SA Branch Fellows
Fellow
An ACS Fellow (FACS) has made a distinguished contribution to the field of Information and Communications Technology in Australia and is a member of the professional division of the ACS. To nominate a fellow, download the ACS Fellow Nomination Form and ACS Fellow Nomination Guidelines.
Current SA Branch Fellows
Prof Frank Hirst FACS c1969
c1969: Listed in Australian Computer Bulletin, March 1983
Mr Christopher Bushell FACS 15/11/1985
Chris Bushell has made significant original contributions to the development and application of computing in operating systems design and data base management. He has also made an excellent contribution to the integration and rationalisation of various systems design methodologies and in the effective dissemination of this knowledge in Australia via seminars, courses, and papers.
Prof Chris Barter FACS 22/12/1990
Professor Chris Barter has been on the staff of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Adelaide since 1972, and was appointed Professor in 1984. He became the foundation Director of the Centre for Computer Systems and Software Engineering in 1989. His research interests are in the area of computer architecture (multi processor and distributed computers), programming languages, and artificial intelligence. He has published extensively, and has been involved in a wide range of research projects. Chris is highly respected internationally and is referee for a number of international journals and book publishers, and has been a distinguished visitor to overseas universities. He has served on a wide range of professional committees, including those of the Australian Computer Society. Within the Society he is a member of the Membership Board, Accreditation Panel, and Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems National Committee, and is interim Chairman of the National Computer Science Committee. He has chaired a number of national conferences.
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; April 1991
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; April 1991
Prof Chris Marlin FACS 26/06/1992
Dr Christopher Marlin who was the Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Adelaide and now the Professor and Head of the Discipline of Computer Science, Flinders University of South Australia, has demonstrated high standing in the knowledge of information technology, particularly in the area of computer science. He has been extensively involved in the development of programming languages both nationally and internationally, and this is supported by his published works and research achievements in information technology.
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; August 1992
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; August 1992
Prof Michael Brooks FACS 30/10/1992
Professor Michael Brooks, of the University of Adelaide, was recognised for his distinguished contribution to artificial intelligence, with particular reference to computer vision. His work in computer science is of high standing and of national and international significance. The extent of his published work is further evidence of his high standing in Information Technology..
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; December 1992
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; December 1992
Dr Dagmar Egen FACS 15/03/1996
Dagmar Egen has over 25 years experience in the field of Information Technology. Her extensive management experience has embraced both the Public and Private sectors. Dagmar is the State Manager of Aspect Computing - One of Australia's oldest and largest software companies and is a Director of TechSOUTH, a South Australian based technology enterprise focusing on export.
Dagmar also serves the wider South Australian community in a number of senior appointments including Deputy Chancellor of the university of South Australia. She is also a member of the South Australian Development Council and a member of the Passenger Transport Board. She has therefore made distinguished contributions to IT in South Australia and is highly respected in her field.
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; April 1996
Dagmar also serves the wider South Australian community in a number of senior appointments including Deputy Chancellor of the university of South Australia. She is also a member of the South Australian Development Council and a member of the Passenger Transport Board. She has therefore made distinguished contributions to IT in South Australia and is highly respected in her field.
ACS SA Branch News: Leading Edge; April 1996
Dr Charles Lakos FACS 18/10/1998
Mr Glen Heinrich FACS 15/10/1999
Glen Heinrich has made a distinguished contribution to the field of IT in Australia through an ongoing and extensive role in the application and promotion of IT in South Australia. Over many years he has made a substantial contribution at both the strategic and operational levels in IT infrastructure within the South Australian Health Commission. Through a major role in establishing the annual Comtec exhibition and its successors he has helped provide a forum for the public to learn of the latest technologies. He has also been active in promoting cooperation across professional bodies and with the union movement.
Prof John Roddick FACS 20/10/2000
John Roddick has made a distinguished contribution to the field of IT in Australia through excellence in research, outstanding leadership in education and a commitment to the promotion and development of IT, particularly in South Australia.
He has made a significant contribution to IT education as Head of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of South Australia, and most recently as Professor of Information Technology at Flinders University. This contribution has extended to impact the national level though his work with the association of Professors and Heads of Computer Science. His leadership has been distinguished by a commitment to excellence and innovation. He has an outstanding research record and an international reputation in the areas of spatial and temporal databases and data mining.
John has also made a very significant contribution to the promotion of IT, exemplified most recently by his editorship of the Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology.
He has made a significant contribution to IT education as Head of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of South Australia, and most recently as Professor of Information Technology at Flinders University. This contribution has extended to impact the national level though his work with the association of Professors and Heads of Computer Science. His leadership has been distinguished by a commitment to excellence and innovation. He has an outstanding research record and an international reputation in the areas of spatial and temporal databases and data mining.
John has also made a very significant contribution to the promotion of IT, exemplified most recently by his editorship of the Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology.
