An AI-Native Consulting Firm, Human by Default.

Keith Modder

Chairman

Three decades building and scaling global technology services firms, including taking Virtusa public on the Nasdaq.

Keith has spent more than 30 years building and scaling global technology services organisations. As Chief Operating Officer of Virtusa Corporation, he was part of the leadership team that took the company public on the Nasdaq in 2007. Virtusa went on to grow to more than 30,000 people and was acquired by Baring Private Equity Asia for about US$2.0 billion in 2021. His remit spanned revenue, margin, client satisfaction and talent across Europe, the UK, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. He knows what it takes to run large technology programmes at scale while holding commercial performance. As Chairman, he brings that experience to humaniseAI’s board as the firm grows.

Shanil Dissanayake

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Works with boards and executive teams on where AI produces measurable return, and where it doesn’t.

Shanil is CEO and co-founder of humaniseAI and holds executive accountability for client outcomes. He works directly with boards and executive teams on where AI produces measurable return and, just as importantly, where it doesn’t. He wrote humaniseAI’s ROAI (Return on AI) method and its Flywheel engagement model, which runs literacy, strategy, delivery, maintenance and evolution in sequence rather than treating AI adoption as a one-off project. A CPA by training, he brings a finance lens to technology decisions, so every initiative is tested against a business case rather than a demo. He co-founded the group in 2018 and launched humaniseAI in 2025. Shanil is based in Melbourne and is Accelerator Chair for Entrepreneurs’ Organization Melbourne.

Dmitry Loukine

Co-Founder & Head of Partnerships

Builds the partnerships that bring humaniseAI to enterprise clients, and makes sure what is sold is what gets delivered.

Dmitry co-founded the group in 2018 and leads partnerships and market development. His background spans defence, recruitment, finance and software. He builds the alliance and channel relationships through which humaniseAI reaches enterprise clients in Australia, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. He works with technology leaders on software products, automation and AI integration, drawing on years of experience with distributed delivery models. Dmitry also works alongside delivery leadership so that commercial commitments and delivery capacity stay aligned. What is sold is what the firm can deliver.

Uditha Wijesundara

Chief Operating Officer

Runs humaniseAI’s delivery organisation, with security and governance built into every engagement from day one.

Uditha leads humaniseAI’s delivery organisation. He is an IT leader with more than 18 years of international experience across the US, Europe and Asia, specialising in digital transformation, cloud infrastructure modernisation and enterprise cybersecurity. As COO, he is accountable for engagement quality, resourcing and the operating disciplines that make delivery predictable, including the estimation and staffing model applied to every engagement. His security background underpins the governance and security standards humaniseAI builds into every engagement from day one. Where work runs across teams and time zones, Uditha owns the handover model that keeps it in step with clients’ Australian business hours.

Usha Rajapaksha

General Manager

Keeps every engagement running smoothly behind the scenes, from onboarding through to reporting and invoicing.

Usha oversees the day to day running of humaniseAI. Her remit covers commercial operations, engagement administration and the internal systems behind client delivery, from onboarding through to reporting and invoicing. She brings more than 14 years of experience across manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and IT, covering HR operations, business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and policy design and implementation. She previously led the group’s shared services function. For clients, Usha is the point of contact for contracting, billing and any administrative matter that comes up during an engagement.

Kaitlen Kelly

VP of Sales

Leads humaniseAI’s commercial growth across the UK and Europe, after scaling sales teams at Multiverse, Klaviyo and Outreach.

Kaitlen leads the commercial function across the UK and Europe, owning revenue growth, outbound strategy and sales execution. She spent nearly two years as mid market Sales Director at Multiverse, leading a team of eight account executives delivering data and AI workforce transformations. Before that she scaled sales teams at Klaviyo and led EMEA sales development at Outreach, where her teams generated $31.5m in pipeline in a single year at 138% of target. Alongside her role at humaniseAI, she coaches sales leaders through MySalesCoach.

Simon Schifferle

Account Director

Your main contact for the whole engagement, and the person who raises issues early rather than at a milestone.

Simon is Account Director for humaniseAI’s Australian clients and their main day to day contact on every engagement. He brings nearly five years of experience in the technology and data industry, and since 2023 has led client partnerships for the group across custom software, AI and automation, QA, DevOps and outsourced finance. He owns the client relationship for the life of the work, organising the consulting and delivery teams around each client’s commercial goals so that what gets built matches what the business needs. When scope, sequencing or capacity needs a decision, Simon raises it early, so issues are dealt with before they show up at a milestone. It is humaniseAI’s principle of clear owners and early escalation, applied to every account.

Andrew Rooke

Principal Consultant

A transformation executive who has run global operations and change programmes inside listed fintech firms.

Andrew is a transformation and delivery executive with more than 20 years across professional services, finance, banking and technology. As a senior executive and board member at SS&C Technologies, he was responsible for business transformation, company operations and client services globally, leading more than 500 people. As Head of Transformation at DST Systems, he defined a transformation plan and business case targeting a 30% return within two years. He has also served as Executive Director of an A$100m global fintech firm. He has led engagements with several ASX 20 companies and coaches CEOs, entrepreneurs and executives. He joined humaniseAI as a Principal Consultant after advising the group.

Nima Idel

Principal Consultant

Helps executive teams decide which AI initiatives are worth backing, then takes them to production.

Nima advises founders, CEOs and executive teams on which AI initiatives are worth backing, and then takes them through to production. As Principal Adviser at Rio Tinto, he led AI and product strategy across major digital programmes, including the Safe Production System. The platform he built resolved more than 11,000 frontline issues and was modelled at $560m to $1.1b in lifetime value. He was previously Head of Product at Asset and Chief Product Officer at Archistar.ai, so he has led AI products inside both a global enterprise and a growing technology company.

Jenna Zhu

Principal Consultant

Helps people understand, trust and use AI in their real workflows, the part most programmes underestimate.

Jenna spent ten years at EY, most recently as Associate Director for AI and Data across Asia Pacific, leading enterprise AI adoption and enablement. She has worked with financial services, resources, consumer and public sector clients. Her focus is the part most AI programmes underestimate: helping people understand, trust and use AI in their real workflows. At EY she grew a regional capability initiative into a global programme backed by $6m in investment. At humaniseAI she brings that experience to AI literacy and adoption work, so new tools are used, not just installed.