Obbia Barni

Background

About Obbia Barni

Obbia is a project manager at Department of Community Services responsible for Employment Services and Income Assistance portfolio. Obbia excels in Service Design, UX Design, Business Analysis, Change management and has led large diverse teams and successfully delivered complex projects. Obbia has a Master in Electronic Commerce and Master in Computer Science (Software Engineering). Previous to this she was Manager Design at Department of Community Services leading policy change initiatives for Child Welfare, Disability Support Program and Employment Services and Income Assistance. She has facilitated large stakeholder groups and was awarded Nova Scotia Minister’s and Premier’s Award in 2019 and Nova Scotia’s Premier’s Award in 2020. Obbia moved to Canada in 2008 from Pakistan and brought several years of experience with her in government and education where she led large technology projects as well as a trainer at well-known universities in Pakistan. Her architectural and design skills led to receiving the top prize in All Pakistan Software Competition in among professional category and for three consecutive years, her project teams won top three prizes among student category.