AIIA NSW Government Ministerial Forum: ICT Strategy Update

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The AIIA invites you to attend the launch of Digital +, the NSW Government ICT Strategy 2016. This event will provide an opportunity for guests to hear the NSW Government’s vision and strategic direction for information and communications technology in NSW.

Hear from the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation on:

Plans to analyse and share data for smarter government
Innovation in government
Next steps for government ICT investment and procurement reforms – enterprise architecture, legacy systems, project management
We look forward to welcoming you for what will be an entertaining and informative event!

Keynote Speaker

The Hon. Victor Dominello, MP, Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, NSW Department of Finance, Services & Innovation

Confirmed Panellists

• Martin Hoffman, Secretary, NSW Department of Finance, Services & Innovation
• Michael Pratt, NSW Customer Service Commissioner, Department of Premier and Cabinet
• Ian Oppermann, Chief Data Scientist (Interim), NSW Data Analytics Centre

Biographies

The Hon. Victor Dominello, MP, Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation,  NSW Department of Finance, Services & Innovation

Victor was born and raised in the Ryde area. He went to secondary school at Marist Brothers, Eastwood before studying law at university.

He trained as a lawyer and was admitted to practice in both the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia in 1991 after taking the Solicitor’s Admission Board Examinations.

He worked as a lawyer for 14 years, including eight years as a partner in a commercial law firm, where he represented clients in a number of landmark cases.

In 1995, at the age of 28, Victor was elected as a Councillor of Ryde City Council. He was re-elected in 1999 and remained on Council until 2004.

Victor was pre-selected by the Liberal Party in September 2008 as its candidate for the State by-election in the seat of Ryde.

Victor was elected to the NSW Parliament with a swing of 23.1 per cent, one of the largest in the State’s history, at the by-election held on 18 October 2008.

Victor served on the Public Accounts Committee, the Independent Commission Against Corruption Committee, and represented the Opposition Leader, Mr Barry O’Farrell as a Trustee of the Anzac Memorial.

At the March 2011 general election, Victor was re-elected as the Member for Ryde with an additional 12.6 per cent of the vote. This completed a 35.7 per cent swing from the 2007 election.

On 3 April 2011, Victor was sworn in as the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and the Minister for Citizenship and Communities. His portfolio responsibilities include veterans’ affairs, volunteering and youth and multicultural affairs (under the auspices of the Multicultural NSW).

Following the appointment of Mike Baird as NSW Premier in April 2014, Victor was appointed Assistant Minister for Education and while retaining his existing portfolio responsibilities, Veterans’ Affairs was added to his official title.

Following the Baird Government’s re-election in March 2015, Victor was sworn in as the state’s first Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation.

In his current role Victor is responsible for the Office of Fair Trading, the NSW Government’s ICT Strategy as well as leading a range of open data, open government, data analytics and innovation initiatives.

Prior to his parliamentary career, Victor cherished the opportunity to travel to many places around the world and looks back fondly on his experiences in India, Central and South America, Europe, the US and Asia.

He is also a passionate supporter of the West Tigers Rugby League Team.

Martin Hoffman, Secretary, NSW Department of Finance, Services & Innovation

Martin Hoffman was appointed Secretary of the NSW Department of Finance, Services & Innovation in August 2015.

He was previously Deputy Secretary at the Commonwealth Department of Industry & Science (and its predecessors) from July 2010.  He worked particularly on resources and energy matters, including significant international engagement bilaterally and with the International Energy Agency and the G20.  Martin joined the APS in March 2009 in the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet.

Before joining the public sector, Martin had a lengthy private sector career primarily in digital media and technology. After an early career in consulting and banking in Australia and Hong Kong, he held senior roles at Optus, the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Fairfax Media.  He was CEO of NineMSN from 2003 to 2006, led Moko Social Media Ltd (ASX:MKB) to an IPO in July 2007 as CEO, and founded the digital media advisory and investment business Ulysses Ventures.

Martin holds an MBA (Hons) from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Master of Applied Finance (Macquarie), and Bachelor of Economics (Sydney). He completed the Executive Fellows program at the Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) in 2009, and was awarded the James Wolfensohn Public Service Scholarship to study at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2013.

Martin lives in Riverview with his wife Andrea and three school-age children, and is interested in most sports, ocean swimming, live theatre, crime literature and mid-century modern design.

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