Our Speakers Include...

Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and the founder of Inventium, a behavioural science consultancy whose clients include Google, Apple, Disney and Microsoft. She is the two-time winner of AI Consultant of the Year at the Australian AI Awards, in 2025 and 2026.

More than half a million people have used Inventium’s programs to build stronger AI skills and lift their performance at work.

Amantha was the first Australian to win the Thinkers50 Innovation Award, which the Financial Times has described as the “Oscars for Management Thinking”.

She hosts the top-ranking business podcasts How I Work and How I AI, with more than 6 million downloads, where she asks some of the world’s most successful people about their habits and rituals and shares practical AI strategies. Her ideas have appeared in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Forbes and Fast Company.

She is the author of five bestselling books, including the international bestseller Time Wise. Her books have been translated into more than 10 languages, and her latest, The Energy Game, is out now.

Margaret has been part of IP Australia’s leadership team since early 2020 and is currently acting Director General of IP Australia. Her focus is on ensuring that IP Australia has the right capability to deliver on its strategic objectives, and on working collaboratively both domestically and internationally to support effective IP policy development.

Before joining IP Australia, Margaret was A/G First Assistant Secretary of Legal and Compliance in the former Department of Environment and Energy.

Margaret has extensive experience in providing legal and governance advice to government across a range of subject matters including education, industry, science, environment and energy.

Since 2008, she has held Senior Executive roles in the Commonwealth Government.

She was General Counsel of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources from 2012 to 2017 and General Counsel of the then Department of Environment and Energy from 2017 to 2019.

She has a Bachelor of Arts/Laws(Hons) and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Australian National University. She is also a graduate of the Australia Institute of Company Directors.

Mike Moroney spent 25 years in Defence helping one of Australia’s most complex organisations bring artificial intelligence into real operations. As the AI Lead for the Royal Australian Air Force and Executive Director of the Defence AI Centre, he guided the adoption of AI systems for maintenance, airborne missions and advanced Industry 4.0 capabilities.

Mike is known for cutting through innovation theatre and showing how to deliver technology that actually works at scale. He focuses on building strong foundations, empowering people and measuring success by outcomes rather than pilots or tools.

He speaks candidly about digital transformation and the fact that technology is rarely the hardest part. The real challenge is shifting systems, incentives and culture so new technology can make a meaningful impact. Today, Mike works with leaders across government, industry and the community to help Australia build confidence and capability in the AI era.

Simon is responsible for leading the safe use of AI to support the Department’s mission to protect Australia’s borders, manage immigration, preserve social cohesion, and safeguard national security covering 16,000+ staff. His role includes responsibility for AI capability uplift, delivery of AI use cases, setting strategy, implementing AI policy, assurance and controls working in partnership with business leaders, legal, technology, cyber teams, and a network of AI champions.

Simon has 20 years’+ experience delivering digital, data, AI, and transformation outcomes across government in Australia and the UK working with over 60 agencies. Prior to joining Home Affairs, Simon was a Partner at Deloitte where he led the National Central Government practice and specialised in digital transformation. He spent a decade at the UK’s Home Office having joined as a graduate including leading operational, data and strategy teams. Simon is a recognised thought leader including through co-authoring the book ‘Are we there yet? The Digital Transformation of Government in Australia’ (2019).

Mark is a passionate, committed, and respected technology leader in government with over 25 years of experience leading policy, strategy, data, digital, and technology delivery functions across government.  

Mark currently serves as the Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer at the Australian Taxation Office. In this role, Mark provides leadership and strategic direction for the broad technology ecosystem, ensuring support for the agency’s tax, super and registry systems in a rapidly changing digital landscape.  He works in close partnership with senior business leaders to ensure that we are taking advantage of the most innovative trends in technology to best support taxpayers, tax agents, ATO staff, and the community. 

Prior to his current role, Mark was the First Assistant Secretary and Chief Information Officer at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, preceded by previous senior executive leadership roles at the Department of Education, Australian Bureau of Statistics, ComSuper, and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

With more than 20 years’ experience helping organisations use data, AI and emerging technologies to drive business transformation. A strong advocate for human-centred design, Angelica believes technology delivers its greatest value when it is built around the needs of people, not just processes. She works with business and technology leaders across government and industry to turn innovation into practical outcomes that are trusted, adopted and scalable. 

