Kavin Arnasalon

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About Kavin Arnasalon

Executive-level leader with over 20 years of senior management experience in marketing, sales, customer service, back office operations, IT solutions, field operations, workforce optimisation, and business consulting. I'm responsible for the government services at Federal and State levels. Armed with a team that provides expert advice, delivering on all aspects of the future of digital government and building solutions designed to deliver better citizen experiences, my focus is on driving value for money engagements at all levels of government and for Optus to be seen as the most trusted enterprise brand with lasting government relationships. At the core of the Optus strategy to helping Australia's declared goal of becoming a top-five digital government is our Government 4.0 approach and strategy. We seek to leverage 5G for low latency applications in government initiatives as varied as bushfire detection, regional connectivity, digital access to government services, the smart integration of IoT devices, the future development of smart cities, and more. Governments are unique and unusual in a number of important ways that mark them out as distinct and different from commercial enterprises. They don't have competitors in the usual sense. All of us interact with them at some point, often when we need support or help. Budgets are large and under the spotlight, but can also be subject to sudden change. Accountability has to be transparent. Technology projects are usually large, complex, and initial implementations often take many years, and program lifetimes can be measured in decades. That requires a technology partner like Optus to listen, understand, advise and deliver - something that continues to excite and energise me.