Cameron joined Virgin Australia in 2013 with over 20 years’ experience in executive IT roles across airline, banking and rail freight sectors. Cameron’s roles have included work in Asia, Europe and the USA, holding several Executive Advisory Board positions both in Australia and abroad.

As the previous CIO at Aurizon and now Virgin Australia his particular area of focus is driving performance change in the IT function, especially in its partnership with the wider airline and loyalty program businesses.

An experienced C-level executive and board director of 15+ years, Michelle has developed her capabilities across many industries.

Initially pursuing a career in accounting and later in Information Technology, Michelle has leveraged these combined skills to facilitate significant business change and growth programs. She is currently CIO of The Intrepid Group and a Non-Executive Director for VERNet, a telecommunications company, and REI Super. In 2016 Michelle’s achievements in innovation, leadership and digital transformation in the travel industry were recognised through the Women in Travel (Technology) Award and by being named in the top 25 of the CIO50 Awards.

Michelle is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, a Certified Professional Accountant, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has an MBA (Exec) from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Jody Davids is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer of PepsiCo and leads the IT function. PepsiCo IT delivers all information technology to PepsiCo through a network of 3,100 IT associates, worldwide.

Jody has more than 30 years of experience leading and developing technology functions for large organizations. Prior to joining PepsiCo in 2016, Jody was CIO for Agrium Inc. Over the course of her career, she has worked at Best Buy, Cardinal Health, Nike, and Apple.

Jody’s professional associations include serving on the board of Premier Inc., which provides performance improvement services to hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Jody earned a bachelor’s degree and MBA from San Jose State University. She is based in Plano, Texas.

As Chief Information Officer at Chobani, Abu Bakar is responsible for IT strategy, governance and execution of all technology-related projects from the yogurt manufacturing line to the corporate offices.

Bakar is a dynamic executive with several years of experience leading world-class commercial information technology operations for internationally renowned companies.

Previously, Bakar was at Barneys New York where he served as Chief Information Officer and was responsible for IT strategy, governance and execution of all technology-related projects. Prior to his role at Barneys New York, he was Executive Vice President, Operations and Chief Information Officer at Vineyard Vines in Stamford, Connecticut. While at Vineyard Vines Bakar oversaw distribution, logistics and inventory control in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Information Officer.

Dr. Reeves (Dr. Tim) is a proven industry veteran with an established track record, currently serving as the Chief Architect for the Office of the CIO at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. Prior to this he has held highly influential Architect positions at The Weather Company, Booz Allan Hamilton, and SAIC.

Dr. Tim’s career has been shaped by a vast range of rare experiences, from refueling fighter jets in South Korea, conducting Space Operations (while serving as an Active Duty Non-Commissioned Officer of the United States Air Force), to designing and architecting highly advanced cloud computing and big data platforms across government, commercial and private sectors. It’s these unique experiences and rare opportunities that shapes his vision and is what feeds a never-ending passion for technology.

Dr. Tim has a reputation for introducing ground-breaking business-aligned innovative thought leadership for advancing cloud computing, big data, and advanced analytics. He has received industry recognition for his innovative ideas and concepts, some of which have enabled new and exciting industries to emerge. Dr. Tim’s revolutionary approach to leading innovation and change has increased adoption and operational awareness/readiness for Enterprise Cloud Management, On-Demand Technology as a Service, Cloud-Enabled Big Data/advanced analytics, and tactical alignment of devops-enabled cloud organizations.

Sheridan is an award-winning business transformation leader with over 15 years’ experience guiding teams to deliver superior technology, innovation and user experience outcomes. In her role as Cushman & Wakefield’s CIO in the Asia Pacific region, Sheridan leads a team that provides innovative, intuitive and insightful technology platforms for the real estate industry. She’s passionate about building an eco-system of like-minded partners that are leveraging property and technology to transform the way we work, shop and live.

Chalee Vorakulpipat earned B.Eng. degree in electronics engineering from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, M.S. degree in information technology from Kasetsart University, and PhD degree in information systems from the University of Salford. He is currently the head of Cybersecurity Laboratory, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand. He has been involved in several projects in information security (including ThaiCERT), mobile device management, social networking sites, ubiquitous computing, context-aware computing, e-health, and mobile application development. He has over thirty refereed publications in these areas. He also serves as a subcommittee member on issues regarding national information security of Thailand. In his academic role, he works as a lecturer for information systems courses at several universities across Thailand. He holds professional certificates including CISSP, CISA, PMP and IRCA (ISMS Lead Auditor).

