Rishi Nicolai ^{Ultimate Decision-Maker}

Director, AI Adoption at Australian Government

Current Job Duration: 6 mos (until March 2026)

HEADLINE:
AI Specialist @ Fed Gov | Ex-Microsoft | Psychology, Prosci Certified Advanced Instructor (PCAI), Strategic Leadership, Change Management

PERSONAL SUMMARY:
With over 10 years of experience in business strategy and culture change, Rishi is a Behaviour and Modern Work Architect at Microsoft, where they help organisations lead the change towards digital wellbeing and employee effectiveness. Rishi is a Prosci Certified Advanced Instructor (PCAI), a credential that demonstrates their mastery of change management principles and practices.

Rishi has been involved in large-scale ($1B+) and medium-sized complex change implementations, leveraging their skills in adoption, organizational change management, IT service management, and business process re-engineering. Rishi has excellent communication, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills, which enable them to work effectively with C-level executives and deliver solutions aligned with their business strategies. Rishi's mission is to empower organisations to rethink their digital culture, with a focus on employee wellbeing, effectiveness, and the use of modern cloud technology as an enabler, rather than a distractor.

Languages: English, Hindi

EDUCATION:
School: Monash University
Degree: Graduate Diploma in of Psychology
Activities: None

School: AGSM @ UNSW Business School
Degree: Master of Business Administration - MBA, Change Management
Activities: None

School: AGSM @ UNSW Business School
Degree: Graduate Certificate in Change Management, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Activities: None

School: QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Degree: Bachalor of Information Technology, Information Technology (major in eBusiness)
Activities: None

School: International Sahaja Public School
Degree: Year 12 Certificate, Mathematics and Computer Science
Activities: None

School: EGADE Business School del Tecnológico de Monterrey
Degree: Strategic Leadership in the Global Context, Organizational Leadership
Activities: None

School: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Degree: Behavioural Economics: Enhancing Decision Making through Understanding Human Behaviour
Activities: None

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