Adam Spencer, Drawcard MC

A math genius, radio and television presenter, author and TEDx speaker whose talk attracted over two million views, Adam has interviewed bestselling authors, astronauts, CEOs, and CIOs of some of the world’s largest companies, winners of Nobel Prizes, and every Prime Minister on-stage since Gough Whitlam, among others. 

Adam Spencer has been a breakfast radio announcer on Triple J and ABC Sydney, TV personality on everything from comedies Good News Week and The Glasshouse to weekly sports wrap The Back Page, and is a member of the Sleek Geeks Science Team with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

The Hon. Jihad Dib, Minister for Digital Government, NSW Parliament

Jihad Dib is the Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Youth Justice and the Local Member for Bankstown. Jihad is a former board member of the Australia Day Council of NSW, the NSW Police Commissioner’s Advisory Panel, and the SBS Community Advisory Committee. Jihad has campaigned tirelessly for inclusiveness and the celebration of diversity in our society, believing in the notion that “if you can see it, you can be it”. Prior to being elected to the NSW Parliament in 2015, Jihad was Principal of Punchbowl Boys’ High. Over a period of 9 years, he transformed the school by developing strong relationships with the community, local organisations and government agencies.

Angela Logothetis, Executive Group Owner Business and Network Application Services, Telstra

Angela leads Telstra’s Edge and Cloud product and technology strategy and roadmap, working with an ecosystem of partners to create and deliver edge and cloud products and solutions for all Telstra’s customers. Before joining Telstra, Angela was the CTO of Amdocs Open Network and a non-executive board director for EXFO. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications and technology industry having worked with major software vendors and service providers across the globe. She is a board advisor to the 5G Open Innovation Lab, a growth advisor to digital and AI startups, and a mentor for women in technology.

Dominic Price, Work Futurist, Atlassian

Dominic has a career that has reached far and wide through Europe, US and Asia PAC. An accomplished TED speaker, Dom is proud to work at Atlassian, the home of the most intelligent t-shirt wearers in business. As our resident Work Futurist. Dom is Atlassian’s in house “Team Doctor” helping Atlassian scale by being ruthlessly efficient and effective, and spends over half his time helping our customers navigate transformation, agility, leadership, and the future of work. Dom helped pioneer our Team Playbook and has a deep passion for understanding of teamwork and the changes we need to make today to build thriving businesses. He has previously been the GM Program Management for a global gaming company and a Director of Deloitte.

Julian Delany, Chief Technology Officer, Data & Digital, News Corp Australia

Julian leads the Technology, Data and Digital Team with a focus on transforming News Corp Australia into a customer-centric organisation that delivers best in class digital products, data solutions, revenue, and growth. Julian has a strong track record of building brands and developing products that connect with consumers using technology to deliver meaningful outcomes. Prior to becoming CTO he led multiple digitally focused brands across news, food, lifestyle genres. Julian joined News in 2012 from Foxtel where he spent 10 years leading The Weather Channel. 

Tuan Jean (TJ) Tee, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Sime Darby Motors | CIO50

Tuan Jean Tee, a seasoned technologist with over 30 years of experience, has worked with diverse clients across various sectors. His career includes roles like the Chief Digital Advisor at tech giants like Microsoft and consulting firms. Tuan Jean is passionate about leveraging technology to solve business challenges and create new value. He oversees digital transformation and technology initiatives that include cloud transformation, advanced data analytics, AI, and omnichannel customer experience. He received Australia CIO50 in 2023. 

Paul Gladigau, Chief Technology Officer, Aus/NZ, Equifax

Paul Gladigau is a senior technology executive with more than 33 years’ experience delivering value-based services. Recently appointed as Chief Technology Officer at Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency, Paul is responsible for the region’s technology strategy and execution in line with regional and global strategies. He leads a team of technology employees, contractors and partners, who will deliver Equifax’s Transformation roadmap and drive operational excellence. Paul works at the forefront of technologies and techniques including agile, cloud, cyber defence, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to joining Equifax, Paul was General Manager of Technology Service Management at CBA and he has previously held executive technology roles at JPMorgan, BlackRock, Barclays and IBM. Paul holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Comp Science) from UTS and an Executive MBA from AGSM. 

Kate Carruthers, former Chief Data & Insights Officer, UNSW Sydney

Kate Carruthers is a distinguished leader in data analytics, AI, data governance, and cyber security with extensive experience across higher education, large enterprises, startups, and boards. Her career highlights include establishing innovative data governance and business intelligence functions at UNSW Sydney and the successful launch of the Westfield Australia gift card business.

Kate’s expertise spans technology risk management, digital business strategy, and cybersecurity. She has a proven track record in leading transformative initiatives and managing profit and cost centres. Her leadership is characterised by her ability to foster innovation, build high performing teams, advocate for women in technology, and engage diverse stakeholder groups.