Anne Weatherston is an experienced leader of Business and IT transformation. She has worked in this capacity across a variety of industries with extensive financial services experience and most recently Energy Services.

She is currently the Chief Transformation Officer of EnergyAustralia, a role that she was asked to take up following a successful period as the Company’s CIO. As Chief Transformation Officer she is responsible for the oversight of all of the Company’s change agenda which is focused on transforming the organisation from an electricity generator to a world class retailer providing next generation energy services and solutions. This change has implications for the Company’s culture, processes and technology.

Prior to this role her career had been dominated by senior transformation and IT leadership roles including Transformation roles at Gas de France, Banco Santander and CIO of Bank of Ireland and most recently ANZ Bank. At ANZ Bank she was recruited to transform the technology capability both to address significant performance issues and also to enable the Bank’s new strategy for Asia. In this role she gained regulator and Board support and succeeded in moving the Bank’s technology from being around the worst of global banks to the best.

Anne is passionate about the role of technology as an enabler of change and is now working with a number of early start FinTech companies. She sits on the Board of Mint Payments who are listed on the ASX.

Kyle Loades is a non-executive director and strategist who has a depth of governance experience in the business and community sectors.

Kyle was appointed as a Director to the NRMA in 2005. In 2014 he became Chairman of the NRMA Group which encompasses Thrifty Car Rentals and Travelodge Australia. During his tenure as Chairman Kyle has overseen a period of significant transformation and growth including Board renewal and the transition to a new CEO.

In 2016, the NRMA embarked on an aggressive new strategy. The NRMA has extended its travel and transport product and services including the adoption of new technology to serve its 2.4 million Members. Kyle is also Deputy President of the Australian Automobile Association, the peak body for Australian automobile clubs. Additionally, Kyle is a Board Member of the Committee for Sydney.

Kyle has a keen interest in disruptive strategy and start-ups. He was behind the successful NRMA Jumpstart innovation accelerator program, which established the NRMA as an investor and advisor to digital disrupters. These businesses joined the other NRMA digital investments in Divvy, Camplify and Careseekers, Tushare, Airtasker and Sendle. Prior to joining the NRMA, Kyle successfully established, grew and ran an independent car broking business that disrupted the motor vehicle retail industry. After almost 15 years of successful growth, Kyle sold the business to a large listed company.

In the community, Kyle has special interest in the delivery of emergency services and community infrastructure. Currently he is the Chairman Hunter Medical Research Institute and past Chairman of its Foundation. He was a Director of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service for 16 years. Kyle is a Past President of the Hunter Business Chamber and is a Life Member and former President of Nobbys Surf Life Saving Club.

Kyle is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Kyle recently completed a Disruptive Strategy course at Harvard Business School.

At T2, we’re about reinventing and reimagining the humble tea leaf, and sharing our teas with anyone who’ll listen.

Our brand has 90+ stores globally including Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and Singapore!

As Global Director Information Technology, Peter Carrodus is responsible for global IT innovation and operations across all channels.

Since joining the company four years ago, T2 has embarked on a global expansion program, delivering a doubling of store numbers, brand expansion into the United Kingdom, USA and Singapore, and significant growth of the e-commerce channel.

To enable this global expansion T2 has embarked on a digital transformation program delivering global ERP and e-commerce platforms, which has seen the entrepreneurial use of emerging cloud technologies.

Peter is an experienced IT leader with extensive experience delivering transformational IT programs for respected brands, particularly in the retail space, notably at Bakers Delight and the Just Group.

Jeremy Hubbard is a disruptive, delivery-focused leader with 20 years’ experience driving digital strategy and solutions across Australia, China and the United Kingdom. In 2017, CIO50 ranked Jeremy in the top 20 CIOs in Australia. Jeremy currently leads the digital business at UBank where he is driving rapid technology change and innovation across the organisation.

