Communication

Design Thinking

Critical Thinking

Team work

Digital Transformation

Systemic Thinking

Paddl Games - Digital Utopia

Australia Council of the Arts

National Innovation Games - Australia Council for the Arts

Myer

Sales Associate

Melbourne Burwood

Master of Information Systems (MIS)

Deakin University

I am a postgraduate student reading for **Master of Information Systems specialising in Business Analytics** at Deakin University. I have past experience working as a **business intelligence analyst** in the telecommunications industry.

I possess an entrepreneurial mindset and working on creating a startup of my own via the skills learnt via participating in an **'Startup Ideation Internship'** offered by Spark Deakin. I am trained to use the modern skills of **design thinking and lean startup** to find the most **innovative and feasible solution** to the problem that I am most passionate about.

I am thriving for _constant self growth and personality development_ and engage in different activities that supports me with building my soft skills.
Some of these activities include and are not limited to:

*Being a **post graduate student mentor** at Deakin University who supports new students with their transition to university life where I improve my **leadership and communication skills**.

*Working as a casual **retail sales associate at the MYER-Sunglass Hut**, where I improve my **communication and problem solving skills**.

***Student ambassador** at the **Global Entrepreneurship Week** hosted by Spark Deakin. 

I am passionate about becoming a **public speaker** that makes a **positive impact** in the world. I also enjoy **singing** and was a chorister for 5+ years.

I am looking forward to use my evolving technical and personal skills set  with dedication to support solve problems of any company that I work for. 

_Contact me:_
_charminekanayake@gmail.com_
_0466441602_


Online Quantitative and Qualitative Data analysis for identification of Consumer Behaviour, Campaign Effectiveness to help brands determine their optimal digital marketing / re-marketing strategy. 


IKON Marketing

Data Analyst

•Identification of a problem I am passionate about solving.
•Applying the techniques of Design thinking, lean startup, market research and prototyping to identify the ideal solution for the problem.
•Designing a marketing campaign
•Pitching the identified solution / the implementation plan to potential investors. 


Charmin Ekanayake / Paddl Games - Digital Utopia

National Innovation Games - Australia Council for the Arts

Australia Council of the Arts

Progress

Skills