Siva Ahilan

Executive summary

Siva is a Partner in digital advisory at BDO in Sydney. Siva brings more than 20 years’ experience in technology and digital transformation. He works with public sector, not-for-profit and commercial clients to deliver ICT strategies, design solutions and lead complex technology projects. Senior executive teams regularly seek Siva’s strategic advice as they progress their digital and data transformation programs.

Before joining BDO Australia, his work involved supporting major federal government clients and earlier in his career, he held senior technology positions at two major corporations.

Expertise

• Digital transformation strategy
• Technology leadership and advisory
• IT architecture and roadmap development
• Stakeholder engagement and programme governance
• Public sector and not-for-profit technology solutions

Experience

• Led digital transformation for a major government agency, providing technical leadership and delivery guidance leveraging Salesforce, SAP and Mulesoft.
• Reviewed and redesigned the IT landscape for a large not-for-profit organisation, developing a future-state architecture and business case for the executive leadership team.
• Led reviews and transition planning for GIS hosting at a state government department and facilitated CRM solution selection.
• Reviewed a major digital transformation program for a large utility provider, bridging business and technical teams and supporting program governance.
• Led organisation-wide IT strategy for a faith-based organisation, recommending technology improvements and capability uplift.
• Managed a large digital transformation for a state government shared services provider, streamlining procurement and leading a 40+ person delivery team.

Qualifications and affiliations

• MBA
• Business Systems Analysis & Design
• (Hons) Computer Science with Management