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Head of Technology Planning and Reporting, Technology Governance

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Qualifications and Memberships:

• B Eng Hons 2 Computer Engineering ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ

Areas of Expertise:

• Technology
• Telecommunications and IT 

Biography:

Pia Seeto is the Head of Planning & Reporting for Technology at TPG Telecom. She works with the Technology Executives to form the technology strategy for the services TPG Telecom provides to the community. She is Alumni of ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Computer Engineering and chairs the Industry Advisory Board for the School for Computer Science and Engineering. She was awarded the ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Women in Engineering, Dr Judy Raper Award in 2014.

VP Connected Care Platforms, Architecture & Partnerships

Qualifications and Memberships:

• BSC (ENG) Electrical Instrument Rating
• Single Engine Aircraft, 2D, 3D

Areas of Expertise:

• Medical Devices
• Software Development
• Software Architecture

Biography:

"Victor Rodrigues is the Vice President of Connected Care Platforms, Architecture & Partnerships at Cochlear Limited, where he has been for 23 years. With over 30 years of experience in software design and development, he is passionate about user-centred design and driving innovation in regulated environments.

Victor has led the development of medical-grade mobile applications and cloud-based solutions, including Apple MFi and Android-compatible audio streaming for Cochlear implant systems. These technologies have delivered significant value to both end users and clinicians, blending cutting-edge capability with clinical rigour.

He is also a co-author of a publication on applying Agile methods to medical device software and is a strong advocate for bringing modern software engineering practices to the medtech space.

Victor serves as an advisor to Synchron, a pioneering neurotechnology company developing a brain-computer interface designed to restore digital communication for people with paralysis.

In his spare time, he still enjoys getting his hands into code. Once an active instrument-rated private pilot, Victor has temporarily traded the skies for strategy meetings—though his license remains ready should life ease off the controls."

Chief Scientific Officer, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Qualifications and Memberships:

• PhD University of Cambridge

Areas of Expertise:

• Bioinformatics
• Computational Biology
• Genomics
• Biotechnology

Biography:

Professor Sarah Kummerfeld Garvan’s Chief Scientific Officer. She oversees the institute's scientific platforms leveraging genomics, single-cell technology, data science, imaging, antibody engineering and clinical translation to understand human disease and translate findings into clinical diagnostics and treatments. Professor Kummerfeld’s background is in computational biology. She completed her PhD in Computational Biology at the University of Cambridge and postdoctoral research at Stanford University before a 10 year stint at biotech company, Genentech. 

Distinguished Engineer

Recently retired from Google

Biography:

Rob Pike worked from 1980-2002 at Bell Labs Computing Sciences Research, then until 2021 at Google designing and building systems and infrastructure. He is co-designer and co-implementer of Plan 9, UTF-8, and the Go programming language.

CIO for Technology & Distinguished Engineer - Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Qualifications and Memberships:

• Masters of IT (AI) - from ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ
• Harvard General Management Program
• Board Director at the Future Skills Organisation
• Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Areas of Expertise:

• Software engineering
• Technology transformation
• AI
• Cyber security 

Biography:

Brendan leads engineering and innovation for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, is an independent director of the Future Skills Organisation, and a co-founder of SEC.edu

CEO

FiveCast

Mixed Reality Solutions & Partners Lead Australia, New Zealand, India, Korea & South East Asia

Microsoft

Director, Delling Advisory

Qualifications and Memberships:

• B.Com(ISM)
• GAICD
• AISA Life Member

Areas of Expertise:

• Cyber security and entrepreneurship

Biography:

Nick Ellsmore founded, built & sold two of Australia’s leading cybersecurity professional services firms: Hivint, acquired by Trustwave in 2018; and SIFT/Stratsec, acquired by BAE Systems Australia in 2010. Both companies were Telstra Business Awards Winners and members of various ‘fast growth’ lists. He is a Graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course, and has served on boards and forums including the Internet Industry Association, the NATA AAC for Software Testing, ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Advisory Boards, and as an Australian delegate to the APEC TEL Security & Prosperity Steering Group.

Retired, Formerly Director, Engineering, Arista Networks

Qualifications and Memberships:

• BEng (Computer Engineering, ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ)
• PhD (Computer Science, ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ)

Areas of Expertise:

• Networking
• High frequency trading
• Hardware design
• FPGA
• In-network computing
• Time synchronisation

Biography:

David co-founded Metamako, a leading supplier of networking hardware, built specifically for the financial trading industry. These network devices have very low latency, and very precise timing. Metamako was acquired by Arista Networks, a major supplier of Ethernet network switching equipment to hyper scale cloud customers, including AI networking. Following his tenure at Arista, David consults and advises startup companies like MP Space, building energy systems for space, and Timebeat, building innovative clock synchronisation solutions. 

Managing Director, ITIC

Qualifications and Memberships:

• Master of Research, MQU

Areas of Expertise:

• Software Automation
• ICT Architecture and Design

Biography:

Stephen is a seasoned IT leader and Consulting Lead at Intuitive Technology Innovations (ITI Group), specialising in delivering complex IT projects across diverse industries, with a focus on Microsoft and Cisco technologies, contact centre solutions, and automation frameworks. Stephen has contributed to large-scale projects for Australia's top enterprise and government organisations.

Stephen works closely with academia and industry to bridge the gap through Work Integrated Learning programs in Software Development, Data Science, and Cybersecurity, while supporting industry-led university research in AI and Machine Learning.