I have broad corporate experience and expertise and have led teams from different fields including ICT, emerging technology, strategic planning, training design and delivery and project management. I’m an experienced leader in digital transformation and technology strategy and want to contribute to organisations who champion technology to build responsible and sustainable systems for the future. My specialist area is data science and AI strategy, and digital strategy and implementation.  
 
With academic and practitioner experience, comprising humanities, strategy and computer science, I work effectivity across disciplines and with stakeholders to deliver outcomes. I enjoy finding solutions to complex problems and contributing to a range of sectors through entrepreneurship, mentoring and not-for-profit programs. 

Caroline Walsh is Head of Government Affairs for Australia, New Zealand and Korea for SAP, where she leads engagement on public policy, digital transformation, AI, and technology policy issues. A senior executive with more than 20 years’ experience spanning the Commonwealth and New South Wales public sectors, the not-for-profit sector and industry, Caroline has held leadership roles across policy, reform, regulation, governance and service delivery.

Prior to joining SAP, she was Chief Executive Officer of OzHelp and the Institute of Public Administration Australia. Earlier, she held senior positions in government, including Group Manager, Inclusion at the Australian Public Service Commission. Caroline holds qualifications in law, public administration and business, and began her career as an industrial advocate. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, serves on the board of Carers ACT, is a member of the Research Alliance for Enterprise AI, and chairs a policy advisory committee of the Australian Information Industry Association.

Jarrod Spiga is a Principal Solutions Architect in Advisory Services at Atlassian, helping enterprise organisations design robust cloud architectures and modernise their ways of working. He brings over two decades of technical leadership, including six years at AWS leading global technical learning initiatives and architecting mission-critical enterprise cloud solutions across APAC.

Maria Banks leads Atlassian’s Public Sector business across Australia and New Zealand, overseeing strategy, go‑to‑market execution, and customer engagement for government and public institutions in the region. In this role, she partners with public sector organisations to modernise digital service delivery, improve mission outcomes, and adopt secure, scalable collaboration platforms.

Prior to her current position, Maria led Atlassian’s U.S. Federal business for two years. She oversaw the go‑to‑market launch of Atlassian’s FedRAMP‑authorized offering and worked closely with federal agencies on mission transformation initiatives, including recruiting modernisation, research and development programs, and citizen engagement. Her work focused on aligning secure cloud capabilities with complex regulatory requirements and high‑stakes public sector missions.

Before joining Atlassian’s public sector leadership, Maria led federal sales for a national security-focused startup unicorn, driving growth within defense and intelligence communities. She also served as a board member for AFCEA, contributing to industry-government collaboration and thought leadership across defense, intelligence, and cybersecurity domains.

Maria previously spent eight years at Microsoft working with military and intelligence customers. During this time, she led Microsoft’s first cloud partnership with an intelligence agency, advancing secure cloud adoption in highly classified environments. She also led a nationwide Internet of Things (IoT) partnership focused on waterway improvement and maintenance, bringing together public and private stakeholders to apply emerging technology to critical infrastructure challenges.

Maria’s contributions to the technology and national security community have been recognised through her selection as a finalist for the Women in Technology Washington, D.C. “Under 30” award in 2016.

A seasoned IT and cybersecurity leader with a strong track record serving both government agencies and commercial organisations, Andrew has served as Federal Manager at CBR Cyber (a Brennan Company) since April 2025, collaborating closely with public sector clients to develop and deliver tailored cyber and IT services. Andrew’s deep expertise in network engineering, systems architecture, and vendor management coupled with his proven ability to translate complex technical requirements into robust solutions makes him a go-to partner for organisations seeking secure, scalable IT outcomes with precision and excellence.

