Meet the FTDi team

Amanda McGregor - Strategic Partnerships Director

Amanda has been with FTDi since the faculty opened its doors, and leads the IP team. Amanda created the partnerships function for FTDi where 95% of curriculum has Industry Partner involvement. She is responsible for partnerships strategy, planning, growth, partner management and continuous improvement of partnerships activity across all FTDi curriculum and research. Amanda has steered the team to deliver 40% growth of Partners YoY and is passionate about forming innovative, successful and next level Industry Partnerships for UTS.  Amanda is the development lead on the Master of Creative Intelligence & Strategic Innovation so if you want to know more about that, talk to her!

Amanda.McGregor@uts.edu.au

Beth Wilson - Internships & Projects Supervisor

Beth runs the internships and support on projects (like IIP) for the Industry Partnerships team. Beth keeps the partnerships machine turning and is the go-to person for internships in FTDi. Beth is also championing the growth of inclusive work-integrated learning opportunities for FTDi students so if you’d like to know more about that, get in touch.

Beth.Wilson@uts.edu.au

Sabrina Ulis - Industry Partnerships Officer

Sabrina supports Industry Partnerships business development, engagement and marketing for TDi. A recent BCII graduate herself, Sabrina knows the ins and outs of what is involved in the degree more than anyone! Talk to her if you're interested in learning about the student experience, what it's like participating in the IIP and general TDi information.

Sabrina.Ulis@uts.edu.au

Dr Alex Baumber - 4th Year Coordinator, BCII 

Alex is the 4th Year Coordinator for the BCII and also coordinates the Industry Innovation Project subject in Autumn session. His teaching and research interests revolve mostly around environmental sustainability, having previously taught subjects on complexity, sustainable futures, environmental management and renewable energy policy. His research focuses on participatory approaches to innovation around renewable energy, agriculture, ecological restoration, tourism and the sharing economy. Current projects include assessing stakeholder needs for transitioning to low impact agriculture, overcoming barriers to carbon farming and evaluating social licence to operate in the sharing economy. He also spent three years working in the Commonwealth Environment Department in Canberra.

Alex.Baumber@uts.edu.au

Dr Bem Le Hunte - Course Director, BCII 

Bem is the course director for the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, responsible for the interdisciplinary integrity and inspiration behind this flagship combined degree. She teaches creative thinking, theory and practice across disciplines from Anthropology to Media and Creative Writing – and works with academics from across all faculties at UTS as well as with industry stakeholders, to create this world-first, future-facing transdisciplinary degree.

Dr Leila Alem - Tutor

Leila is an entrepreneur, a consultant and a scientist with a passion for helping clients unlock value by creating novel ways of working, learning and engaging with customers using AR/VR/MR and wearable sensors. Her clients include Boeing, Rio Tinto, Thomson, 3M and many more. Leila is an Adjunct professor in Human Computer Interaction at UTS and holds a PhD in AI. She is the co-founder of ArcSense, a tech start-up and a coach in corporate entrepreneurship & innovation. She was Principal consultant at Thoughtworks for 2 years and Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO for 23 years.

Dr Barbara Doran - Tutor

Barbara Doran (PhD) specialises in identifying creative opportunities that respond to complex challenges and putting them in action. She is an experienced speaker, mentor, educator, project innovator and artist who directs her energies to building our collective capacities to improve how we live. Her skills are drawn from working across the arts, the tertiary sector and from project experience in the private, public and community sectors which bring together practical, scholarly, imaginative, playful and collaborative outcomes.

David Pointon - Tutor

David is an expert designer and facilitator of systemic change processes. He has over 20 years experience guiding and co-creating transformative change through projects encompassing multi-stakeholder collaborations, startup communities, blue chip corporations, Government agencies and NGOs. David has applied systems change theory and practice since 2010, supporting industry-wide and national initiatives as well as emerging communities and networks, to transform mindsets and dominant narratives, to develop decentralised ways of organising and sharing power and to cultivate regenerative and sustainable means of living and learning with our Earth.

Annabelle Lewis - Tutor

Annabelle is passionate about helping individuals and organisations achieve positive, sustainable outcomes that create shared value. A strategic thinker, she is able to navigate ambiguity and complexity to identify practical solutions that achieve objectives within risk appetite. Annabelle has delivered value across a wide range of strategic, financial, operational and technical areas, in different industries and geographies.

Lindy Jones - Tutor

Lindy has 25 years of experience working in the corporate business and not-for-profit sectors both in Australia and globally. She is comfortable working in complex, high change environments, applying multi-disciplinary skills in marketing, communications, corporate affairs and sustainability in financial services and other industries. Lindy mentors young entrepreneurs, change agents and emerging female leaders, demonstrating her dedication to equipping current and future generations to make the world a better place.