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Harness the collective intelligence of the world’s foremost thought leaders to learn best practices and be inspired.
Malcolm
Wanstall
VP Data Strategy at Cochlear & former Group Head of Data at Westpac

Malcolm Wanstall

VP Data Strategy at Cochlear & former Group Head of Data at Westpac

About

A technology executive with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for bringing data & digital to life whilst keeping the customer experience at the heart of everything.

With 15+ years of driving data & digital strategy, data science & engineering, platforms & technology leadership, Malcolm has unparalleled insight and an enviable track record leading organisations to realise their hidden potential through understanding how data & digital innovation operate most effectively at scale whilst always having a keen eye focused on spotting the technology of tomorrow, today.

 

Claudine
Ogilvie
former CIO Jetstar, CEO HivePix & ADAPT Advisor

Claudine Ogilvie

former CIO Jetstar, CEO HivePix & ADAPT Advisor

About
Dayle
Stevens OAM
Executive, Data & AI at Telstra

Dayle Stevens OAM

Executive, Data & AI at Telstra

About

Dayle joined Telstra in July 2021 with nearly 30 years’ experience in the technology industry. She has held notable executive leadership roles in technology at companies such as NAB and AGL. Today Dayle leads Telstra’s Data & AI function.

 

Outside of Telstra, Dayle is a non-executive director at Beyond Blue, Australia’s most well-known and trusted mental health organisation, and a member of the IT Advisory Committee at Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

 

Dayle has long championed diversity in STEM across industry and age group boundaries, both through her own work and with global organisations aimed at encouraging women and girls to participate in STEM such as Robogals and Girl Geek Academy.

 

Dayle’s work has been recognised with multiple industry and professional awards, including being named in the CIO50 list of the best CIOs in Australia, the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, and being awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her services to information technology and to women. 

Michael
Pride
Director - APAC at Protegrity

Michael Pride

Director - APAC at Protegrity

About

Michael Pride is a seasoned professional with two decades of experience in cyber security sales. He currently is the Senior Sales Director, APAC at Protegrity, he has demonstrated expertise in navigating the intricacies of the Asia-Pacific region. With a decade-long track record leading sales teams, Michael has successfully driven growth and fostered client relationships in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the broader Asia-Pacific market. His commitment to excellence and extensive industry knowledge position him as a trusted leader in the field.

Joanna
Gurry
Chief Data Officer at nbn

Joanna Gurry

Chief Data Officer at nbn

About

Joanna Gurry is a commercially focused technology executive with 25 years’ experience in banking, insurance and telecommunications.

Building and leading large data and analytics teams at NBNCo, IAG, Commonwealth Bank and KPMG, Jo has led successful transformations of culture and capability in large, complex businesses.

Aiming always to strike the right balance between risk and compliance with strong commercial outcomes, Jo targets strategic relationships with great partners to propel an innovation agenda – driven by advanced analytics practices and underpinned by mature information management foundations.

Michael
Kollo
CEO at Evolved AI

Michael Kollo

CEO at Evolved AI

About

Michael is an experienced business leader with a strong technical foundation in statistical AI systems. He began his career with a PhD in Finance from the London School of Economics, eventually moving into institutional asset management and quantitative research (Blackrock, Fidelity, AXA). Later, transitioning to the development of AI systems for institutional investment programmes, while continuing to teach Masters courses in quantitative techniques and analysis at LSE and Imperial College.

Dr.
Shivaji Dasgupta
Group Chief Data & AI Officer at UniCredit

Dr. Shivaji Dasgupta

Group Chief Data & AI Officer at UniCredit

About

Multi-year strategic and operative experience in digital transformation and operations in cloud-based business models at large and mid-sized corporations, public-sector

Implementation of large end-to-end data-driven products, including architecture and processes with business and technology cross-functional, cross-geographic teams

Implementation of cloud solutions for financial, risk and ESG solutions

6 years as McKinsey Digital consultant with focus on digital transformation in finance and online business-models

Richard
Fleming
Head of Advanced Analytics and AI, Bain & Company

Richard Fleming

Head of Advanced Analytics and AI, Bain & Company

About

Richard Fleming is the leader of our Asia-Pacific Advanced Analytics practice. He is also a leader in our Transformation and Change practice.

He has more than 25 years of management consulting experience, advising business leaders on their biggest opportunities and challenges. He has supported clients with business transformation across strategy, customer experience, performance improvement, M&A, operating model design, digital, data and technology. His work is increasingly to support clients transform their businesses with digital, data and technology.

He has deep experience working with financial services clients in banking, insurance, wealth management and payments. Richard has also worked across industries including retail, consumer products, telecommunications, medtech and manufacturing.

He has applied his strategy consulting expertise globally, having served clients in the North America, Australia, the United Kingdom, and across Asia.

