Cindy Taibi is the Chief Information Officer of The New York Times.

Cindy started at The Times in 1981 and has worked across the company in a variety of roles: initially as a developer in our core print News Systems group; overseeing I.T. for our regional media group in the mid-2000s, as the head of our print advertising and business systems teams; and recently, overseeing our internal infrastructure, including international locations.

As C.I.O, Cindy is responsible for applying technology to support our business, including: the infrastructure that supports the mission of The Times, productivity tools and critical applications that are the nervous system of our business, including our financial systems, our talent management systems and our legal and compliance systems.

Cindy is the first woman to hold the role at The New York Times.

Dr Clark is currently Head of the Australian Space Agency and a director of Rio Tinto, CSL Limited and CARE Australia. She is a member of the Australian advisory board of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Dr Clark recently chaired the Expert Working Group into the Review of Australia’s Space Industry Capability. She was Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 2009 to 2014.  Prior to CSIRO, she was a Director at NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia) and was Vice President Technology and subsequently Vice President Health, Safety and Environment at BHP Billiton from 2003 to 2008.

Dr Clark holds a BSc from the University of Western Australia and a PhD from Queen’s University, Canada and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, a Fellow of the AusIMM and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  In 2014, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.

Dr. Eppanapally is a financial services professional, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist with a passion for healthcare, education and the environment. His lifelong mission has been to transform youth into responsible citizens and establish a peaceful society for harmonious living.

With over 30 years of diverse experience and as a financial services professional, Dr. Eppanapally has been involved in directing and managing major high visible global initiatives in the financial services industry. He is an entrepreneur and invested in several disruptive technology companies. He is a visionary, passionate about giving back to the society, founder of few NGOs and serves on several boards.

Mr Stephen Pearson commenced as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in February 2018.

A consistent, results-driven global CIO and IT executive, he has proven ability to deliver sustainable transformational change through positive influencing, the close collaboration of IT and business stakeholders, and effective leveraging of technology as a key business enabler.

As Defence CIO he is responsible for:

• ensuring Defence has a modern, dependable, secure and integrated single information environment which supports Defence’s business and military operations;

• providing strong leadership of the people and financial resources within the Group; and

• making a significant leadership contribution in relation to security, both for the Defence organisation and at a whole of government level.

Prior to joining the Australian Public Service, Stephen’s career encompassed diverse industry sectors including mining services, supply and logistics, retail, airlines, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare and professional services.

He has a strong record of success in developing and implementing IT strategies, operating models and technology solutions (digital, ERP) in complex global business environments. He is experienced with both centralised and distributed IT functions, and is an advocate of organisation change management to complement technology initiatives.

After spending a number of years successfully delivering major business change initiatives at Air Canada, Qantas, Coles and Newcrest Mining, he was the global CIO of Orica during a time of great change in the industry and the organisation. He has also been an independent advisor to Toll Group, Ausenco and Oil Search leadership, supporting their respective transformation programs. Prior to joining Defence, Stephen was CIO and Head of Transformation at Lattice Energy.

His vision for the future is for the successful delivery of effective, flexible, innovative and scalable ICT solutions and services to support our current and future integrated Defence capability to defend the country and its interests.

Stephen graduated from the University of Central Queensland with a Bachelor of Business Studies in 1977 and is a Chartered Accountant.

He is married with two children, a daughter and a son. He enjoys tennis, keeping fit, travelling, wine, music and watching most sports, particularly rugby union where he is a Foundation Member of the Melbourne Rebels.

John Cox has been the group CIO of Australia Post since August 2016.

Prior to his current position, John started his career with Accenture working in Australia, Germany and the UK on large IT transformations. Prior executive roles included divisional CIO for Banking and Wealth, and divisional CIO for Banking and Markets at the NAB. He has deep domain expertise in banking, capital markets and wealth management.

John holds a Bachelors of Arts and Bachelor of Science (Hons in Philosophy & Mathematics), Diploma of Modern Languages (German), and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance.

