Official Event Advisory Panel
Quest Events would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the official event advisory panel who contributed their valuable time and expertise to ensure the agenda for this event is timely and relevant for all stakeholders working in the Australian IT infrastructure sector.
Ajay Kumar Dhir
Chairman
CXO Forum
Ajay Kumar Dhir is a Visionary Entrepreneur, Mentor, Philanthropist, Strategic Advisor and a highly experienced Business - IT Leader with over 34 years of distinguished experience with large corporates in India and Abroad. He has travelled and worked globally on professional assignments.
In addition to the primary profile of a Chief Information Officer, he has also taken on additional roles as Chief of Human Resources, Strategy, Manufacturing etc., as well as been the CEO of a leading IT Services / KPO firm in US. He has also been involved in M&A of some very large overseas acquisitions in Steel, Mining and Automotive, spread across Indonesia, Australia and Netherlands. All this has given him a very broad and mature profile across various industry verticals and domains.
He is one of the top experts recognised globally for his expertise and vast experience in Manufacturing, Metals, Mining, Utilities, Natural Resources, Energy, Infrastructure & Real Estate, Supply Chain & Logistics, TMT (Technology Media Telecom), Human Capital, Hospitality and Healthcare Verticals, and works with top consulting firms as a subject matter expert. He is also an advisor to the Royal Family of Udaipur for Strategy, HR, IT and Branding for their Hospitality, Leisure and IT verticals.
He has been honored by CIO Association of India and World CIO Council as one of 'India's Most Respected CIOs and is a winner of several awards and recognitions such as "CIO Masters" Award, 2012 - "Collaboration", CISO 100 in 2011 & 2012, the Silver EDGE Award in 2009 and 2010, 'Top 10 Green Enterprise' Award in 2010, CIO 100 - 'Bold' in 2008, CIO 100 - 'Ingenious' in 2009, The 'Best Green Strategy' in 2009 etc.
One of the most respected CIOs in India, he is regarded as a Thought Leader and is a highly sought after speaker in the CXO Community and prestigious International Forums.
Ajay is an alumnus of Hindu College Delhi, Institute of Management Technology and Indian School of Business, all premium institutions of India.
Professor Jill Slay
Director
The Australian Centre for Cyber Security
Professor Jill Slay's research has focused on Forensic Computing for the last ten years although she has a well-established international research reputation in a range of aspects of cyber security including critical infrastructure protection and cyber terrorism. With a variety of collaborators, she has instigated cross-disciplinary research that draws on social science, anthropology, law, drugs and crime, police and justice studies, as well as systems and communications engineering and IT, to achieve its aims. She has supervised 16 PhD students to completion, and thirty of her Honours and Masters graduates are employed in developing computer forensic and IT security software and networking solutions for industry and the Australian Federal government. She advises industry and government on strategy and policy in this research domain.
Jill has published one book and more than 120 refereed book chapters, journal articles or research papers in forensic computing, information assurance, critical infrastructure protection, complex systems and education. She has been awarded approximately AUD2 million in grant funding since 2005.
Jill is a Fellow of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) and a member of its Board. She was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2011 for her service to the information technology industry through contributions in the areas of forensic computer science, security, protection of infrastructure and cyber-terrorism.
Chris Gough
Director of Digital Innovation
Department of the Environment
Chris has 20 years of experience as a software developer, entrepreneur and Commonwealth public servant. In the last few years, his role went from Director of Platform Services at the Department of the Environment (responsible for operations of over 400 heterogeneous IT systems) to “Developer at Large” at the Digital Transformation Office, and then back to the Environment where he ran the first Commonwealth Digital Transformation project to deliver 15 months ahead of schedule and 90% under budget.
Ed Knott
Head of Google Cloud Platform, ANZ
Google
Mark Remenyi
Specialist in Mission Critical IT Infrastructure and Systems
Roseash
Commenced career in I.T. in 1981. Graduate of Melbourne University with a BSc in Computer Science.
Multiple certifications from IBM and other vendors in various large-scale technologies since.
Worked for various multi-national corporations up until 1986 when ventured-out to run his own business in IT training, software design, development and infrastructure consulting.
In 1995, Roseash Pty Limited was formed, specialising in custom infrastructure development and implementation to clients primarily in the Banking and Insurance sectors with 40+ consulting staff opening offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Over 2001 to 2003, Mark scaled-down the business to just himself, so that he could provide personal advice and personally consult in core Infrastructure to private clients in Retail, Manufacturing, Defence, Banking and Medical Distribution in Australia and S.E. Asia. Speaks English, Indonesian, Thai, Malay and a smattering of a few other languages.