CYBER SECURITY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Company Non - Executive Director
Anne Templeman-Jones is an experienced listed company non-executive director, currently serving on the boards of Commonwealth Bank Limited, GUD Holdings Limited and Worley Limited. She was formerly a director of Cuscal Limited, HT&E Limited, Pioneer Credit Limited, TAL Superannuation Fund, Notre Dame University and HBF's private health and general insurance companies.
Ms Templeman-Jones had a 30-year executive career developing deep operational, risk, governance and strategy experience. Early in her career she held audit and accounting roles with Price Waterhouse working in Australia and overseas.
She gained experience in corporate banking with Bank of Singapore, Westpac Banking Corporation, and the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group.
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- Director of CSIRO 's Data61
- Director, CSIRO 's Data61 / Non - Independent Director ( Ex - Officio )
Jon Whittle is Director of CSIRO's Data61, the digital and data science arm of Australia's national science agency. With around 1000 staff and affiliates, Data61 is one of the largest collections of R&D expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in the world. Data61 partners with over 200 industry and government organisations, over 30 Universities, and works across vertical sectors in manufacturing, health, agriculture, and the environment. Prior to joining Data61, Jon was Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University,
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- Head of Commercialisation and Impact
Mr Sheehy is a tech entrepreneur, investor and non-executive director with a significant interest in early stage technology companies. He helps and mentors founders and CEOs who have ambitions to rapidly grow their ideas or companies.
From 2006 - 2017 he oversaw the commercialisation and global expansion of Nuix's software, from almost no customers or revenue and two developers to a profitable $100M+ business. Since then, he has taken on a number of non-executive director, particularly in cyber security software companies.
Job Titles:
- Senior Executive
- Global Head, National Cyber Security Officers, Cisco Systems
Mr Thomas is an experienced multidisciplinary Senior Executive having worked in the heart of the innovation and technology industry in Silicon Valley, California, for over two decades with one of the largest IT companies in the world. Mr Thomas is currently the Global Head, National Cybersecurity Officers, Cisco Systems and a member of the leadership team within Cisco Systems industry recognized and award-winning Security and Trust Organization.
Mr Thomas leads a global team and cross company initiatives around Cybersecurity both internally for Cisco and externally to customers and governments globally. Mr Thomas is regularly requested to meet with customers, board of directors and governments around the globe in relation to current Cybersecurity concerns and ways to address they ever changing Cybersecurity landscape, risks and threats.
Before joining the Security and Trust Organization, Mr. Thomas was a Senior Director within the Office of the President and COO of Cisco Systems. Mr Thomas was the technology advisor to the President and COO and was responsible for driving initiatives on behalf of the President and COO internally and with customers and governments globally.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Board As a Non - Executive Director
John M Green joined the Board as a non-executive director of CSCRC in December 2017. He is also Deputy Chairman of international insurance company, QBE Insurance Group, and is a non-executive director of Challenger Limited. Previously he was on the board of global engineering services group, WorleyParsons.
Mr Green has 30 years' executive experience where he was an investment banker, as an Executive Director at Macquarie Group, and earlier a partner in two major law firms.
He is also a novelist, with two of his books being cyber-thrillers. Mr Green is co-founder of independent book publisher Pantera Press.
As Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research. Professor Julie Owens provides academic leadership to advance Deakin's distinctive research and research training both nationally and internationally. This includes research development, industry-focused research and commercialisation and research promotion. Prior to her appointment in 2018, Julie was Pro Vice Chancellor (Research Strategy) at The University of Adelaide, a position she had held since 2015. During that time, she acted in the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor for over a year. Julie's previous roles there also included Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Head of the School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health and prior to that, Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Sciences. Originally an ARC QEII Fellow and NHMRC Research Fellow, Julie has a long list of strategic research leadership achievements including co-establishing international research networks and establishing the South Australian state wide Women's and Child Health Research Alliance with the Women's and Child Health Network of hospitals. She has served in peer review for the Academy, and Grant, Program and Fellowship Review Panels for the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) and on the College of Experts for the Australian Research Council (ARC); and as an advocate for national research funding, policy and strategies as a Director of the Australian Society for Medical Research.
Job Titles:
- Executive Officer to the Deputy CEO and Research Director
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- Senior Corporate Affairs Manager
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- Head Australian Cyber Security Centre Australian Signals Directorate
- Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre
Ms Abigail Bradshaw is the Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), and is responsible for leading the Australian Government's efforts to improve cyber security.
Throughout her career, Ms Bradshaw has held key National Security Operations roles where she has led whole of government operations, as well as policy and international roles, focusing on advancing Australia's national security agenda.
Ms Bradshaw has previously worked within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), most recently as the Deputy Coordinator of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency. Prior to that, Ms Bradshaw was the head of the National Security Division, providing advice and coordinating proposals to the Prime Minister, his office and the National Security Committee (NSC) on key national security issues.
Ms Bradshaw has also held senior roles in the Department of Home Affairs, leading offshore resources covering Europe and Sub Saharan Africa, and as the Department's inaugural Chief Risk Officer. Prior to this, she was the Deputy Commander of Maritime Border Command during the height of the people smuggling trade.
Ms Bradshaw began her career in the Royal Australian Navy and was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in 2005. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Asian Studies.