Dr Maria Milosavljevic is the inaugural Chief Data Integration Officer at the Department of Defence. In this role, she is responsible for establishing a new Data Division and working across the Department to deliver the Defence Data Strategy. Dr Milosavljevic joined Defence from Services Australia...

Elissa Walker is the ATO’s Chief Digital Officer and Deputy Commissionerfor Digital Delivery. Elissa leads a dedicated team responsible for the development of the ATOs digital transformation as well as the ATOs digital platforms for online services, digital identity, digital API services gateway...

Brendan heads the Digital and Technology Policy Division in Home Affairs. The division leads policy development and international engagement on critical technology security, including on telecommunications and emerging technologies, as well as national data security and strategy. His team is...

Teresa is the Assistant Secretary Data Analytics in the Department of Defence’s Data Division.  In this role, she is responsible for designing and establishing the new enterprise level function to deliver analytics products and services to the Defence organisation.Teresa is a former Navy officer...

Since January 2019, Commander Goldsmid has been responsible for Cybercrime Operations, the area mandated to enhance AFP cyber capabilities and investigate cybercrimes against the Commonwealth government, critical infrastructure, systems of national significance and those impacting the whole of...

Leanne is the Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Information Officer at AUSTRAC, and leads the Analytics, Innovation, Development, Information and Infrastructure teams. Her remit is to ensure that advanced analytics and customer service capability is in place to enable AUSTRAC to innovate, working...

Lesley Honeyman joined the Department of Customer Service in January 2019 as the Director Operations.  In this role she is responsible for several functions which include intelligence, incident response, capability development, infrastructure security and vulnerability scanning.  Together with her...

Toby is a trusted public servant and leader with a proven history of building strong capabilities aligned to tomorrows challenges. He has led large, diverse and geographically dispersed teams of over 140 security professionals to protect, detect and respond to cyber challenges. He is a people...

As an experienced leader, Cassandra translates ideas into strategies and delivers them. She is currently Executive Director, Policy and Regulation at Service Victoria, in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet leading the creation of Victoria’s identity policy and regulatory...

Steve has been CIO of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, now in the Department of Health, for the past 6 years. He has led a revival of the department’s digital transformation capabilities which has resulted in numerous IT industry awards for innovative projects. He and his team ...

Kayelle Drinkwater leads the Data Policy Branch in the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. In this Chief Data Officer type role, she oversees data strategy, governance and management, spatial data policy, location services and reporting. Kayelle also has a special interest in...

As the National Manager Operational Science and Technology, Dr Simon Walsh leads a critical operational support portfolio that amalgamates the AFP?s forensic and enterprise and operational technology capabilities. Simon works across government and industry sectors and represents as the AFP?s chief...

Amanda Ianna has worked in the Public Sector for 28 years and was appointed Registrar of the NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages in 2014. Amanda’s extensive background in Civil Registration and Identity Security has driven significant changes to the way the Registry records life events...

Dr. Ian Oppermann is the NSW Government’s Chief Data Scientist working within the Department of Customer Service. He is also an Industry Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).  Ian has nearly 30 years’ experience in the ICT sector and, has led organizations with more than 300...

Simon leads the Data & Insights branch which incorporates the NSW Data Analytics Centre and the NSW Behavioural Insights Unit. Simon and his team have built many data services including an advanced analytics service in the cloud and Data.NSW open data portal. Simon and the NSW DAC were...

Professor Monica Whitty is the Director of the UNSW Institute for Cyber Security (IFCYBER), where she also holds a Professorship in Human Factors in Cyber Security. Her work, in particular, examines the human factors in cyber security. Professor Whitty has led many large interdisciplinary projects...

Patricia works to make security everyone?s business, in order to keep critical infrastructure and services safe from and resilient to cyber threats. She?s especially interested in fostering a cyber risk aware culture, quantitative cyber risk analysis using FAIR, and using Open Source Intelligence...

Stela Solar is passionate about removing barriers to positive technology adoption and engagement. Over the past 15 years, Stela has cultivated expertise in capturing new revenue opportunities presented by emerging technologies, particularly through business model transformation. With most recent...

Bettina joined the ranks of ACT government as Chief Digital Officer in May 2018. A member of the Strategic Board, she is responsible for driving the whole of ACT government digital, data and technology strategy direction. Her priorities include achieving the ACT’s digital strategy objectives, and...

Mr. Gayan Benedict is the Chief Information Officer of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Gayan is responsible for the Bank?s technology planning, delivery, operations, information security and Innovation Lab. Prior to being appointed as the RBA?s CIO, Gayan held senior Technology Leadership positions...

Ian Robinson is the 2020 #6 in the CIO Top 50 and also the 2020 ITNews benchmark award for IOT Solutions. Ian is currently the CIO with WaterNSW following a long stint at Endeavour Energy and so brings a strong utility experience to the application of technology to business issues. Ian is an...

As General Manager within IP Australia’s Customer Services Division, Rob currently leads business improvement initiatives that support the agency’s core business delivery and customer engagement objectives. Technology and customer experience play a vital role in IP Australia delivering an effective ...