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About us

Founded in 2016, Academy Xi is a leading digital skills transformation company. We are a community of talented people and organisations ready to take on the challenges of a rapidly changing digital world with skills that are future ready.

We are experts in online learning for digital professionals, delivering cutting-edge programs to more than 5,000 professionals each year.

We have built our reputation on expert instructors, exceptional online resources and real-world projects that ensure our graduates and clients have what it takes to succeed.

We work with a diverse range of organisations to help them execute digital transformation by attracting new talent and upskilling and reskilling their workforce.

Meet our team

Passionate about education and empowering others? We’d love to have you on board!

Anthony Bohm

Executive Director
Previously co-founder of Open Colleges Australia and Think Education Group (now Torrens University) – two of Australia’s largest private education institutions. Anthony is a major investor in Academy Xi and an ex-officio member of the Executive Team. Anthony was a member of the NSW Government’s Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board for four years and was appointed by the Minister for Education to the Tertiary Education Pathways Committee.
anthony@academyxi.com

Chris Vennes

CDO
Chris is a strategic executive with 25+ years of experience in education, digital transformation, and design. As Chief Delivery Officer at Academy Xi, he leads program delivery and operations across enterprise and consumer markets. He’s known for driving large-scale training solutions through high-performing teams, blending commercial acumen with learner empathy. Passionate about innovation, Chris scales learning models that fuse human-centred design with emerging tech, including AI, to deliver measurable impact.
chris.v@academyxi.com

Will Phillips

CTO
Since early 2020, Will has been a key part of Academy Xi, bringing his passion for career coaching, talent development, and building meaningful career pathways. With over 18 years of experience across Talent, People & Culture, and prior roles at ThoughtWorks and Credit Suisse, he has led award-winning early careers programs and collaborated with global teams in the tech, professional services, and investment banking industries. Will is deeply committed to shaping the future of work and is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion.
will@academyxi.com

Martha Keyes

CSO
Martha brings over 20 years of commercial leadership experience across clinical, medical, defence, and pharmaceutical industries, from start-ups to global companies like ThermoFisher, Merck, and Lonza. A forward-thinking leader, she champions customer-first thinking and cultural diversity. Known for her dynamic maturity and sharp commercial focus, Martha has driven strong growth across diverse product portfolios in Australia and globally.Her achievements include winning the Australian National Engineering Challenge, receiving an ANZ Hybrid Award, and being named Ascend Sales Person of the Year.
martha.k@academyxi.com

academy xi

Our name (pronounced “ex-eye”) and logo are a reflection of the critical role we play in shaping our own lives and the world around us.

In mathematics, “X” is a variable, a problem that needs to be solved, and “i” stands for the personal responsibility and power to solve the problem. Brought together, “Xi” reflects our commitment to not only identifying problems in the world, but also becoming part of the solution.

the problem

Traditional education models are not able to match the pace of technological change. Their approach fails to meet industry and employers’ need to hire people with hands-on experience, who can hit the ground running.

the solution

This is where Academy Xi comes in – we teach high-demand skills across Human-Centred Design, Tech & Data, and Business & Marketing, to meet the insatiable need for job-ready talent.

our vision

Australias leading Digital transformation company

our mission

Transforming the world through education

Our mission is to transform the world through education by empowering a community of changemakers with the skills to create waves of change and build a future-ready career or business.

4.6 ⭐ Rating on Google

Highly rated by our students across Design, Tech & Business

5000+ Graduates

We have helped thousands of graduates transform their futures

97% Employment rate

97% of students who participated in our Career Support Program were hired within 180 days

About us

Meet our team

Passionate about education and empowering others? We’d love to have you on board!

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