Aroha Kaa

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About Aroha Kaa

Career highlights so far: Scaled Entain AU/NZ Delivery & Engineering team from 40 to over 400, managing >$61 million in headcount while maintaining an >88% employee engagement score over 3 years. Finalist of the 2022 Women in Digital Executive Leader of the Year. Managed the integration and customer migration from NZ Tab to Entain AU/NZ Cerberus Platform; led the launch of a new mobile application and migration from on-prem to AWS cloud in 10 months. Created and executed a $2.5 million CSR strategy for Entain AU/NZ, including scholarships with Coder Academy, General Assembly, and UQ, and launching the first external Hackathon "Connectathon". Established and delivered the first Autonomous Mining Water Truck program at Caterpillar. Implemented an up skilling and capability matrix for Developers, BAs, and Delivery Managers at Caterpillar, enhancing offshoring capabilities in Manila and India. Redesigned and implemented an engineering program of work and organisational structure at Caterpillar to enable multi-program management across the US, India, and Australia, enabling the first parallelised, large scaled program to deliver MineStar mine planning automation, whilst delivering the Semi-autonomous upgrade to a new technology stack. Contributed as one of six leaders to deliver MYOB’s largest SaaS and new Web platform "MYOB Essentials," achieving engagement scores over 85% and launching two months ahead of schedule. Led MYOB’s largest customer migration project, orchestrating the migration of 1 million customer ledgers across 35 different services and 15 development teams. Spearheaded the Single Touch Payroll AU (ATO) and Same Day PAYE NZ (IRD) Programs, delivering first-to-market products so that businesses across AU/NZ could continue to operate under new legislation. The management and collaboration of the program positioned MYOB as the preferred Enterprise Technology Partner by both governments in a highly regulated, high transactional data program. Managing a budget of approximately $9 million, meeting strict deliverables in time for EOFY. Directed the offshoring of Toll Logistics Operations (Toll Priority only), Back Office, and Service Center functions, working with the Head of Process Improvement and General Manager of Operations for Toll Priority, for Toll AU for >8 months post-acquisition by Japan Post, with the goal of streamlining business operations within 12 months (Probe Group).