CXOs to Australia's home of AI Technology. Through the accelerated creation of Australia's fully virtual global AI Incubator post-COVID, AI Ventures is now investing in more startups than ever before. Key to this was assembling the best AI mentor groups in the country and early stage AI investors across the world, along with scouting for early-stage AI founders, which was all a first for AI Ventures.

At AI Talent Australia (the parent company of AI Ventures), I was also closely involved with the leadership team  in formulating the business strategy and implementing it through the Program Management Office by establishing best project management practices across brands and leading strategic projects.

Key contributions:
- Initiated & led AI Ventures Digital Incubator program with a team of 35 across 6 key agile teams, and a community of investors, mentors and startups
- Developed business strategy, project plans, established KPIs, conducted business process analysis, gap analysis & data-driven decisions for a new digital program
- Managed end-to-end agile projects including requirements gathering, backlog creation, product development, finance, project monitoring, scrum performance improvement, project delivery and team evaluation
- Instrumental in organization's digital transformation: improved customer traction, increased engagement on digital channels, improved brand footprint, established program-driven platform strategy, created synergistic value and minimized risks

Program Manager (Business)

AI Ventures

As a lead program manager at AI Australia (parent company of AI Ventures), I was heading Australia's fully virtual global AI-startup Incubator initiated and launched amid COVID disruption.

AI Ventures Incubator is an intense 12-week program tailored towards early-stage AI-based start-ups. The program is designed to equip founders with expertise, knowledge, and a supportive network of mentors to help kickstart their entrepreneurial journey and be prepared to go for their first capital raise. 

I led the design and delivery of the program along with the management of incubation of AI startups, and establishment of agile working environment.

Program Manager, AI Ventures Incubator

Startmate

Consulting Business Project with this leading Australian accelerator backed by Blackbird Ventures during my masters at Sydney University, followed by an internship. During my time at Startmate, I interacted and worked with executives across some of Australia's leading accelerators and VCs. I was particularly involved with Startmate in developing their competitive strategy and boosting their accelerator program through actionable recommendations, under the mentorship of an amazing CEO Michael Batko and ex-EY Joel Markoff. I was also involved in analysing their investment portfolio and computing valuations of startups during the following internship.

Strategy Consultant

180 Degrees Consulting

As an R&M Director for 2019 at The University of Sydney chapter of 180DC:
- Developed marketing strategies and ran multiple social impact campaigns
- Improved recruitment time efficiency by 1 week & recruited consultants for NFPs

Recruitment & Marketing Director

Working with the not-for-profit UNHCR-GYAC, our team presented a project plan for reorganisation and establishment of a new secretariat, along with actionable recommendations for maximising social impact at local levels.

Revamp In.

Co-Founder / Partner

- Achieved revenue growth of 30% during tenure and upgraded to a new office as part of the startup's founding team.
- Raised seed capital equivalent to $12,000. Headed the Strategy & Planning team.
- Led Marketing & Sales operations of the startup with a team of 15 across channels.
- Delivered weekly classes & workshops for students & working professionals on
business strategy, finances, entrepreneurship and success mindset.

Business Head

Led an agile team for operations during the founding stages

Manager (Foundation)

Genser Aerospace & IT Pvt Ltd

- Created marketing campaigns & lead generation platforms 
- Helped in sourcing and supplying of parts from vendors to buyers, along with documentation of RFPs and quotes
- Took care of email communications for prospects & patrons
- ENGINEERING (Technical): Worked in the engineering design team for an Aircraft
development project as an assistant design engineer

Marketing Communications Professional

ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization

Engineering project "Design of Cold Gas Thruster" for small satellite applications at Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) under mentorship of ISRO and NAL scientists.

Project Team Lead

Strategic & results-driven management professional with award-winning experience in project management and business analysis, I curate digital products and deliver digital experiences with a key focus on commerce journeys across industries like retail, telco, banking and aviation.

Recognized as a Leader and Most Valuable Professional with strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills adept at both strategic and operational levels of businesses. Graduated with a double masters as a high performer, I was selected as a Student Ambassador for University of Sydney and High Achievers Scholar for Kaplan MBA specializing in Project Management. Instrumental in initiating, designing & delivering key strategic programs and projects at Australian accelerators, venture capital firms and NFPs in an agile environment and marketing them to success. Additionally, involved in academia, teaching International Business Strategy and supporting digital innovation at universities.

Learner | Agilist | Sprinter | Amateur Skydiver | Aerospace, AI & Emerging Tech Enthusiast | Venture Capital | Innovation | International Business Strategy | Marketing | Product Management | Program Management |

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