New executive team for ACS

Peter Dinham
Sunday, 27 November 2011 23:38

IT People - People

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has made a raft of new appointments to its executive, electing a new president, vice president membership boards, national treasurer and three national congressional representatives.

Queenslander, Dr Nick Tate, who is currently the ACS treasurer, was elected national president last Friday at the ACS Congress meeting in Hobart. Dr Tate joined the ACS in 2004 and has been actively involved in the society over the past six years, holding various roles within the ACS Queensland branch, including branch chair and branch vice chair. He was also the chair of the World Computer Congress in 2010.

Dr Tate is also director of the Australian Government's Research Data Storage Infrastructure (RDSI) project based at the University of Queensland. RDSI is a $50 million project which aims to transform the storage of research data throughout Australia with the establishment of a multi petabyte federated storage service.

Outgoing ACS President, Anthony Wong said the ACS had enjoyed significant growth in membership and reached the milestone of 20,000 members in November this year. Commenting on Dr Tate's elevation to the presidency, Wong said 'Nick is highly regarded amongst peers in the ACS and the ICT sector. I am confident he will lead the ACS to its next stage of development and drive professionalism in the ICT profession.'

Dr Tate formally takes over as ACS national president on 1 January 2012 for two years Anthony Wong, completes his two year term.

The ACS also elected Doug Grant as Vice President Membership Boards. Grant has over 18 years of senior management experience in the university sector.

New ACS national officials also elected were:

'¢    National Treasurer - Yohan Ramasundara (Canberra)

'¢    National Congressional Representative -  Mike Driver (Qld.)

'¢    National Congressional Representative - Peter Palmer (NSW)

'¢    National Congressional Representative  - Ian Wells (Vic)