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Melbourne Leadership Team

Dina Sarti - Network Director

After Graduating from Baldwin Wallace College with a double major in Business and Communications, Dina moved to NYC and has been working in the IT space for over 15 years. During the past five years Dina has worked from the NYC office for Column Technologies and has successfully assisted in launching their HR Case Management Solution. As of January she relocated to Sydney with Column Technologies Australia and is the Business Development Manager in the southern Region.

Her down-to-earth style and ability to connect people and creative ideas make her one of Column Technologies' most popular representatives. "Dina Sarti is engaging, knowledgeable, and motivating." These are words clients often use to describe her. With extensive experience in selling consultative solutions and opening new markets, Dina is a top producer.

A master networker and connector of people and ideas, Dina has planned and managed various networking and promotional events. Her areas of expertise include selling to "C" level executives, expanding business, and sales management. Clients include major media and legal and financial companies. Professional associations include: WITI Leadership team and membership in the Professional Legal Trainers' Group. Dina was a Former President of the Association of Women in Computing, and a board member for Help Desk Institute for 10 years, on the board of ITSMf NYC chapter.

Since moving to Australia she has been appointed to be Regional Director for both Sydney and Melbourne and looking forward to growing the WITI Network in Australia.

Andrea Durrant - Network Director

Andrea is an experienced business leader and advisor who has held senior roles in management, turnarounds and consulting with organisations such as Telecom NZ, Ernst and Young, Carter Holt Harvey and Nokia. She specialises in strategic change, and works with executives helping them to lead, deliver on strategy, manage strategic change, deliver gender diversity, and improve business results.

Andrea's achievements include personally leading three companies to a successful turnaround. For example, as NZ Managing Director of Nokia Mobile Phones, she was responsible for five-fold revenue growth of US$100m, and market share growth from 7th to 1st position over three years. She was also the first female country head for Nokia globally.

In her consulting career she has been invited to join established partnerships, held board positions, been responsible for two successful start-ups and advised many more. Currently Andrea is a Director in her own consulting practice, Columbard Management Consulting, Chair of an IT&T CEO Forum, Co-Director of WITI (Women in Technology International), and sits on the board of an IT Group.

Cathy Thomas - Membership Chair

Cathy has extensive experience in consulting, operational IT and strategic sourcing, especially in the financial services and utility industries. She has acted as a vendor, client and also a trusted advisor in a variety of strategic sourcing transactions.

During her time at Transpire Cathy has worked on a variety of sourcing transactions. More recently she was involved with a wholesale telecommunications provider, where she was initially engaged to assist with the preparation of the RFP. This engagement was extended to manage the evaluation of the RFP. Due to her understanding of the business requirements she was asked to continue to assist the preferred Supplier with requirements workshops as well as assisting with the commercial side in the preparation of the Statement of Work. The client then asked Cathy to manage the systems implementation of the GIS platform as well as manage a high profile business remediation project.

For an online content provider Cathy has managed a service management implementation delivering ITSM processes and a Service Management toolset for the client. This required managing requirements workshops, managing a vendor to deliver the toolset and provide advice on the establishment of the service desk.

When Cathy was in the utility industry she project managed, on more than one occasion, the implementation of time-critical and business-critical changes that utilities were compelled to implement by Vencorp, the gas industry regulator in Victoria.

Having spent the early parts of her career as a software developer and in recent years as a business project manager Cathy is recognised for being able to translate complex technical problems into terms the business teams can interpret and relate to.

Yvette O'Keeffe - Membership Chair

Yvette has over 16 years public and private sector experience within Australia and Europe in IT management, professional services and consulting. Yvette's experience spans outsourcing, service management, project and program management, IT strategy development, end-to-end procurement activities, contract negotiation and management and business transformation.

Yvette has also developed a number of integrated business and IT operating models and has managed complex cost optimisation, customer improvement and strategic program assessments. She has a range of experience in the planning and design of IT programs, including transformation blueprints, roadmaps and organisational change management.

Yvette has worked for numerous private companies and government agencies during the past 16 years including Ernst & Young, the Commonwealth Department of Transport, Telstra and British Telecom. Yvette is currently on parental leave from her appointment as a Managing Consultant with Transpire Pty Ltd.

Deirdre Diamante - Leadership Team

Deirdre Diamante has built a successful consulting practice on helping companies win government business. Companies come to Deirdre because she gets government.

Her consulting business is built on 15 years of experience working with federal and state government, developing and evaluating tenders and contracts.

Deirdre delivers substance that is relevant to business, in particular small to medium sized businesses. Her advice and presentations are filled with relevant facts, practical tips and an insider's look into how government evaluates and awards tenders. This ensures that businesses can take back to the office proven strategies and at least one important concept to improve their tendering practices.

Deirdre's public sector procurement experience includes the Department of Treasury and Finance, Department of Transport, CenITex, Victoria Police and the Department of Defence. Strategic advice has also been provided to the portfolios of justice, education and health.

Deirdre has been responsible for the development of procurement policies that affect the whole of Government and the development, tender and contract of multi-million dollar goods and services, and infrastructure contracts.

Deirdre is highly respected in all circles of government and represents a trustworthy and knowledgeable source of government procurement information.

Bambi Price - Social Media

Bambi Price is a Director of Park Lane Information Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Bambi utilizes her expertise in the areas of management, business solutions, and technical innovation to work with the management team at Park Lane to enhance their role as a successful and vibrant organization.

With more than 25 years IT industry experience, Bambi has had roles ranging from software development to management. She has been a highly active member of the local and Global IT Community in that time.

Melainie Reddy - Regional Alliance Chair







Hilda Carmichael - Regional Alliance Chair

Loryn Clark - Program Chair