Nikhil Tappoo

Nikhil Tappoo is currently a Board Member at Tappoo Ltd. Nikhil has previously worked as a Requirements Manager at Griffith University and as a Senior Internal Auditor at the Department of Defence.

As a Requirements Manager, Nikhil was responsible for eliciting business requirements from clients, converting them into technical requirements, and creating and delivering key project documents including the Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document, risk management plans, and post project reviews.

In their role as a Senior Internal Auditor at the Department of Defence, Nikhil was responsible for conducting audits of programs projects, systems and processes to provide assurance on risk management; developing audit reports; liaising with stakeholders to gather requirements for audits; interviewing stakeholders in order to address program, project, and organisational issues; and supervising and mentoring Defence employees in the conduct of audits.

During their time at the Department of Defence, Nikhil undertook and led a number of audits focusing on risk assurance, project management, ICT governance, enterprise resource planning, software as a service, and compliance. Nikhil also received a certificate of accomplishment and recognition from the Chief Audit Executive for outstanding audit work conducted. In addition, Nikhil revised audit processes and procedures for Audit Branch that enabled improvements and efficiencies to be identified; developed an audit life cycle diagram that serves as a checklist for auditors in Defence to follow a standardised process to conduct audits; improved internal audit processes by establishing digital signatures for

Nikhil Tappoo has a Master's degree in Information Technology from Griffith University. Nikhil also has a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Griffith University. Nikhil is certified by KPMG in Lean Competency, Coursera in Introduction to Marketing, ALC Group in ITIL 2011 Foundation in IT Service Management, The Knowledge Academy in PRINCE2 Foundation in Project Management, Australian Computer Society in ACS Certified Technologist, and IIBA in Certificate of Competency in Business Analysis.