Meet Our Trainers

Our trainers make the difference - read about them here

Our Trainers Have The EDGE!

At Vital Learning Edge we ensure that not only are our trainers qualified and certified themselves, we also ensure they have real and recent work experience in field! This allows for case studies and examples to be utilised during training to ensure knowledge transfer and understanding to enhance your future application.

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CISM, CRISC, CISA, CGEIT, ISO 27001

Garry Barnes

Garry has an impressive 30 years experience in supporting business leaders with expert advice on governance, information and cyber security, audit and risk management. Garry has consulted to many organisations across a wide range of industries in both Australia and New Zealand and has worked previously in security and risk roles in the finance industry as well as several NSW public sector agencies.

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CISA, CRISC, ISO 27001

Mike Thompson

Mike has 34 years experience in risk-based IT assurance in NZ, PNG and Australia. Exceptional IT technical and security skill, sound business and risk management experience, providing the foundation for the identification and management of IT-related business risks. Mike has significant practical experience in managing compliance standards and regulations including APRA, Basel II, SOX and PCI-DSS.

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CGEIT, CRISC, CISA, ISO 27001

Paras Shah

Paras is a Cybersecurity, Technology Risk Management, Governance and Assurance Professional with over 25 years experience. He has offered consulting and advisory services to wide-ranging commercial, public sector, educational and not-for-profit organisations to solve business and technology problems. Paras is an organisational change expert, enabling organisations to navigate technology transformations.

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CISA, CISSP, SSCP

Edward Farrell

Edward Farrell is a cyber security consultant with over fifteen years experience in cyber security and nineteen years experience in the IT industry.

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CISM, CISA, CRISC, CDPSE, ISO 27001

Gurvinder Pal Singh

With over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity enterprise architecture and assurance, Gurvinder is a seasoned professional in the industry.

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Project Management, Agile & Business Analysis

Rohit Revo

Rohit brings over 20 years of diverse experience in IT, specialising in Solution Architecture, Project Management, Agile Frameworks, and Business Analysis.

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AI

Raj Dalal

Raj is a trusted go-to authority on driving data & AI led business innovation, focused on increasing stakeholder value using data & AI technologies and techniques.

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Leadership & Project Management

Carly Irving-Dolan

Carly hold 25+ yrs expertise in leadership, strategic planning, transformation, building high performance teams making her a prominent figure.

What our participants say:

Our trainers are excellent, but don’t just take our word for it – here are a few of our recent testimonials from previous course attendees: