Ropinder brings a wealth of experience in managing operational IT change and implementing software solutions to support all aspects of the student lifecycle.
She specialises in being the bridge between technology and business stakeholders, helping clients navigate the complexities of the digital landscape and achieve their business objectives, with cost efficiency in mind. With a background in business analysis and IT, Ropinder brings expertise to all stages of the software development lifecycle, including working with stakeholders to refine and engineer requirements, managing technical teams and projects, designing effective solutions and managing operational delivery.
Ropinder has over 20 years experience in the technology area of the Higher Education sector. Her experience ranges from managing complex and diverse teams and IT projects, to product management, software architecture, design, and development.
She has led many large programmes of technology projects to enable wholesale change initiatives, having managed cross-functional teams and a variety of stakeholders at all levels of the organisations. Over her career she has blended her technical expertise with data and system architecture and design, strategic thinking, communication skills and project management expertise to deliver exceptional results.
How has Ropinder recently supported universities?
- Bournemouth University: a review of finance processes and tools
- University of Oxford: a review of service management, and options and recommendations for a move towards an enterprise model
- Designed, developed and implemented tools to digitise university programme structures, to enable online annual approval and more transparent and realistic curriculum planning
- Led a cross-functional team to design, develop and implement simplified processes and digital tools to support student wellbeing.
Passionate about mental health and wellbeing, Ropinder is also a volunteer mentor and counsellor for Childline. She also loves sport and keeping fit – she holds a brown belt in karate and ran a half marathon in the Petra desert with her husband last year, it was a breathtaking experience!