Leadership
Our Founders
Bringing together Australian vocational education leadership and enterprise AI expertise to help RTOs strengthen assessment quality and support compliance.
Malek Ebrahimi
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Malek is a focused and visionary executive who champions the belief that Australian RTOs deserve better - better service delivery, stronger efficiency, higher quality, and the profitability that comes from modern, technology enabled automated RTO operations. With more than 20 years of experience across the vocational education and training (VET) sector, from start-up through scale-up.
A recognised pioneer in vocational education and training, Malek previously served as CEO of a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) with over 35 staff and annual revenue above $3 million. In this role, he led compliance, sales, marketing, and operations, delivering accredited training services to more than 650 learners while ensuring alignment with ASQA requirements and national industry standards.
His leadership is defined by excellence, continuous improvement, and strong collaboration with educators, industry partners, and government stakeholders. Malek is committed to transforming RTO performance through technology empowered by AI - integrating advanced automation and agentic AI capabilities with a high-performing team of technologists. This approach enables RTOs to operate with greater consistency, efficiency, compliance confidence, and commercial strength.
To connect with Malek and explore opportunities to strengthen your RTO, reach out to him on LinkedIn.
Ben Yip
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Ben brings enterprise technology experience shaped by five years as a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Australia, specialising in AI, data, and applications.
During his time at Microsoft, Ben worked with enterprise customers to translate business needs into practical solution designs, addressing compliance, security, and privacy requirements. An early advocate for AI adoption, he helped customers explore its potential, understand its limitations, and consider how it could be applied responsibly.
At Auto Assessments, Ben brings this experience to the platform's technical direction. His focus is on applying AI to meaningful assessment challenges, with security, privacy, and clear, evidence-based outputs as design priorities.
Together, Ben and Malek combine enterprise technology expertise with Australian vocational education leadership, connecting what AI can deliver with what RTOs need to support assessment quality and informed decision-making.
To connect with Ben and discuss the technology behind Auto Assessments, reach out to him on LinkedIn.