Jeremy has played a key role in the development and deployment of UBank’s digital and financial products since 2008. He led the implementation of UBank’s market leading digital home loan capability which launched in 2011. More recently, Jeremy spearheaded UBank’s AI journey including the launch of Australia’s first ever virtual assistant to support the home loan application process. He is focused on innovating beyond the boundaries of banking and is a key member of the leadership team at Australia’s fast-moving fintech with a banking license.

A leader in transformation who has worked in large corporate organisations across Europe, the United States and Australia, William Payne has a successful track record of delivering effective change. From rapidly turning poor performing IT functions into truly customer-focused business capabilities, to leading global change programs across 20 countries or developing business-led strategic plans, William combines business and technical expertise with excellent facilitation and presentation skills. His extensive experience as both Chief Information Officer and Chief Strategy Officer combine to provide a unique skill set for the age of digital transformation.

Shelley has more than 20 years’ experience working across multiple industries and has held a variety of roles in areas including Engineering, Strategy, Asset Management, Logistics, culture change and business leadership. Shelley joined Woodside in 2011 and is currently managing Woodside’s Data Science and IT as Chief Digital Officer.

Ellis has a track record of creating and leading world-class IT organizations and driving transformational change in the IT function.
He combines a results-focussed leadership style with deep technical and problem-solving expertise.

Ellis has held key roles in software development, architecture, project management, people management and change management, across a range of industries.

During his time at Toyota, Ellis has driven a fundamental transformation in the IT Division, delivering measurable business value and customer satisfaction whilst dramatically reducing costs.

Berin Lautenbach is the Acting Chief Information Security Officer at Telstra with an extensive and diverse background in Cyber Security spanning 24 years. Berin loves the big cyber security challenges and bringing together a team of great minds to protect customer and corporate data and the Telstra network.

His more recent roles have included leading the Information Security team in GE Capital Australia followed by setting up and leading the Security Architecture team for GE Capital globally. Berin has been involved in projects covering a wide range of security technologies such as intrusion detection; application security and malware control, to name just a few.

Berin worked for a number of organisations including the Department of Defence Australia, Dimension Data, National Australia Bank and GE, before joining Telstra in 2015.

Cameron joined Virgin Australia in 2013 with over 20 years’ experience in executive IT roles across airline, banking and rail freight sectors. Cameron’s roles have included work in Asia, Europe and the USA, holding several Executive Advisory Board positions both in Australia and abroad.

As the previous CIO at Aurizon and now Virgin Australia his particular area of focus is driving performance change in the IT function, especially in its partnership with the wider airline and loyalty program businesses.

Tony is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for QBE Australia and New Zealand (ANZO). Prior to joining QBE, Tony was the Head of Direct Insurance Technology at IAG and was responsible for developing the group IT strategy. In his 25 years in the industry, Tony has held various leadership positions with BT Financial Group and Westpac Banking Corporation.

As CIO, Tony is responsible for all aspects of IT across ANZO as well as the delivery of Group IT projects. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has significant governance experience spanning charity and profit organisations.

In her role, Belinda executes her passion for creating success from and to any form, whether it’s a technology for the healthcare sector, or software for the resources and mining sector.

It’s a matter of applying the right digital transformation strategy, design and innovation principles with the right set of execution items to deliver this success.

Belinda is well-versed in account development and management, solution selling, establishing and managing channel partners, region and market management for all segments as well as product and business development.

For questions about GE Digital partnership, contact Belinda at:

Belinda.vassallo@ge.com

Mobile: +61 2 402 896 752

John’s extensive career in the IT industry has also spanned Organisational Change Management and Risk Management.  This has included almost two decades working in the Asia Pacific region delivering regional and global accountabilities.   John has significant experience partnering with the business in the planning and execution of significant transformation programs.    Complimenting John’s background in transformation are his experiences delivering two major business start-ups and many substantial greenfield business / technology initiatives.

Target Australia is undertaking a whole-of-business transformation, with IT being a significant partner to all areas of the business, enabling substantial and enduring change.   John is accountable for the underpinning IT strategy, planning of the project portfolio and delivery governance. This ensures quality business engagement and alignment, coupled with strong commercial decision making on all IT investments.

