Elias Bizannes

Elias Bizannes wants to spend his life building businesses that improve the world we live in, whilst talking in the third person. However, he prefers to write in the first person - so on that note, the focus of this blog is to discuss my thoughts on the current and future issues that I come across in information, communications and technology - especially in their convergence. Reading my thoughts should give you a pretty good idea who I am, but probably not: so below is a brief summary of my background.


Education
Bachelor of Commerce (University of Sydney), 2002-2004
- Three year undergraduate degree (full time)
- Majored in accounting and finance. Additional subjects in statistics, marketing, information systems, audit, and business law.

Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting, 2006-2008
- Two year post-graduate degree (full time)
- A requirement to enable admission into the Institute of Chartered Accountants (which also requires three years CA-mentored work experience)
- Subjects in strategic business management and management accounting; financial reporting and accounting; audit and assurance; taxation; and Ethics,

Work experience
PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, 2005-present
- I've spent three years in the assurance practice, working on technology, media and entertainment companies. I'm a Senior Accountant, that manages audit teams conduct the financial reporting requirements of companies, and as such have had a very broad exposure to the operation and management of companies as a visiting insider.
- I've successfully pitched, piloted, and overseen the institutionalisation of social media tools at the firm, on a special piece of work I headed up that saw me drive a knowledge sharing and collaboration cultural-change program.

DataPortability Project, 2007- present
- I was a founding member of an Internet workgroup seeking to evangelise user control over their data through the use of open standards
- I've taken a leadership role, and led the charge to turn this online community into an organisation. I've been instrumental in developing its governance model, workflow process, and formal vision.

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