In addition to her executive roles, Kate serves on boards and has been a prominent advisor in data analytics and digital transformation. She is a respected public speaker and has contributed significantly to community and professional organisations, including the IEEE and FITT. Kate holds advanced degrees in management and education, underscoring her commitment to digital transformation and security.

 

Johan Fantenberg, Director Product and Solution Marketing, Ping Identity

Johan is an experienced technologist with a keen eye for emerging technologies and technology driven business opportunities with more than 30 years of experience in this high tech industry bringing insights and innovation to Ping Identity, for customers and the digital identity market place. Johan has worked for iconic companies such as Nokia, Ericsson and Sun Microsystems and across multiple industries such as financial services, telecommunications as well as in international standardization.

Tanya Graham, Group Executive, Digital & Transformation, icare

Before joining icare, Tanya was Executive General Manager, Strategic Programs for Healthscope, Australia’s second largest private hospital operator.

During her time with Healthscope, Tanya created and executed a new technology strategy and led a significant Transformation program that simplified their technology, created new ways of working and delivery, and drove complex organisational change.

Prior to this, Tanya was Chief Transformation Officer at Alinta Energy, and Chief Digital & Data Officer at Austrade.

Jackie Montado, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety

A transformational and strategic Chief Information Officer of large complex organisations working cross-culturally in global Foods & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals, Oil & Energy industries and management consultancy across Europe, US, Asia Pacific and Australia/New Zealand. Jackie has a track record of successfully leading transformations through business model changes, value-adding digital programs and complex M&A integration, start-ups and divestment programs. She is a courageous leader displaying strong executive presence and is skilled at building strategic business partnerships at Board and C-suite level through her highly collaborative and effective influencing style. Jackie is an experienced executive coach and people leader/mentor who communicates very effectively at all levels and is very proficient at working across global matrix organisations.

Pieter Vorster, General Manager, Data Platforms, Westpac

Pieter is a passionate and visionary leader with over 20 years’ experience driving purpose-led strategic change within organisations to deliver sustainable cultural and commercial outcomes across various industries. His expertise spans retail, wealth, corporate and investment banking, financial services, insurance, and mining and resources. Pieter has successfully led multiple large-scale data transformations, consistently aiming to drive better outcomes through data at scale. His sector-leading knowledge and expertise in data strategy, advanced analytics, data management, data architecture and artificial intelligence (AI) have earned him global recognition. Pieter is committed to supporting women in technology and data. As the co-chair of Westpac’s Data Gals, he actively fosters an inclusive and empowering environment.

Suzie Cardwell, Chief Data Officer, Nine

Suzie has a proven track record in leading digital transformation strategies and new data-led digital products for media organisations. With long experience in digital and data platform development, she has worked for some of Australia’s largest media organisations including Foxtel, News Corp and Nine Entertainment.

In her roles with Foxtel and News Corp, Suzie was responsible for developing new commercial data-driven digital products. At News Corp she launched the industry-first audience segmentation and intelligence platform, Intent Connect.

Currently, in her role as Chief Data Officer for Nine Entertainment, Suzie is leading the development and implementation of Nine’s data strategy, focusing on building value from Nine’s scaled audience and first party data asset. She is also responsible for developing and implementing Nine’s AI strategy. She leads a team of data technologists, product managers and data scientists

Craig Price, Head of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence CoE, Suncorp

Craig has significant expertise in strategy, execution and innovation in data science, insurance pricing and analytics. He manages a team of data scientists and analytics professionals building innovative solutions for market leading brands incl. AAMI, Suncorp, GIO and Apia. He continues to improve business results by embedding excellent analytics and AI into diverse operations; from customer sales and service interactions through to our internal operational processes.

Ed Macosky, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Boomi

Ed Macosky is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Boomi (CPTO). He has more than 20 years of experience building high performing agile teams, designing and launching new software and service products, solution delivery and customer retention. Ed works to establish and execute Boomi’s product vision and roadmap – delivering an intelligent, flexible and scalable integration platform that accelerates business outcomes by making information, interactions and innovations flow faster.

Prior to joining Boomi in early 2019, Ed spent almost five years at Oracle, where he served as Vice President of Middleware/PaaS DevOps & Release Engineering. Prior to Oracle, he spent some time at Dell. In addition, starting in 2003, Ed spent more than seven years at Boomi during the formative years of the company.

Named one of the Top 25 Software Product Executives of 2022, Ed studied Information Technology at Penn State and holds two U.S. patents for integrating software systems.

Adrian Mullan, Founder and CEO, Norby

Adrian is the founder and CEO of Norby, a startup focused on building interactive robot companions (think Pixar meets OpenAI). At Norby, Adrian’s mission is to maximize human potential by building intelligent learning tools. 

Gautam Nadkarni, Chief Technologist, Wipro Cloud Services

Gautam Nadkarni is the Chief Technologist at Wipro Australia, where he plays a key role in helping both Australian and international businesses navigate their technology transformation paths.