Mike holds the role of Chief Customer Officer, Technology for Flight Centre Travel Group Limited’s (ASX:FLT) corporate brands in Australia and New Zealand overseeing customer experience, technology and data strategy.

A true travel technologist, Mike has become influential as a technology evangelist and data guru with a clear understanding of the role technology plays in assisting people make informed and interactive travel decisions and ultimately, allowing people to get on with their business. He is an excellent communicator and big picture thinker and has a track-record of developing and leading innovative teams.

Mike has been working for FCTG for over 13 years. He started his career as an accountant for FCTG’s New Zealand Corporate Division, later moving into business process re-engineering and project management. He established an analytical discipline in Flight Centre’s NZ business before relocating to the company’s Brisbane headquarters and taking over IT solution delivery for Asia Pacific. He has been instrumental in delivering the travel consultant fulfilment platform for the region.

Mike has been responsible for of all the customer facing Travel Technology Products for Flight Centre’s large market corporate brand FCM Travel Solutions in Australia and New Zealand. Due to the increased prominence of data, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, Mike’s role has diversified to include the oversight of the Data and Analytics Strategy for the region.

His career also saw him diversify into the Marketing and Digital space by taking the combined role of Chief Information and Marketing Officer with a privately-owned company engaging in a start-up activity.

Mike holds a BCom in Accounting and Tax, GradDipCom and BCom (Hons) in Operations Management and Supply Chain and Masters in Management Accounting. He is a certified Chartered Practising Accountant (CPA Australia) and Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA, UK) and a member of both institutes.

John De Angelis commenced at The Star Entertainment Group on 1 February 2016, and brings with him 28 years’ experience in the Australian technology sector.

Prior to commencing at The Star Entertainment Group, John was an IT Director at AMP from 2004 to 2015 where he helped the organisation successfully integrate AMP with AXA Australia and support the Customer Transformation Program.

As a Senior Information Technology Executive, John has an extensive experience in driving change across organisations in the wealth management, banking and manufacturing sectors throughout Australia, having also held roles at ANZ Wealth Management and ING Australia.

John holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science from RMIT University Melbourne

Dr. Audrey Lobo-Pulo is a Senior Adviser in the Australian Treasury, and is an advocate for open government, data science and open source software in government modelling.  Audrey has worked on economic policy modelling in personal taxation, housing, pensions, superannuation, labour force, and population demographics. More recently  Audrey has presented internationally on government open data and open source models, and is currently involved in bringing a data science perspective to policy analytics.

Catherine Buhler is BlueScope’s Chief Information Security Officer and is responsible for ensuring the protection of BlueScope’s sensitive information and assets against cyber threats and exfiltration. BlueScope is Australia’s largest flat steel production company with manufacturing plants in 17 countries.

Prior to BlueScope Catherine held a variety of roles delivering Vulnerability Services, Secure Coding, PCI DSS and ISO/IEC 27001 Compliance and the development and maintenance of Security Policy and Standards across the Telco and Finance sectors. Catherine is a passionate Cyber Security and Risk Professional and an accomplished executive skilled in providing security and risk strategy and management in a digitally connected world.

Ian Gibson is the Chief Information Officer for SuperChoice Services Pty Limited, the Australian market leader in cloud-based superannuation management and clearinghouse software, where he has been transforming the technology business.  He is also Chairman of the Gateway Operators’ association, GATE, and a Non-executive director of the Gateway Network Governance body.

He has also held several senior executive and CIO roles, co-founded a boutique consulting firm and worked with several technology start-ups.

Ian was a Partner in Accenture’s Strategy practice where he focused on business and IT-enabled strategy and organisational design.

Ian is a regular speaker and has appeared on Sky News.  He has authored over 50 publications; been twice nominated for Thought Leadership awards; in 2014 received 2 iAwards for innovation; in 2016 received an Architecture Award for Excellence and was awarded Top 30 Global Business CIO; and in 2017 was a finalist for the iTnews Finance CIO of the Year, a finalist for the NSW iAward for innovation, received an ANZ & Asia Pacific Architecture Award for Excellence (SOA category), and was awarded Top 20 ANZ & Asia Pacific Business CIO.