Sean Langton’s career started in Software Engineering, at a start up consultancy rolling out what we today call ‘agile’ software engineering methods to end user organisations; from there he moved into developing software for an Investment Bank before migrating to Australia. After a stint in the mining sector, Sean returned to Financial Services with Bankwest where he’s led the Software Engineering team for 4 years. Sean is passionate about the role Technology can and will play to improve Bankwest’s business and customer experiences, and more broadly the role it plays in improving society. Outside of work he sits on a couple of advisory boards to help grow and bring diversity to the tech community in Western Australia, and in his spare time keeps fit by running and exercising his dog.

Mark joined Fairfax Media in 2003 and in March 2015 was appointed Chief Technology Officer of Domain. In his role, he works with the executive leadership team to develop products and services and manages technology across the group. He is responsible for improving Domain’s technology and systems, driving agile delivery, cloud adoption and evolving microservice architectures.

Prior to this, Mark was General Manager of Product Solutions at Fairfax Media, where he headed up a team of approximately 200 with technical responsibility for Fairfax’s Australian and New Zealand digital product development, and ownership of shared products such as membership, digital subscription platforms and custom advertising solutions. Mark holds a BS (Computer Science and Applied Mathematics) from University of the Witwatersrand.

David Hackshall is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Cochlear Ltd, a leader in cochlea implant technology that supports over 450,000 people with hearing loss around the world. Since commencing his role in July 2015, David has overseen the organisation’s global IT capability with a focus on innovating technology to further improve the Cochlear recipient’s journey.

Based in Sydney, David operates in a global capacity with operations throughout Asia, Europe and the US. Under David’s supervision the Cochlear technology function has undertaken a material restructure whilst delivering a number of customer facing and internal cornerstone applications.

David was also recently selected by his peers to be included in the top 10 CIOs across Australia and New Zealand. David has over 20 years’ of experience in driving technological transformation spanning differing industry sectors. He has worked in some of Australia’s leading companies including logistics, financial services and now medical devices. David holds both a Master of Information Technology Management and MBA from Macquarie University.

Sarah Harland is Suncorp’s Chief Information Officer. She was appointed in September 2016 to lead Suncorp’s Group technology. Sarah is responsible for overseeing development of digital, data, insurance and banking platforms, core infrastructure, IT operations and the innovation labs function.

Sarah is recognised as a global leader in digital transformation, having successfully led large-scale complex technology projects for international organisations. Prior to joining Suncorp, Sarah held senior technology roles at Medibank Private, ANZ, the National Health Service in the UK and QWEST Communication in the US.

She has a strong background in financial services, having worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London, Bloomberg and Standard & Poor’s. She is a graduate of the University College London and has an MBA from Henley Business School.

Rocky Scopelliti is a world-renowned futurologist. His pioneering research on the confluence of demographic change associated with Millennials, and digital technology, have influenced the way we think about our social, cultural, economic and technological future. His new book ‘Youthquake 4.0 – A Whole Generation and the New Industrial Revolution’ will be launched in September 2018.

As a media commentator, his unique insights have featured on SKY Business News, The Australian Financial Review, ABC Radio National, The Economist, Forbes and Bloomberg. As an international key note speaker, his presentations have captivated audiences across Asia Pacific, the USA and Europe including Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As a thought-leader, over 150 boards and leadership teams, including Fortune 100 corporations, each year seek his advice on strategy.

A distinguished author, his 12 published thought-leadership research reports have become internationally recognised for their influence including the World Economic Forum’s Disruptive Innovation in Financial Services Program.

In an executive capacity, he is a member of the Optus Business Leadership team as the Director, Centre for Industry 4.0 where he leads the specialist team creating world class thought-leadership and innovation to guide enterprises on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

In a non-executive capacity, he is director on the board of Community First Credit Union, a member of the REST Super Technology Advisory Panel and member of the Australian Payments Council.

