Lakeba Group Advisor Kevin O'Hara Named in the Top 50 Technology Leaders by CIO Magazine for the Second Year in a Row

The CIO50 showcases a variety of organisations and transformations that exist in different market sectors. The award recognising excellence in three key pillars: business transformation; innovation and leadership.

Business transformation

Under business transformation, Kevin was required to demonstrate examples of a major business transformation program that has significantly impacted the organization over the last 12 months. He was also required to provide details of the business and technology strategies/objectives and how it ensured they were met.

Innovation

Kevin was required to describe the technical innovations introduced over the last year and what they have enabled, while also discussing how the innovations were hatched and how they provided a competitive advantage.

Leadership

The criteria required Kevin to demonstrate how he collaborated and influenced the organization as well as the leadership team. Kevin was also required to detail how his technology drove engagement with the overall organization and executive team.

Judging for the award was undertaken by a panel of some of Australia’s most respected Executive Leaders such as Dr Malcolm Thatcher, Dr Vladas Leonas, Linus Lai, Pip Marlow

Marc Bailey, Jenny Beresford, and Garry Whatley.

At the time of this nomination, Kevin O’Hara was the Group CIO and Technology Investment Portfolio Manager at Tulla Private Equity Group.

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About Lakeba

Lakeba builds businesses that are optimised for high returns from low investment, at low risk when compared with the start-up sector. It utilises proprietary artificial intelligence (AI), decades of business and technology experience, and scalable shared services, to support each phase of business building. So far it has ‘conceived, created and commercialised’ 15 ventures, of which three have already been spun-out.

The unique Lakeba AI ‘neural network’ ‘conceives’ opportunities by continually interrogating the internet to establish patterns which suggest a business ‘need’ that could be solved digitally. Its entrepreneurs then double check this analysis and determine the viability of the business idea and its commercial potential.

To ‘create’ a venture, Lakeba works with partners, industry, and the wider innovations ecosystem to create digital technologies that eliminate the frictions identified by the neural network. A team of technologists, designers, and entrepreneurs build out the value proposition and establish the business. Lakeba invests its time, capabilities, capital and resources to craft ideas into reality.

‘Commercialise’ is the final stage of the Lakeba process. Once the digital proof of concept delivers on its promise, it is enhanced with radical intelligence. Working with partners, investors and the customers, Lakeba’s team refines and optimises the operations and distribution to rapidly commercialise the venture. This ensures the business continuously delivers value to customers as it scales and diversifies across industries and the globe.

Lakeba Group was founded by Giuseppe Porcelli, Entrepreneur and Visionary of Future Technology.