Meet the Writers

Meet the voices behind the Writers Hub – the Australian & New Zealand data professionals who have donned their writer’s hat to share years of specialised experience and knowledge within the industry.

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Kumar Saurabh

With over 15 years of experience across various domains in the Big Data space, Kumar Saurabh is a seasoned Data Engineering Lead with a strong foundation in solution architecture, data modelling, and programming. His expertise includes extensive development experience, complemented by multiple professional certifications…

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Kushan Kahadugoda

Kushan Kahadugoda

Kushan Kahadugoda is a seasoned business technology leader with a passion for driving transformative change through innovation. His experience spans diverse sectors — government, non-profit, education, telecommunications, financial services, and technology — and also includes Big Four consulting experience…

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Lawrence Mutimbu

Lawrence Mutimbu

Lawrence is an expert analytics and data leader with a proven track-record in developing and automating solutions for complex analytics and data problems across numerous industries. He is passionate about a people-centric approach to people management that develops into life-long professional relationships…

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Luka Musicki

Luka Musicki

From AIM’s data visualisation and insight course (non-promoted), I learnt that you go from data to information, knowledge, insights, and wisdom. With data, you gather information to tell a story, which is the end product to your audience…

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Part 1 of 2: The Critical Role of CDAOs: Are They Here to Stay?

Maruf Hossain, PhD

Maruf Hossain, PhD is a pioneering AI and data science leader in Australia, renowned for delivering tangible business value across diverse organisations—from start-ups to large enterprises, consulting firms, and government agencies…

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Mary Adewunmi

Mary Adewunmi

Mary Adewunmi is a PhD student at the Menzies Institute of Health Research, Charles Darwin University (CDU), Northern Territory, Australia. Her research is developing a clinical decision support system for Territory Kidney Care (TKC) using machine learning…

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Masindi Netshilema

Masindi Netshilema

Masindi Netshilema is a Data Specialist with a passion for using data to solve business problems. With experience across industries such as automotive, rail, construction, academic and market research, and weather and climate, Masindi has provided custom data related solutions and support for business functions including sales…

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Samil Farouqui

Md. Samil Farouqui

Samil is an experienced Big Data Engineer specializing in cloud-based data solutions, real-time analytics, and secure data handling. With expertise in AWS, Azure, Databricks, Spark, and Terraform, he has played a key role in migrating data to Fabric Lakehouse, implementing real-time analytics, and optimizing cloud-based ETL pipelines.

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Mpatisi Moyo

Mpatisi Moyo

Mpatisi Moyo is a Data Scientist in New Zealand with over 15 years working in data analytics, data science and AI. He has developed high-value data science and AI solutions across different industries including Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Utility and Tech Startups….

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Noreen Mubayiwa

With over 20 years of experience in computer science, business analysis, and data analytics, Noreen excels in delivering data-driven insights to inform strategic decisions…

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Peter Svans

Peter Svans

Peter Svans leads large-scale ICT, cloud migration and transformation projects across finance, energy and enterprise sectors. He manages multi-million-dollar programs, oversees teams and vendors and delivers critical system transitions…

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Priyanka Roy

Priyanka Roy

Priyanka is passionate about solving business problems with technology. With 19 years of international experience across India, Germany, USA & New Zealand, she has helped businesses make better decisions and improve performance by unleashing the power of their data with Data Analytics and AI…

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