Joanna has more than 20 years’ international experience in the financial services and telecommunications sectors. She has held leadership roles in information technology, finance and management consultancies specialising in IT Strategy and Program Delivery, and data and analytics. Joanna has led successful transformations of data culture and capability at large, complex organisations including Commonwealth Bank, IAG and nbn. She is a Chartered Accountant and is the President of The Data Warehouse Institute of Australia.

Beth Patterson is a globally recognised leader in the development of legal technologies, including the application of artificial intelligence to deliver innovative and competitive client solutions.  Beth leads Allens’ team of multi-disciplinary professionals, working with lawyers and clients to deliver low cost document review solutions integrated with market leading technologies. Her innovative work saw her recently receive the LawTech Legal IT Leader of the Year – Large Firm and the 2015 ILTA Litigation Support Professional of the Year Distinguished Peer Award. Her team also recently won the Lexis Nexis Janders Dean Innovation Index award and Allens was a winner of Australasian Lawyer’s “Innovative Firms of 2016”.

An experienced C-level executive and board director of 15+ years, Michelle has developed her capabilities across many industries.

Initially pursuing a career in accounting and later in Information Technology, Michelle has leveraged these combined skills to facilitate significant business change and growth programs. She is currently CIO of The Intrepid Group and a Non-Executive Director for VERNet, a telecommunications company, and REI Super.  In 2016 Michelle’s achievements in innovation, leadership and digital transformation in the travel industry were recognised through the Women in Travel (Technology) Award and by being named in the top 25 of the CIO50 Awards.

Michelle is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, a Certified Professional Accountant, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has an MBA (Exec) from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Elizabeth is a leader of transformational change with experience working with executive groups and building high performing teams.  She is an innovative leader in applying technology as a transformation agent for business change and is passionate about gender diversity in technology and a focus of technology to provide equity, particularly in education and health.

In her current role as CIO at the Department of Education and Training, Victoria, Elizabeth has initiated a transformation program to uplift the Department’s technology capability to support new digital teaching and learning environments.  Elizabeth has worked across many industries including higher education, transport, manufacturing and facilities management and has represented her region on the AARNet Advisory Committee and as President of the Council of Australian Directors of IT (CAUDIT).

Berys Amor has worked in the legal sector for more than 25 years, specialising in information technology. She has worked for a number of top ten law firms and managed a range of areas within technology, including client technology solutions, service delivery, training, system administration and project management.

Berys’ current role as Director of Technology at Corrs Chambers Westgarth involves collaborating with key business stakeholders to understand the business objectives and factors of success in the industry, and developing and implementing the IS strategy in line with the overall business strategy.  Berys is also a Knowledge Advisor for the International Legal Technology Association and was selected for CIO Australia’s top 50 CIOs for 2016.

As the Regional Director of Security Software at Micro Focus, Matthew works with C-Suite clients in Australia and New Zealand to help them strike the right balance between easy access to critical business data and mitigating risk in their digital infrastructure. With more than 16 years’ experience as a senior executive and strategic consultant in enterprise IT, he’s passionate about delivering customer-centric innovations that enable organisations to take a holistic, open and intelligent approach to security that tackles today’s most sophisticated threats.

Prior to the merger of Micro Focus and HPE’s Software Division in 2017, Matthew was the Regional Director of HPE’s Security Software, and he also spent several years as a senior executive with Cisco, leading their sales divisions for security, data centre and cloud. Widely regarded as a thought leader in the industry, he has a proven track record for solving complex client problems and developing collaborative enterprise IT engagements across a diverse range of industries and verticals.

Matthew firmly believes that it’s the interplay of people, processes and technology that allows an organisation to achieve optimum results from their enterprise IT security deployments. While investments in technology and effective processes are essential for any robust security strategy, he strongly advocates the importance of people for realising real synergies through effective leadership, change management and enablement.

Mark Beaumont is the spearhead for Darktrace’s national expansion in Australia, with over 20 years of experience in the enterprise information security across the telecommunications and banking sectors. Prior to joining Darktrace, Mark spent eight years with security firm RSA.

A frequent speaker at industry events in Australia, Mark is an expert on the cyber-threat landscape and how artificial intelligence can be used to autonomously defend against cyber-attacks. Mark holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool, UK.