Educated in Australia and trained in the USA at Sydney and Stanford Universities respectively, he has a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Management and an MBA. He is also a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

James Spenceley is an Australian VC investor, award-winning entrepreneur and company director. He is the Chairman of Airtasker and CEO and co-founder of MHOR asset management, a specialist small capital investment fund.

In 2007 James founded Vocus Communications and went on to become the youngest Australian to create and lead an ASX100 company. When he stepped down as CEO in February 2016, the company had annual revenue of $1.8billion, a market cap of $5billion and 1,500 staff. His achievements at Vocus saw him feature three times on the BRW young rich list and two-times as a EY Entrepreneur of the Year winner.

Following his success with Vocus, James has established himself as a leading Australian VC investor, mentor and philanthropist, and spent a number of years as co-owner and Chair of the Illawarra Hawks NBL team.

Alongside Airtasker, James holds a number of ASX-listed board positions including, Chairman of Silver Heritage Group and non-executive director of Indoor Sky Dive Australia Group.

In 2018 he was inducted into the CommsDay Edison Awards Hall of Fame and recently was announced as the first ambassador for the Women on Boards WOBSX program.

Fiona Macgregor joined TAL in January 2014 as General Manager, Innovation Development, bringing with her a successful history of corporate innovation. She joined the Executive team in April 2015 with her promotion to Chief Customer and Innovation Officer and transitioned to Chief Information and Innovation Officer in July 2018, with responsibility across Technology and TAL’s Innovation Incubator and Accelerator programs. Prior to joining TAL, Fiona worked as an independent consultant, advising some of the UK’s largest service brands and high-tech companies on growth opportunities, customer experience design and how leaders can create the right climate for innovation. Fiona was previously Head of Innovation for a leading UK bank, where she was responsible for leading a team to design and launch a number of innovative products, services and brand innovations in the UK, US, Europe and Asia markets. This included uniting all retail bank operations around a set of customer charter commitments.

Pam Rebecca was appointed Chief Strategy, Innovation and Digital in April 2018, with responsibility for leading the development of World Vision Australia’s strategy, Innovation and Social enterprises, and Digital transformation. Pam is a tech-savvy leader with experience in all aspects of digital transformation including strategy, e-commerce, digital marketing and agile delivery. Pam was previously Chief, Digital & Retail for World Vision Australia with responsibility for leading the digital agenda and mass market channels. Prior to joining World Vision Pam was GM Digital ANZ Australia, leading digital strategy, channels and the Digital Transformation Program. Pam has a proven track record in consistently building and leading high performing teams to grow and transform businesses across multiple domains. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) with Honours from Queensland University of Technology and an MBA from the University of Melbourne.

Stephen Haddad is an experienced CIO/CTO and Business Transformation Executive who has demonstrated his ability to drive strategic business growth over 20 years in Australia’s Media, Finance and Consulting organisations. Prior to this role, Stephen held CIO roles at Bauer Media, FujiFilm and senior roles within banking and telecommunications.

Stephen is responsible for all technology domains across SCA, including Business Systems, Corporate Networks and Infrastructure, Digital Design and Development, Audio Engineering Technology & Operations and Television Broadcast Engineering & Operations. Stephen also has management responsibility for the Project Management Office and Procurement functions.

Adrian is senior data scientist at Airtasker where he’s built their machine learning pipeline and is responsible for building their machine learning products. He’s worked in the startup scenes in Sydney and the UK and conducted research in mathematics and machine learning out of Warwick University, Australian National University and Charles Sturt University. His research has covered neural networks, time series algebra, matrix analysis, complexity theory, machine learning, statistics and data science.

Adrian is senior data scientist at Airtasker where he’s built their machine learning pipeline and is responsible for building their machine learning products. He’s worked in the startup scenes in Sydney and the UK and conducted research in mathematics and machine learning out of Warwick University, Australian National University and Charles Sturt University. His research has covered neural networks, time series algebra, matrix analysis, complexity theory, machine learning, statistics and data science.