Alys Brand

Aly Thaér
Noahs Ark
UX | Education|| Business Academia & MBA Teaching || Marketing || Service Design || Portrait Photography ||
Currently - Bangkok- Thailand as of March 2025.
Hi Awesome people! I'll keep this brief.
Melbourne based professional focused on marketing, , business education, teaching and evidence-based development.

A firm believer in simplicity focus, evidence and wearing the "right hat" for the right context

I have had the privilege of travelling the world, and working in various sectors, that has enabled a
"T Shaped" stack of experience ranging from marketing, research, user-experence design, teaching & product development.

In my spare time, you can find me reading various genres of literature, weightlifting, photographing the streets of Melborune, Wellington, London and recently, Asia.

Current focus - PHD proposal (WIP) in the field of Birthrate variable analysis, Business Anthropology and Post-2024 Student Skill Requirements, Industry requirements, and "T-shaped" skillsets.

Research interests - Skill Development Models , Gradaute Employment Readiness (Dreyfus), Economic Labour theory in a NeoLiberal system, Supply Chain Reform, Curricual Reform, Content analysis and Innovations in Education that are practical, affordable and long=term
Viva La Palestina
Resume
Indeed, a digital age still requires the classcic CV. 1D document for 4D humans.
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Experience
Places and people I've worked with. "T shaped"
Academia, Teaching, Marketing UX Design & Photography
Teaching (Secondary and tutoring)
Teacher and assistant
Year 11-Year 13 - NZ Grammar School
Teaching - Level 3 -5 (Economics, Photography & Business Capstone)
Assistant Teaching - Photography and Design
Tech Consultant (Present- ongoing)
Marketing & UX Lead
2017-2025
Clients - MedTech, Hospitality & Dental
UX Design &User-centered research
Business Analysis
MVP Development
Project Management (Notion)
Market Research (Health Tech & Oral Disease)
Business Architecture Deliverables
Software -Airtable, Notion, Google Suite, Balsamiq, Whimsical
New Zealand Institute of Education
Lecturer- MBA Programme (Level 8)
2018- Full Year
Teaching ,Marking, Administration
Papers: Executive Leadership (804) and Management and Strategic Marketing (803)
MBA Industry project supervision, mentoring
New Zealand Institute of Education
Independent Marker and Assessor (MBA programme)
2018- full year
Teaching, Marking and Administration
300+ MBA papers marked, critiqued and assessed in marketing and leadership courses (level 8)
Detailed marking, analytics, feedback development and project assessment
AUT University

Level 6 Business tutor /Teaching Assistant
2015 Feb-July
3 papers (Level 6) - Second Year University
Teaching, Marking and Administration
Project mentoring and supervision
Market Research (601), Environment (602), Communications (603)
Aspire 2 International
Senior Business Tutor
April 2015 - July 2016
Teaching, Marking and Administration
Strategic Marketing (L7)
Human Resource Management (L6)
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (L6)
Project Management (L5)
Sales for Services (L5)
The Portraitist
Event & Portrait Photography
2015- 2021
Portraiture, Marketing & Sales
Street Portraiture (21 countries)
Wedding & Engagements
Birthday & School events
Family & Kid Portraits
Skills
Things I've picked up over the years - all things digital, teaching & writing.
Business (SMEs and Startups)
Market Validation
Training & Development
Internal marketing
Corporate Innovation (Intrapreneurship)
Marketing & Product (UX)
UX Design (Research & L-M Fidelity)
Lead Generation
Web & Content design/strategy
Brand development (Lean)
Market & User Research
MVP Development
Teaching Portfolio
Level 3-Level 8

Executive Leadership/Management
Operations & Supply Chain Management
Strategic marketing
Advertising & Branding
Marketing Communications
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Education
Consulting
Business, Economics and Marketing pedagogy.
Digital education (Online learning)
Flipped classroom implementation
Best practice methods for secondary and tertiary education.
Curricula reform in context of barriers, resistance and technological development
Student Development Methodologies Pre and Post Grad Students
Qualifications
- Business, Education and Fitness
Curiosity is the appetite of seekers. Transcripts available on request

AUT University
(2016-2017)
Masters of Business (Marketing) Thesis Summary Article
Thesis Guide

Alignment of Teaching and Practice: NZ University Business Curricula and Industry requirements (gaps analysis) with a focus on curricula reform and skill development in business professionals.

Thesis PDF
University of Auckland
Grad Dip, Education (2014)
Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Senior Business, Economics & Financial Literacy) - Secondary subjects- Japanese & Photography

Focus: Classroom Teaching methods, Pedagogy theory, application, lesson plans, unit plans, and learning frameworks.
Southern Institute of Technology
PGDip Business Enterprise (2013)
GBE801-807 Marketing,Innovation, Entrepreneurship and HRM papers (A average)

Business Enterprise MBA papers focused on New Zealand SMEs and startup branding, marketing, HRM & Development, ICT policy development, and business plan execution.
University of Auckland
B.S. (2009-2013)
Bachelor of Commerce - Marketing, Information Systems, and Supply chain Management
ITTT
Certificate in TESOL & TESOL for Business (2013)
TESOL - Pedagogy focused with unit plans, lesson plans and linguistical theory for adult learners.
Skills Active
Personal training - Exercise consultant (level 3)
Modules: exercise physiology, training for varying demographics, fitness instructing and fat-loss/hypertrophy program design.

Niche Focus: Fat-loss and strength training (Compounds+Accessory movements)
Projects
A selection of cool things I've founded, developed & worked on.

Humans of Auckland City
Co-founder /Head Photographer
PhotoJournalism stories from the streets of Auckland City.
330+ Photo Stories.
The Portraitist
Founder
Capturing the people in the streets- the quintessential moments-14 countries

Notable gems: London, Berlin, Krakow Andalusia and Bosnia.,
Digital Education Blog
Head author and writer
Flipped Classroom (Digital Education Implementation).

Long before Covid (2014) and the Remote learning wave, our EdTech690 Project detailed the pros/cons of online (flipped) learning for various stakeholders.

- Pre/Post Covid Industry changes edits in progress.
Startup Weekend AKL- 1st place
Marketing & Validation
Artfe- AirBnB for Art rentals

MVP project- validation, design and building of a the winning Startup Weekend Prototype and Final Pitch Deck
Social Innovation New Zealand (SINZ) Challenge-
Team Leader and Marketer
RaiseGood - API Plugin Pitch to maximise social impact for E-commerce transactions.
Lets grab coffee
It's always a pleasure to meet new people, develop new bonds -
learn from each other and share some awesome stories.

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LINE - alynoah
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