Dominique Barker | Chief Information Officer
Australian Institute of Family Studies

Dominique Barker is an energetic Information Technology Executive with extensive experience in IT strategy, leadership, and transformation. With a background in Journalism and honed skills in a digital agency, Dominique possesses the tenacity, drive, and influence to empower technology transformations to come to life. Her ability to "bring people along on the journey" has led to significant successes in her current CIO role, including organisation-wide adoption of new ways of working through technology roll-outs, opportunistic deployment of AI, and low-code CRM solutions.

Dominique’s ability to work with the business to achieve strategic success through alignment of key IT initiatives has been instrumental in ensuring that expected outcomes are met, targets are hit, and that the organisation is on-board with the changes.By fostering a culture of continuous learning and iterative improvements, Dominique has ensured that technology is seamlessly integrated into daily operations, enabling staff to leverage available tools and processes to their fullest potential.