A recognised authority on cyber risk and industrial security, Peter Soulsby helps Australian enterprises and public-sector agencies strengthen their defences in an era of digital transformation and AI-enabled threats. Peter is the Director of Cybersecurity at Brennan, where he leads a broad cybersecurity portfolio including consulting, strategy, engineering, and 24/7/365 Security Operations Centre services. He oversees a team responsible for protecting clients’ critical infrastructure, ensuring system resilience, and helping organisations manage risk in a complex threat landscape, including cyberthreats. With more than 20 years of IT experience, Soulsby has built deep expertise working across sectors including security operations, operational technology, identity & access management, endpoint security, and IT convergence. He is known for emphasising the importance of aligning business priorities with security controls, for advocating that risk cannot simply be outsourced, and that accountability must be shared and embedded into contracts and operations.

Desmond Seeley leads AI and Engineering at the Commonwealth Bank, directing the AI and engineering transformation of its Finance Services division and leading more than 100 engineers across Australia and India. Over six years at CBA he has moved through strategy and delivery transformation, treasury and regulatory reporting technology, and now AI and engineering, building the internal developer platform behind the bank’s “guardrails not gates” approach - embedding compliance into the toolchain so teams ship faster inside a heavily regulated environment. His workshop applies cybernetic methods, reinforcing feedback loops for continuous improvement, to how large and accountable organisations reshape work and adopt AI tooling safely.

Trevor Gauld is Deputy Commissioner at Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), where he plays a key role in shaping national skills strategies to meet Australia’s current and future workforce needs. With deep expertise in workforce development, vocational education, and strategic policy, Trevor brings a strong commitment to building a future-ready, inclusive, and skilled economy.

Prior to joining JSA, Trevor served as the National Assistant Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, where he championed the rights of workers and advocated for quality training and apprenticeship pathways. His career began in the electrical industry, working across power distribution, transmission, maintenance, and construction—giving him firsthand insight into the importance of practical skills and lifelong learning.

Trevor has held numerous board directorships and committee roles, providing strategic advice on skills development, worker entitlements, immigration, trade policy, and climate and clean energy initiatives. His collaborative approach has seen him work closely with government, industry, unions, and education providers to drive innovation and improve outcomes for learners and employers alike.

He is a passionate advocate for equity in education, employment and training, and his leadership continues to support JSA’s mission to enhance skills mobility, workforce capability, and economic participation across Australia.

Ramsey Beydoun leads AI governance, technical standards, and strategic engagement to enable responsible adoption of AI across the Australian government through his role at the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA). With over two decades of experience in the Australian Public Service (APS), Ramsey has played a pivotal role in many large digital transformation initiatives including the implementation of new AI platforms and emerging technology. Ramsey brings a strong practitioner lens to shaping the use of AI in government. 

Alex is an enterprise leader with a track record of building and integrating complex technology organisations. He’s spent the past two decades helping large enterprises navigate digital transformation, with particular focus on security, risk management, and organisational integration.

Currently, he leads the combined Armis and Veza businesses for ServiceNow. In this role, he’s focused on unifying asset intelligence and cyber risk management capabilities with identity and access security tools, giving organisations automated visibility into their assets, who has access to what, and how to remediate vulnerabilities. His mandate is to help government and enterprise organisations proactively manage cyber risk at scale.

Before joining ServiceNow, Alex built Armis from the ground up into a leading cyber asset intelligence platform. His approach to scaling an organisation emphasises cultural continuity and genuine partnerships with customers.

He works closely with CIOs and security leaders across government and large enterprises, and acts as an adviser to other organisations navigating complex growth and integration challenges. His experience spans new market entry, building partner ecosystems, and helping leadership teams balance innovation with operational stability and strong culture.

Alex believes that sustainable competitive advantage comes from strong people, clear mission, and a genuine commitment to solving customer problems. He brings three decades of pattern recognition on how organisations successfully implement change and build resilience.

Jenn Spykerman is a technology transformation leader at MomentumAI, specialising in platform engineering, software delivery modernisation, and AI-enabled organisational transformation. With a background spanning aerospace, defense, and enterprise technology, she has worked on mission-critical programs for NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, bringing systems engineering principles to complex organisational and technology challenges.