He has a solid background in shaping customer business architectures, leading cloud transformations, and integrating generative AI into IT solutions. Currently, Gautam is focused on driving innovation and creating unique solutions for customers, while also managing Wipro’s Cloud Innovation Studio in Australia, which aims to solve complex business and technology problems. Additionally, he shares his knowledge and experiences by speaking at various events and conferences, connecting with the wider technology community.

Ludo Stire, Solution Architect, HPE

Ludo Stire is a Solution Architect within the Advisory & Professional Services team at HPE. He’s based in Sydney. With over 20 years of experience in the development of Data and AI solutions, Ludo had led diverse teams and took technical responsibility for implementing complex data analytics solutions across various industries. His focus at HPE is to assist customers with their AI initiatives by solutioning ideas and pulling together proposals for them. Ludo will explain how AI is hybrid nature by sharing with us practical cases. And how HPE and Wipro are the champions of Private AI.

Aram Lauxtermann, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Avanade

Aram is a technology leader with a proven track record in redefining the perception of what’s possible through technology. His core expertise lies in partnering with executives to drive significant value creation through the strategic deployment of artificial intelligence and data. With over fifteen years of experience, Aram has catalysed transformation and change across diverse sectors such as finance, government, consumer goods, and telecommunications. He is deeply passionate about the application of emerging and exponential technologies to address our world’s greatest challenges. Aram’s strategic and technical acumen has been formed in complex, multifaceted organizations, where he spearheaded transformative programs and led multidisciplinary teams worldwide. This global impact has been acknowledged by the Australian government through the granting of permanent residency in recognition of my exceptional international achievements.

Gagandeep Ahluwalia, Client Partner, Persistent Systems

Gagan is a digital transformation expert with a strong background in Banking & Financial services, Telco and Digital First technologies. He leverages his 13+ years of experience in enterprise technology to deliver customer success by aligning technology solutions to solve key business challenges.

Dr. Kim Oosthuizen, Head of Artificial Intelligence, SAP Australia and New Zealand (ANZ)

As head of AI, Kim supports customer and partner enablement with AI innovation opportunities across process and usability to enable improved working practices. With over 20 years of experience spanning South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia, she held various operations, Centre of Excellence, and technology roles. Holding a PhD in AI integration into business, Kim is passionate about leveraging AI to simplify processes. Her research has led to multiple academic publications exploring AI integration into business. She founded the SAP AI Council in Australia to focus on the responsible adoption, operation, and scaling of AI and lectures part-time at various business schools.

Adrian Stagg, Head of Technology and Digital, McGrathNicol

Adrian is an IT executive with over 30 years experience across all facets of the ICT industry. As a driver for digitalisation and modernisation, his expertise includes organisational change, strategic planning, Centre’s of Excellence establishment, ERP product selection and program direction, Data and Analytics, application development and rollout, outsource negotiation, infrastructure management and change management. Adrian has worked in a diverse range of industry sectors including professional services, energy, health, manufacturing and distribution, construction, logistics, not-for-profit, finance and insurance.

Brendan Gregg, Intel Fellow, Intel

Brendan is an internationally renowned expert in computing performance. He is an Intel Fellow, focusing on AI performance, cloud computing, and eBPF. Previously at Netflix and Sun Microsystems, he authored Systems Performance and BPF Performance Tools (Addison-Wesley), and received the USENIX LISA Outstanding Achievement award. He has delivered industry-leading performance for various products, and created widely used performance tools, methodologies, and visualizations, including flame graphs. His work is the basis for multiple startups.

Susan Travis, Head of Research, Tech Council of Australia

Susan leads the Tech Council’s research program. She is an economist with experience across the public and private sectors. At the Tech Council, Susan leads the work on major reports such as ‘Shots on Goal’ and ongoing initiatives including the official tech jobs numbers in partnership with the Australian Government.

Martin Dube, Regional Chief Technology Officer, Rimini Street

Martin’s extensive experience encompasses collaboration with prominent players in the digital landscape, including complex, matrixed, and vertical organisations. Over the course of his career, Dube has distinguished himself as a leader in the technology sector, successfully steering business operations on a global scale. He has been instrumental in conceptualising and executing numerous large-scale business transformation projects that have significantly improved organisational performance and optimised operational methodologies. With a wealth of leadership experience, he adeptly aligns strategic business goals with operational execution.

Julian Badell, Solutions Lead A/NZ, Lenovo

With a rich history of experience across software & hardware platforms, Julian has worked for some of the market leading technology organizations including Citrix & NTT Solutions prior to his time with Lenovo. Julian specializes in technologies such as Data Management, Hyperconverged Cloud Infrastructure, Data Management, AI & Machine Learning, DaaS / IaaS as well as VDI and Cloud Services.

Paul Arthur, Regional Vice President, A/NZ, Outsystems

With vast experience across different industries and companies from global players to local start-ups, Paul has been involved in building businesses and teams that focus on customers needs and value drivers above all else. For the past 4 years, Paul has managed the OutSystems business across Australia and New Zealand and overseen tremendous growth in adoption of the Low-Code Platform.

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