Tech in Gov Conference

Ms Abigail Bradshaw was appointed the Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) in March 2020, and is responsible for leading the Australian Government’s  operational advice and assistance to improve cyber security for Australians and Australian entities.Ms Bradshaw has held key National...

Kavita Kewal joined the Department of Defence in 2001 as part of the Defence Graduate Program. Kavita then worked in the areas of defence international, intelligence, industry, and personnel policy. In April 2021, Kavita joined the Department of Home Affairs as the Assistant Secretary, Identity and ...

Amanda Cattermole has been Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Digital Health Agency since September 2020 after serving as Chief Operating Officer at Services Australia and as interim CEO during the 2019-20 bushfires.Among other senior roles at Services Australia was an extended period as...

Dr Tobias Feakin is Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology. He commenced as Ambassador for Cyber Affairs in January 2017, before having his mandate expanded to reflect the central role that technology issues have in geopolitics in 2021.He leads Australia’s Whole...

As the regional CISO, Daryl leads the Office of the CISO for Google Cloud in the Asia-Pacific. He partners with Google's clients across Singapore, Australia, India, Japan and other APAC countries, and provides executive sponsorship and guidance to C-suite and senior technology leaders to help...

Simon Elisha, leader of AWS technology teams across 14 countries, is a technology visionary and translator of innovation into clear business benefit. He advocates being “stubborn on vision and flexible on detail”. Nine cloud technology patents underline his commitment to innovation. Simon’s...

Matthew is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for NSW Department of Customer Service (DCS). This role has recently broadened to also encompass CISO responsibilities for the NSW Department of Treasury where he deliver services to Treasury jointly with the Treasury CIO.Matthew’s role sees...

Lucy leads the Digital Strategy, Architecture and Discovery Division which focuses on providing whole of government strategic leadership to the development and implementation of digital strategies and policies, the Australian Government Architecture as well as flagship programs like Digital...

Janet is an accomplished technology leader with over 20 years of experience in enterprise IT operations, infrastructure, architecture and project delivery roles across the public, private and non-profit sectors. Currently as Deputy Head of IT responsible for IT Infrastructure and Operations at the...

Tony Kitzelmann is the Chief Information Security Officer and Head of the Cyber Security Centre at Airservices Australia.A strong believer that ‘cyber security is a team sport’, Tony is focused on promoting a sustainable, resilient, and holistic approach to cyber security supporting the...

Kate is an experienced tech policy expert and senior executive who has worked across the public, private and non-profit sectors. She is the CEO of the Tech Council of Australia, the peak body representing the Australian tech sector. Before her time in consulting, she spent 15 years working in...

Lorraine Finlay is the Human Rights Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission. In this role Lorraine has particular responsibility for protecting and promoting fundamental rights and freedoms, and leads the work of the Commission in areas such as business & human rights, modern...

Dr Arash Shahriari received his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the Australian National University (ANU) while doing research on machine learning & computer vision at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and National ICT Australia (NICTA). he has years of ...

Bianca Wirth has over 20 years’ experience in IT and security, and she has consulted to over 200 companies from a diverse range of industries and government in this time. She has worked for a global software vendor and Big 4, developed her own successful consulting business and guest lectured on...

Wei Xiang (S’00–M’04–SM’10) Professor Wei Xiang is Cisco Research Chair of AI and IoT and Director of the Cisco-La Trobe Centre for AI and IoT at La Trobe University. Previously, he was Foundation Chair and Head of Discipline of IoT Engineering at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia. Due to...

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...

James Pickens is the Chief Digital and Technology Officer for NSW Telco Authority. James has 25 years of telecommunications industry experience. He has run operations and delivery of national networks and large scale technology projects for telecommunications carriers in Australia and Europe. James ...

Joanne Knight is an Identification Consultant in the Digital Public Service Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Te Tari Taiwhenua (New Zealand).She is currently responsible for the maintenance of New Zealand’s Identification Management Standards suite. She was also lead editor of ISO/IEC 29003...

A highly experienced Public Sector Administrator, Management Accountant and Change Leader with a track record for delivering real service delivery and operational enhancements through a commitment to stakeholder engagement, real collaborative design and digital solutions. Identity veteran with over ...

Mark Lenzner is the Executive Director, ICT / Digital Sourcing within the Digital NSW Division of the Department of Customer. In this role Mark is responsible for the design, implementation and management of the NSW Government ICT and Digital Sourcing policies and frameworks, establishment and...

David Ranasinghe was appointed Chief Digital officer in February 2022.  David brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role with more than 25 years spent driving technology change in financial services, consulting and software development.  David joined Revenue NSW from the healthcare...

Before moving to Australia, Chris was the Principal Consultant for an esteemed international software and consultancy company. Having joined Sydney Water in 2013, he has managed the delivery of several high-profile business improvement projects, implemented a 5-year planning process for treatment...

Dr. Hafiz Yasar Lateef possess more than a decade of experience in Cyber Program Management, Cyber Security Compliance & Governance, ISO 27001 Compliance, NSW Cybersecurity Policy Compliance, ACSC Essential 8 Implementation, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Cybersecurity Incident Response...

Brett is the CIO of The Australian Red Cross and started in the role in 2021 to deliver a digital transformation for the 100 year old organisation. He is an experienced senior executive with over 25 year’s experience working across several different industries in both private and NFP and recognised ...

Ole Nielsen is Director Design and Technology at Revenue NSW with a background as Director of Enterprise Digital Delivery at Geoscience Australia where he introduced DevOps and autonomous empowered teams from 2013. He is a champion for the adoption of cloud, Digital Culture, Human Centred Design...

With over 25 years international experience in financial services, technology and consulting sectors, Tim has held numerous business and shared services leadership roles in retail operations, product management, IT and procurement.Tim has worked for global organisations such as HSBC and Accenture...

Ingrid is a passionate believer that the combination of people, processes, data and technology can enable not just business, but it has the power to change governments, organisations and entire economies. She is a leader focused on achieving great outcomes while, constantly fostering a positive...

Tom Worthington is an independent computer professional, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing at the Australian National University. A Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, he previously wrote ICT policy for the Department of Defence. Tom mentors teams in defence and...

Todd and the Satalyst team joined CBS in January 2022. A founding director of Satalyst, Todd’s vision is to help business leaders reimagine the role of technology as a business and innovation partner. As a digital entrepreneur, he enjoys generating ideas and working with people with a growth...

Co-founder and CEO of Scantek, Ches Rafferty, is recognised as an identity verification and ID scanning expert. Over a decade in the industry, Ches has dedicated his career to revolutionising identity verification and developing 100% digital solutions.Experienced at translating real-world problems...

John Munro is PMI's Global Agile Business Lead.  His experience with Agile dates back t0 2008.  He works with leading firms to help them become self-sufficient at accelerating their agile capabilities by leveraging the Disciplined Agile Process toolkit of practices.

Matt Maccaux has been leading client-facing technical teams across many industries for the past 20 years at some of the biggest and innovative technology companies in the world. For the past 10 years, Matt has focused on enterprise data and analytics for advanced data science, AI, and ML. Through...

As Director of Data Capability, ACT Health Directorate, Nithin steers multiple data functions and teams aimed at supporting the health data requirements of the directorate and its stakeholder groups. Nithin has a wide range of experience in the Australian Public Service, including federal and state ...

Katherine Mansted is a Senior Fellow in the Practice of National Security at the ANU National Security College (NSC). Concurrently, she’s also the Director of Cyber Intelligence at CyberCX. Katherine regularly briefs government officials, business leaders and public audiences on national security...