All these award-winning CIOs delivered game-changing projects, leadership and execution during the pandemic and since.

At ADAPT’s CIO Edge along with our star keynote, Harvard University’s Mark Esposito, we gathered them to ask what their post-pandemic IT strategy is.

How do we maintain the leadership position that technologists have achieved during Covid? What are they doing about digital savviness in their leadership teams? And how close are they to delivering the data-driven enterprise? 

 

Key Takeaways: 

  • It will become evident in coming years which organisations took their digital transformation as a lasting cultural change or simply a crisis response 
  • Minimum viable governance allows you to set a framework for non-negotiables when making fast decisions 
  • The speed of delivering a minimum viable product allows incremental success, pivoting, and customer experience innovation 
  • ‘Ruthless prioritisation’ needs guardrails to empower technologists to solve business outcomes with technology solutions 
  • Digital literacy programs will help IT to maintain the position of trust it has earnt since 2020 
Contributors
Sami Yalavac Former CIO & MD at BUPA
Sami is a highly experienced technology executive and board adviser with over 35 years experience, and recognised as Australia’s #1 CIO in... More

Sami is a highly experienced technology executive and board adviser with over 35 years experience, and recognised as Australia’s #1 CIO in 2022 (CIO50). With deep expertise in healthcare, digital transformation, and leadership development, Sami combines strategic acumen with a strong focus on people, governance, and long-term impact.

  • Former APAC CIO and interim MD at Bupa, overseeing major healthcare and digital businesses.​
  • Currently serves on boards including HBF Health Insurance and Deakin University’s Cyber Security Advisory Board.​
  • Extensive background in leading complex transformations and digital health innovation.​
  • Actively coaches CIOs, executives, and leadership teams across sectors.​
  • Holds degrees in Computer Engineering, Quality Management, an MBA, and AICD certification.​
  • Trusted adviser on technology strategy, governance, and organisational change.​
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John Sutherland CIO at Ramsay Health (#1 in CIO50 2020 awards)
I am an Information Technology Executive with experience delivering strategic initiatives in large and complex international corporations. My leadership style is both... More

I am an Information Technology Executive with experience delivering strategic initiatives in large and complex international corporations. My leadership style is both hands-on and authentic, with emotional intelligence underpinning my communication style. I am experienced in interacting at the C-level and am comfortable working with the Board.

With over 25 years’ experience working both in Australia and the United Kingdom, I have held various roles across a range of industries. These include aerospace, mining, construction and engineering, manufacturing and distribution, telecommunications, retail, government, life sciences and most recently, medical technology and health care. I am currently an advisor to the Board of the Australian Government’s peak e-health organisation, the Australian Digital Health Agency. I lecture to final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students at Macquarie University.

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Jacqui Visch Chief Technology & Data Officer at AMP Group
Dynamic and highly accomplished leader driving business, data and technology transformations. Global leader in Cloud Platform integration and consumption for regulated industries.... More

Dynamic and highly accomplished leader driving business, data and technology transformations. Global leader in Cloud Platform integration and consumption for regulated industries. I am focused on putting the customer at the centre of every business, process and technology decision driving application agility and modernisation.

I am known for having a positive and enthusiastic “hands on” attitude and for collaborating with customers, colleagues and senior executives to deliver successful business outcomes. A consistent track record of long term strategic relationships with C-Suite and Senior Executives.

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Peter Hind Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT
Peter Hind has spent the last 25 years as an analyst and commentator on the ICT industry. ​ His primary areas of interest... More

Peter Hind has spent the last 25 years as an analyst and commentator on the ICT industry. ​

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, as well as 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 delegate surveys.​

He also interrogates and analyses ADAPT’s treasure trove of end-user and C-suite data.​

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