Jenn is a co-author of When Agents Decide: Continuous Decision Intelligence and the Substrate Beneath It, which explores how organisations can design trustworthy decision systems as AI agents assume greater autonomy. Her work focuses on connecting technology, human decision-making, and organisational effectiveness to improve outcomes in complex, high-consequence environments.

I have the privilege of working as part of SAP’s ecosystem of over 24,000 government agencies and non-government organisations in more than 150 countries. I have a passion for the public sector and am proud to have built solutions to help Australians find jobs, to protect our borders, and to support our war veterans. Connect with me to discuss how SAP’s portfolio of solutions for public services can help the world run better and improve peoples’ lives. 

Shane Boulden is a Solution Architect at Red Hat, supporting Fortune 500 companies and government organisations across Australia and the region to adopt open source technologies. He is a frequent speaker at events including Everything Open, MilCIS and Red Hat Summit Connect. He has contributed to security-focused open source projects like ‘Compliance as Code’, StackRox, and Keycloak, and is a contributing author to the second edition of The Kubernetes Bible. His recent focus has been on applications of generative AI and security, and helping organisations close the vulnerability gap with Red Hat Lightwell.

Maka is a senior technology and public sector leader with more than 20 years’ experience helping organisations navigate complex digital transformation, technology, data and commercial challenges. As a trusted advisor to public sector leaders, he brings deep expertise in turning emerging technology and strategic thinking into practical, human-centred outcomes.

Maka is passionate about technology as a force for inclusion and social impact, with a particular focus on bridging the digital divide and creating greater access to opportunity for underserved communities. At Fujitsu’s Consulting arm, Uvance Wayfinders, he brings together strategic consulting, technology and community insight to help organisations navigate change with purpose—co-designing solutions that are inclusive, sustainable and create meaningful outcomes for people and communities.

Angela Fox, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Dell Technologies Australia and New Zealand, is responsible for the sustained business success of the company in both countries. Based in Sydney, Angela leads the strategy and direction of the business while maintaining a commitment to keeping customers at the core of what Dell Technologies does.

Dell Technologies supports customers, public and private, across a wide range of industries, enabling them to digitally transform and remain relevant and competitive, today and in the future. Angela’s team in ANZ brings the best of Dell Technologies’ industry leading portfolio of solutions, technologies and support services to enable local customers to meet their business objectives.

Angela joined Dell in 2006. Her career moved her to Australia then Singapore, where she held executive responsibilities across ANZ and broader Asia Pacific and Japan region. Angela drew on her solutions and services experience to help customers achieve their IT needs through these roles. Under her leadership, her team delivered market leading results to large and medium sized organisations across private and public sectors.

Angela has a passion for people management and is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion. She launched the Dell Technologies Australia and New Zealand Diversity and Inclusion Council and is a founding member of the APJ Diversity and Inclusion Council. Angela plays a pivotal role in driving Dell Technologies cultural initiatives in ANZ through the employee resource groups (ERG) that represent the team’s passion.

Angela is a vocal advocate for career success, believing a person’s adaptability and openness to embrace new challenges are key drivers to progression. Angela is actively involved in career mentoring, advocacy and sponsorship within the company. She leads Dell’s Women in IT Executive Mentoring (DELL WITEM) program and is an executive sponsor for the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN).

Angela graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Auckland. However, after joining IBM’s graduate program, she realised her interest in the unfettered possibilities of the digital world, particularly as the internet was rapidly developing.

Thomas is a senior technology and cyber security leader with more than two decades of experience shaping digital resilience across government, education, and critical infrastructure.

His career includes executive roles at Griffith University, Telstra, AusCERT and as the Chief Information Security Officer for the QLD Department of Education and the Arts supporting a large complex, front-line department of over 100,000 staff and 580,000 students, where he led the development of the 2024-2028 cyber strategy and drove major improvements in patching, identity, privacy, threat and detection capability, and strengthened whole-of-government security governance. His work has been recognised through numerous national awards, including the AISA Information Security Professional of the Year. With deep expertise spanning strategy, governance, architecture, cyber, data and information management, Thomas brings a pragmatic, business-aligned perspective on how organisations can reduce risk, accelerate innovation and build secure, future-ready digital capabilities.

