VIC Council
The AIIA in Victoria provides a strong voice of influence, a sense of community through events and enables a network for collaboration and business opportunities as well as helping Victorian-based member companies to achieve business success and growth. With more than 90 members operating throughout the state, AIIA has a strong presence in Victoria.
AIIA’s interests and activities in Victoria are coordinated by our VIC Council, an elected group of representatives from AIIA member companies who work on a voluntary basis to promote the association and the digital technology industry.
VIC Council Chairs

Council Chair
Warren Hill
Data#3 Limited

Council Deputy Chair
Sue-anne (Sam) Parker
ServiceNow Australia Pty Ltd

Council Deputy Chair
Dan Pearce
Holding Redlich
VIC Council Members

Council Committee Member
Ebony Aitken
NBN

Council Immediate Past Chair
Deirdre Diamante
MIA Consulting Services Pty Ltd

Council Committee Member
Phil Edgecumbe
NetApp Australia Pty Ltd

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Simon Elliott
Cala Major Pty Ltd

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Brian Fitzpatrick
Bryk Group

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Lisa Kalman
Lisa Kalman Consulting

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Samantha Loughens
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

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Nadine Russell
Telstra Corporation Limited

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David Vicino
SYPAQ Systems Pty Ltd

Council Committee Member
David Yip
DXC Technology

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Susan Sly
Lueur Pty Ltd

Council Committee Member
Amal Nasralla
DXC Technology
Activities
With our core focus on delivering strong value back to our members, the AIIA in Victoria:
- Offers access to knowledge, advice, contacts and business opportunities to members throughout Victoria.
- Works with the Victorian Government to promote the development of the local tech sector as well as enhancement of government technology policies and programs.
- Hosts a vibrant events program of CIO briefings, working with government workshops and marketing seminars, as well as a range of other events which provide insight into industry trends and technologies, valuable market intelligence and regular networking opportunities in support and growth of the tech sector in the State.
- Pledges its commitment in promoting diversity and sustainable increase in the representation of women at events and conferences, particularly in regards to keynote speakers and panels, where we ensure women leaders are represented appropriately.
- Advocates for meaningful digital career pathways for people to help contribute to the growth Victorian digital economy
- Promotes local digital technology capability through our sponsorship of the State and National iAwards programs.
Current Priority Projects of the VIC Council
The projects underway for the VIC Council are underpinned by the PAN’s and in turn by the sub committees within those. Our major focus for 2020 is working with Victorian Government to deliver Click Ready solutions that will enable Victorians, the Government and Industry to rapidly return to work and as normal a life as possible. In addition, we are focussed on improving the Industry and Government interaction with the AIIA.
- Build a comprehensive set of terms of reference for the Council to its stakeholders, members and PANs
- Collaboration with Infrastructure Australia for data lead initiatives to drive intelligent infrastructure solutions
- Capability uplift for ICT across the Victorian Government
- Industry collaboration in the Construction Tech ecosystem
- Closer collaboration with Victorian Government to make it easier to do business together
2020 Council Elections
Council members are elected at the Territory AGM, held in December each year, to serve for the following year.
Key dates for the 2020 AIIA Council elections:
- Nominations open on Thursday, 8 October 2020
- Cut off for new AIIA Members to join and be eligible to nominate is Monday, 19 October 2020
- Nominations will close for on Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Online Voting will open on Thursday, 29 October 2020
- Voting closes on Monday, 16 November 2020
- Results will be announced at the Council AGM via video conference on Monday, 7th December 2020
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SFDC Australia Pty. Ltd.
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Dienst Consulting
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Arrasate Pty Ltd
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James Reid
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John Swords
Technology One Corp
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Joseph Siracusa
Siracusa Legal
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Owen Rayment
Telstra Corporation Limited
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Matthew Day
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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Luli Adeyemo
Best Case Scenario Pty Ltd
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Hugh Rutherford
Splunk Services Australia Pty Ltd
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Andy Wood
Microsoft Pty Ltd
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Gary Wainwright
Novata Solutions
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Karin Geragthy
Stratdigi
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Ben Campbell
The Self Made Theory
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Alethea Murphy
ServiceNow Australia Pty Ltd
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Stuart Strickland
Empired Ltd
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Alison Mather
IBM Australia Ltd
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Daniel Harvey
Amristar Solutions Pty Ltd
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Geoff Harben
Lancaster Services Pty Ltd
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Beccy Flock
Amazon Web Services Inc
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Malcolm De Silva
Telstra Corporation Limited
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David Vicino
SYPAQ Systems Pty Ltd
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Nadine Russell
Telstra Corporation Limited
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Sue-anne (Sam) Parker
ServiceNow Australia Pty Ltd
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Samantha Loughens
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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Lisa Kalman
Lisa Kalman Consulting
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Brian Fitzpatrick
Bryk Group
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Simon Elliott
Cala Major Pty Ltd
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Phil Edgecumbe
NetApp Australia Pty Ltd
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Deirdre Diamante
MIA Consulting Services Pty Ltd
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Paul Prokic
G1 Asset Management
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Justin Lee
SAS Institute Australia Pty Limited
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Stuart Kiernan
Palo Alto Networks (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Cheryl Jensen
SAP Australia Pty Ltd
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Richard James
Sypaq Systems Pty Ltd
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David Freeman
Amazon Web Services Inc
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Cameron Curtis
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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Peter Beven
Queensland University of Technology
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Sarah Thomas
Finite IT Recruitment Solutions
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Vito Rinaldi
Blue Crystal Solutions Pty Ltd
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Byron Riessen
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Rob Absalom
Amazon Web Services Inc
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Gregory Boorer
Canberra Data Centres Proprietary Limited
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Amanda Swan
Google Australia Pty Ltd.
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John Asquith
ServiceNow Australia Pty Ltd
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Rupert Taylor-Price
Vault Cloud
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Rachel Smith-Cianchi
Tableau Software
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Jenny Manetas
Telstra Corporation Limited
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Silverstone Edge Pty Ltd
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Sarah Sloan
Palo Alto Networks (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Nicholas Flood
IBM Australia Ltd
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Colin Gniel
Microsoft Pty Ltd
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Phil Dawson
Sovereign Cloud
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Darren O’Shannassy.
Infosys Ltd.
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James Hipwell
Telstra Corporation Limited
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Hala Batainah
GiG Enterprises Pty. Ltd.
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Claudine Beltrami
CISCO Systems Australia Pty Ltd
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Optus Business
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