Career Mentor:
Mikaela Jade

 

Mikaela has a background in environmental biology, and has spent most of her career as a national parks ranger. More recently, she founded Indigital, Australia’s first Indigenous Edu-tech company, specialising in technology development and digital skills training in augmented and mixed realities, artificial intelligence, machine learning, internet of things and geospatial technologies.

MENTOR TOP SKILLS

  • Digital Literacy

  • Communications

  • Financial Literacy

  • A quote I live by:

    Traveler, there are no paths. Paths are made by walking.

  • When I was younger, I wanted to be:

    Park Ranger.

  • I would tell my 16yr old self:

    If you've got an idea, take that first step and start exploring it.

  • When I’m not working, you’ll find me:

    Learning & up-skilling and spending time in nature.

CAREER TIMELINE

  • 2015 - Present

    Founder and CEO at Indigital

  • 2017 - 2020

    Manager of the Community and Visitor Programs at ACT Government

  • 2016 - 2017

    Diploma of Business at BSchool Australia

  • 2011 - 2013

    Assistant Manager at Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

  • 2008 - 2011

    Assistant Director at Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  • 2005 - 2007

    Visitor Services Manager at Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation

  • 1998 - 2005

    Visitor Management Officer at Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

  • 1998 - 2001

    Bachelor of Environmental Biology at University of Technology Sydney