In his current role, Thomas leads teams of security architects supporting organisations across ANZ to uplift cyber maturity and reducing risk by working with customers in secure adoption of cloud, security of AI and AI for security as well as practical implementation of modern security concepts such as zero trust.

Andrew is a senior executive at Fujitsu with 20+ years’ experience leading complex public sector portfolios across business development, customer engagement, and service delivery. He’s a trusted advisor to government clients, with deep expertise in procurement, governance, and funding cycles—helping organisations confidently progress digital transformation.

He is known for customer-centric innovation, having sponsored initiatives like Melbourne’s mobile myki, delivering real-world, citizen-focused outcomes. At Fujitsu, he combines strategic sales leadership with industry insight to strengthen partnerships across government and healthcare, co-designing secure, people-centric solutions for Australia and New Zealand.

Greg Boschman is an enterprise infrastructure specialist with extensive experience supporting complex technology environments across government and commercial organisations. As a Unified Compute Platform Technical Expert at Hitachi Vantara, he works with enterprise customers on infrastructure solutions, building on earlier roles in systems engineering, storage and technical consulting at Hitachi Vantara, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and EMC. Greg’s public sector experience includes engineering roles with the Australian Government Department of Industry and the Department of Finance, giving him a practical understanding of the technology foundations that support government operations. His expertise spans enterprise storage, compute platforms, infrastructure engineering and technology delivery.

Gabriel Morosi serves as the APAC Technical Expert for Core Storage Infrastructure and Data Management Platforms at Hitachi Vantara. With a career spanning more than 25 years in information technology and nearly two decades focused on enterprise storage, Gabriel is passionate about helping organisations build resilient, secure, and data-driven infrastructures. 

Drawing on extensive experience gained with leading technology vendors throughout Australia and New Zealand, Gabriel combines deep technical knowledge with a practical understanding of business requirements. Based in Canberra, he has worked extensively with Federal Government agencies and organisations across multiple industry sectors, designing and delivering storage and data management solutions that support business continuity, operational efficiency, and digital transformation initiatives. 

Phillip is Sydney based principal systems engineer who assists major ANZ enterprises and government agencies across networking and storage projects.

Phillip has been in the IT industry for over 35 years, and has been a senior engineering expert with Brocade (now Broadcom) for over 20 years.

Phillip consults in architecting and installing NetApp amongst many other solutions, covering WAN connectivity, Data Centre and Campus solutions, Carrier based connectivity and various forms of network security functions as well, which brings a breath of understanding across technology with it.

He has a passion for technology and the business outcomes it can provide.

Danny Elmarji is an experienced technology and presales leader with more than 20 years at Dell Technologies, where he has held senior roles spanning enterprise architecture, systems engineering and regional leadership. As Vice President of Presales for Asia Pacific, Japan and China, he leads technical presales initiatives focused on cloud and AI infrastructure, helping organisations align technology investments with business and strategic priorities. His deep experience in enterprise infrastructure, combined with a strong understanding of complex customer environments, enables him to guide organisations through technology transformation and address evolving operational challenges. Danny also brings a commitment to collaboration and innovation, supporting organisations across the region as they modernise their technology foundations. 

Lucy leads the Strategy, Planning and Performance Division which focuses on providing whole-of-government strategic leadership to the development and implementation of digital policies, the Australian Government Architecture as well as the Data and Digital Government Strategy.

In this role, Lucy also oversees the management of the government’s digital investment pipeline to ensure an integrated and coordinated approach to government’s investment in digital and ICT.

A key priority for Lucy is driving the achievement of the Australian Government’s vision to implement world class digital capabilities to deliver outstanding outcomes for all. This includes the analysis of how emerging technologies can better support the delivery of simple, secure and connected services for all people and businesses.

Prior to joining the DTA, Lucy held senior executive roles at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Australian Public Service Commission where she led several transformation programs. Lucy has experience across a range of sectors including Australian federal and state governments, the private sector and the UK civil service.

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.

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

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.​