Prior to joining us in 2001, Richard worked for two other global consulting firms with a focus on technology.

He earned an MBA from Australian Graduate School of Management and a BA with Honors in physics from Oxford University.

 

Chase
Ginther
Principal Architect, AI/ ML, Field CTO Office at Snowflake

Chase Ginther

Principal Architect, AI/ ML, Field CTO Office at Snowflake

About

I’ve spent my career building ML solutions on the modern data stack. I’ve been fortunate to work on exciting projects from building deep learning models for ad-tech use cases with near-real time inference from IoT devices to building models to identify healthcare fraud waste and abuse.

Adam
Beavis
VP & Country Manager at Databricks ANZ

Adam Beavis

VP & Country Manager at Databricks ANZ

About
Alois
Reitbauer
Chief Technology Strategist, Head of Open Source, Lead Dynatrace Research

Alois Reitbauer

Chief Technology Strategist, Head of Open Source, Lead Dynatrace Research

About

Alois is Chief Technology Strategist of Dynatrace. He is fanatic about monitoring, DevOps and application performance. He spent most of his professional career in building monitoring tools and speeding up applications. He is a regular conference speaker, blogger, book author and Sushi maniac.

Lenka
Bednarikova
Head of IoT, Purple Professional Services at Telstra Purple

Lenka Bednarikova

Head of IoT, Purple Professional Services at Telstra Purple

About

Focused on customer success through driving the right outcomes in the right way. Lenka has been participating in and co-leading digital transformations across various industries for over ten years, leveraging lean, agile and HCD (Human Centred Design) ways of working. She is focused on data-driven business value solutions and helping customers accelerate their business intelligence and effectiveness. Having played on both sides of the field – as a customer and as a consultant, Lenka deeply appreciates the needs and context during unique digital transformation journeys.

Jim
Berry
CEO & Founder at ADAPT

Jim Berry

CEO & Founder at ADAPT

About

Jim founded ADAPT with a vision to help Australia thrive commercially, now and for the future.  To enable that, Jim leads ADAPT’s mission to connect, inform and equip our local business and tech leaders.

Leading the development of ADAPTs agenda’s and content strategy whilst also advising executive leadership teams from global technology service providers, Jim is uniquely experienced to be the voice of the end-user, the customer and the vendor.

Bringing his deep knowledge of the local market, Jim regularly presents “Know your Customer” webinars and guides the world’s largest vendors with their G-T-M and content strategies.

Through entrepreneurial product development and a servant leader mentality with his team and clients, ADAPT grows annually with clearly differentiated value for all stakeholders.

Gabby
Fredkin
Head of Analytics & Insights at ADAPT

Gabby Fredkin

Head of Analytics & Insights at ADAPT

About

Gabby’s primary role is managing ADAPT’s overall strategy for Data Analytics. He has extensive experience in using data to identify trends in technology that help shape Australian organisations. Utilising modern Data Science techniques, he provides ADAPT and their customers with confidence in the accuracy and validity of the information used for ADAPT’s Research, Advisory, and Events.​

With a passion for creating stories with data, Gabby is consistently rated as one of the top speakers at ADAPT Events. In round table discussions, he specialises in using statistics to initiate thought-provoking discussions. Gabby is effective in translating information into insights, enabling ADAPT’s customers to become more data-driven.​

Gabby’s primary areas of expertise are: ​

  • Advanced AI and ML practices, including AI ethics.​
  • Building models to benchmark and predict IT performance.​
  • End-user behaviour and human-centred design.​
  • Cross-functional team design and value, such as DevSecOps.​
Peter
Hind
Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT

Peter Hind

Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT

About

Peter Hind has spent the last 25 years as an analyst and commentator on the ICT industry. He says his primary areas of interest are the potential of technology to transform the way organisations operate, the change management obstacles executives encounter in realising this potential and the tactics and techniques leaders have deployed to overcome these difficulties.

Peter now takes on multiple roles within ADAPT including the moderation of private events and roundtables, interviewing business executives about the strategies they are pursuing and assisting with the structuring of our delegate surveys and the interrogation and analysis of ADAPT’s treasure trove of end-user and C-level data

Byron
Connolly
Head of Programs & Value Engagement at ADAPT

Byron Connolly

Head of Programs & Value Engagement at ADAPT

About

Byron is a highly experienced technology and business journalist, editor, corporate writer, and event producer.

Prior to joining Adapt, he was the editor-in-chief at CIO Australia and associate editor at CSO Australia. He also created and led the well-known CIO50 awards program in Australia and The CIO Show podcast.

Byron creates valuable insights for our community of senior technology and business professionals that help them reach their organisational and professional goals. He has a passion for uncovering stories about the careers and personal philosophies of Australia’s top technology and digital executives.

When he is not working, Byron enjoys hot yoga, swimming, running, and spending time with his family.

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