Chapter Officers
President
BRIANA ERTANIN
Briana is an accomplished professional with a hybrid skillset spanning business analysis, change management, project and delivery management. She has experience in hands-on delivery as well as leadership, coaching and mentoring. Briana is very passionate about the future of business analysis and the opportunities for professional upskilling with agile knowledge and experience.
Briana is CBAP as well as certified in the newest IIBA certification – Agile Analysis Certification – IIBA® as part of the pilot group applicants worldwide. Briana was previously a Director of Marketing in the National Board of IIBA Australia. Before that Briana led the Education and Certification portfolio at the Sydney Branch of the Australian Chapter.
Vice President
GARRIE IRONS
Garrie specializes in identifying and implementing technical solutions to business problems, coordinating the discovery of end-user and business owner information and steering the design of a solution through the business, project and technical processes. He has a sound understanding of both processes and technology, combined with a focus on the end-user experience and delivering solutions that provide value to the business. His work has primarily been in the public sector within both NSW state government and more recently the Federal Government.
As a passionate practitioner within his discipline, Garrie has been giving back to his profession through volunteering as Events Manager for the IIBA Canberra Branch, including delivering sessions, managing registrations systems, marketing events, and coordinating resources as required by specific presenters. In 2018 this expanded to encompass the entire Australia Chapter.
Corporate Secretary
ANASTASIA GOLUBEVA
With more than 20 years of experience in business analysis, Anastasia is experienced in all areas of business analysis from Strategic Analysis to Requirements Elicitation. Being in various roles from BA/ Senior BA to IT Consultant, Anastasia has hands-on experience with product ownership and change management. Throughout her career, Anastasia practiced business analysis in finance, health care, education and energy sectors. Anastasia's past role with Brisbane Branch was Education and Certification coordinator and she is passionate about mentoring and professional development opportunities for BAs.
Since joining IIBA in 2012 Anastasia has achieved CBAP, CCA and CPOA certifications and conducted multiple CBAP/CCBA study groups in Brisbane, participating in most of the Brisbane events and BAPDs.
Treasurer
KRISTY OTTNIG
Certification and Education Director
TIM WRATHALL |
Tim has worked in Higher Education, Local Government, and Utilities. Tim has volunteered with the IIBA for the last three years in education, event, and branch support roles. In addition to his work experience, Tim is a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) and holds numerous Agile certifications.
Tim holds an MBA and MISM from Swinburne University of Technology.
Major Events Director
LUIGI BINI
Luigi is an experienced project manager, enterprise business analyst, and development lead. Approaching 2 decades of experience in IT systems development and implementation he focuses on maximising the customer experience to the point of being customer-obsessed.
He has a passion for agile digital product development and enjoys maximising the efficiency of self-organising teams so that they are free to get on with "solving the problem."
Luigi is a certified SCRUM MASTER and CBAP with a Combined Bachelor of Arts and Laws and a Bachelor of Information Systems. He is currently the Major Events Director on the IIBA Australia Chapter Board and is responsible for the newly minted Festival of Business Analysis.
Director
ARVIND ARCOT
Arvind is a passionate leader and a proven professional with strong business relationship and stakeholder engagement skills honed through 20 years of consulting. He has extensive Banking, Finance and ICT sector experience, rounded out by experience in Government (Australian), Transport, Petroleum, Higher Education and Retail. He has been deployed on numerous consulting engagements throughout the Asia Pacific region, enabling him to engage in highly varied client organisations, both culturally and in relation to their core business.
Arvind is currently a Senior Manager at UniSuper where he manages three strategic business functions: Business, Technical and Process Analysis. Through leading these functions, he drives a continuous improvement agenda to achieve measurable improvement in delivery practices and operational processes that maintain a high-quality standard across the capabilities. His role involves fostering innovation, drive critical decisions and to consistently deliver results, assess and implement forward thinking ideas on service improvements.
At IIBA, Arvind was previously the Melbourne branch chair before taking on the role as a Board Director.
He has a passion for writing and publishing white papers/articles to document and share experiences, learning and observations spanning his career. He is well known in the Business Analysis industry as a nationally recognised industry speaker and an internationally recognized writer.
Mentoring Director
WALTER YU
Director
JEYA SHANTHIKUMAR
Branch Events & Marketing Director
ABI (ABINIA) SACHITHANANTHAM
Abi Sachithanantham is an accomplished professional specializing in Delivery Leadership and Digital Transformation, armed with practical expertise spanning BABOK and Agile Extension knowledge domains. With a rich career spanning over a decade, Abi has showcased her mastery in steering Agile business analysis and delivery, data governance, ICT capability uplift, and transformative digital initiatives across a spectrum of industries, encompassing both government and private sectors.
Prior to joining the National Board, Abi was Chair for the Brisbane Branch from December 2021.