The Team

Amy is a senior executive and technology leader with 25 years of global experience across Banking, Telecoms, Retail, and Technology, delivering commercial impact through customer-centric innovation. As Co-Founder and CEO of Occubuy, she is accelerating access to homeownership for Australians. Amy is also a Practice Professor at Monash University. She has held senior leadership roles at Tabcorp, CBA, HSBC, and NAB, and co-founded DataSpark, scaling it into a profitable data-monetisation business across five countries. Amy serves in advisory and board roles with Macquarie University, MIT Sloan CISR, Mental Health Innovations, and the Bank of England and FCA AI Public-Private Forum. Recognised as a Top 30 Women Tech Leader in Australia and a Global Top 100 Innovator in Data and Analytics, she holds a PhD in Data Mining, an MSc in AI, an MBA, is a GAICD, and has received an Honorary Doctorate.

Jizhizi holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sydney, specialising in machine learning, computer vision, multimodal learning, and generative AI. Her work spans diffusion models, image generation and editing, and the integration of LLMs and multi-agent AI to connect perception, reasoning, and creativity. With experience across academic research and industry innovation—including peer-reviewed publications and hands-on roles in leading tech environments—she brings together deep technical expertise and practical application. Known as a fast, adaptive learner, she believes continuous curiosity is essential to advancing the future of AI.

Dickson drives transformation by applying disruptive technologies, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, to deliver measurable improvements in productivity, decision-making, and business outcomes. He leverages AI to unlock efficiency and insights from unstructured data, enabling teams to accelerate value creation, solve complex problems, and enhance innovation across organisations. His work equips knowledge workers with intelligent tools that amplify impact, streamline processes, and deliver tangible results in real-world operations.

Nighia is a senior AI researcher and hands-on practitioner with 20 years of experience building and scaling enterprise AI systems that deliver measurable business impact. He specialises in Generative AI, LLMs, ML, NLP, semantic technologies, and knowledge graphs, with expertise in data pipelines, model optimisation, vector search, RAG, and full MLOps/DevOps automation. He has led teams to deliver AI solutions with 99.7% uptime, 4–5x productivity gains, and tangible operational and commercial outcomes, translating advanced AI into secure, scalable products while shaping AI roadmaps, modernising platforms, and embedding responsible AI practices.

Dr. Shuai Lu is an Associate Professor at the Shenzhen International Graduate School of Tsinghua University, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on AI for housing and sustainable cities, AI-aided architectural design, and green building design, integrating artificial intelligence with architectural and urban systems to support sustainable built environments.

John has over 25 years of global leadership experience in medical devices, life sciences, digital, and green-tech innovation. He has launched market-leading products, secured multiple patents, scaled businesses, raised millions in funding, and delivered tens of millions in revenue, working with Saluda Medical, Smiths, the National University of Singapore, Macquarie University, and several startups. Combining strategic insight, technical expertise, and entrepreneurial drive, he builds and scales innovations that matter.