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Technology industry veteran Bruce Lakin has been appointed as the Australian Computer Society’s new chief executive and nominated the National Broadband Network, digital economy issues and skills development as priorities in the new role.
Lakin will also assume control of organisational work toward the World
Computer Congress 2010 event the ACS will host in Brisbane next
September.
Lakin has worked in the tech sector over a long period in the Asia
Pacific, including senior roles with Symantec, Veritas and Toshiba. He
said other areas of focus in the new role would also include Green ICT
issues and eSecurity.
The Lakin appointment closes the book on a sorry chapter for the ACS,
which has been hunting for a new chief since Kim Denham was fired in
May. That acrimonious departure subsequently led to court battles in
recent months.
Lakin’s strength in senior management roles within the tech sector gave
him a strong understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing
ICT professionals.
“I look forward to helping progress the Society’s role as an advocate
for the profession, in advancing the careers of ICT professionals and
its hosting of World Computer Congress in 2010,” he said.
Australian Information Industry Association chairman John Grant
welcomed the appointment, saying Lakin was well known to many AIIA
members and well positioned to support the ACS chairman Kumar Parakala.
Lakin was appointed after an extensive national search by leading executive recruitment firm, Talent2.
The World Computer Congress in September 2010 is being sponsored by the
Queensland Government and is expected to be one of the largest ICT
events held in this country.
The last time the ACS hosted the event was in Adelaide a decade ago.
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