Mr Bruce Linn FACS 09/11/2001
Mr Bruce Linn has played an extensive role at a senior managerial and executive level in the development of significant companies in the local information technology industry. He has also contributed in a major way to the development of local IT industry through his directorships of Ngapartji Pty Ltd, one of the six federally funded cooperative multimedia centres, and the Playford Centre, an IT business incubator.
His commitment to the importance of research and development activities in information technology is demonstrated amply by the projects and other activities he has initiated and those organisations for which he worked.
At a community level, he has provided his managerial capability in information technology as Chairman of the development of a joint library network for three local government areas in South Australia.
His commitment to the importance of research and development activities in information technology is demonstrated amply by the projects and other activities he has initiated and those organisations for which he worked.
At a community level, he has provided his managerial capability in information technology as Chairman of the development of a joint library network for three local government areas in South Australia.
Ms Brenda Aynsley FACS 21/11/2003
Brenda Aynsley is recognised for her distinguished contribution to the promotion and adoption of Internet technologies within the community and by non-IT professionals in the earliest commercial Internet days in Australia. Ms Aynsley played a major role in helping to define the legislative frameworks regulating the Internet and its use around the country through her participation in Governmental representations and a departmental task force. Through individual and association representations to parliamentary select committees and within the ICT industry as an active member of the ACS, the Electronic Frontiers Association Inc, the South Australian Internet Association Inc and the IT Council for South Australia since 1994 she has helped shape the policies which have been implemented. Ms Aynsley has an enduring passion for the Internet and its utility as a technology which can empower users through its educative and communications reach and, as a result, provide enrichment of civil society.
Professor Andreas Koronios FACS 20/11/2004
Professor Andreas Koronios has made a distinguished contribution to ICT in both academia and industry. Under Professor Koronios’s leadership, the School of Computer and Information Science at the University of South Australia has rationalised IT courses (both undergraduate and post graduate) and dramatically elevated the research profile of the School. Professor Koronios also instigated a professional doctorate and established two Cooperative Research Centres at the School. Professor Koronios has been active in the wider ICT community, furthering the efforts of the industry’s “Women in IT” initiatives, as well as playing a key role in increasing the number of indigenous students enrolled in ICT. He has authored more than 10 books in the field of ICT and produced more than three papers each year for the last five years.
Mr Simon Hackett FACS 30/07/2005
Simon Hackett is one of the Internet’s true pioneers and participated in building AARNet (the Australian research and educational version of the Internet) while working at Adelaide University. He founded two successful telecommunications companies, Internode Systems and Agile, and helped drive the Coorong Communication project, which created the first significant non-Telstra data and voice networks into a major regional area. His latest project is Cine.net.au, an ICT industry/screen media industry collaboration to promote SA screen media and visual effects work.
Dr Jill Slay FACS 25/11/2005
Dr Jill Slay has been recognised for her work on ICT Security and Risk Management, particularly in relation to unauthorised use of wireless networks and aspects of forensic computing; and for her leadership in the development of ICT courses in South East Asia. Ms Slay has also developed innovative collaborative relationships both within Australia and internationally with a focus on forensic tool usage, cultural models and security architectures.
Professor Emeritus Reginald Paul Coutts FACS 25/11/2005
Professor Emeritus Reginald Paul Coutts is best known for his work in digital communications within Telstra, university education and industry. A pioneer in the field of digital and mobile communications technologies in Australia, Professor Coutts is an internationally recognised authority. He established the Centre for Telecommunications Information Networking (CITN) at the University of Adelaide and has led the development of other major initiatives, including the Smart Internet CRC, m.Net Corporation, and Innovation Lab Australia.
Ms Linda Zeelie FACS 26/05/2006
Linda Zeelie is recognised for her distinguished contribution to the development and promotion of software engineering excellence in configuration management and project management for the Small Business Sector. As a senior ICT executive she has, over the last decade, been a strong role model for girls and young women and has, in more recent times, mentored tertiary students and graduates
Mr Ralph Leonard FACS 17/11/2006
Ralph Leonard has made an outstanding contribution to the development of ICT education in schools both through consulting roles with governments and his involvement with the Science and Maths Teachers groups, Computers in Education Group, South Australia (CEGSA) and the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE) over an extended period of time. Mr Leonard has been a strong supporter of computers in education curriculum and programs. Mr Leonard has had an active role in supporting the ACS Community Affairs Board as both an SA Branch representative and Deputy Chair of the National Computers in Education Committee (NCEC) for much of the past decade, as a former President of CEGSA and been an active member of the Australian Council for Computers in Education.
Prof Zbigniew Michalewicz FACS 25/05/2007
In his short time in Australia since 2004, Professor Zbigniew Michalewicz has had an impact
nationally on both the IT industry and IT education with his innovation in the teaching and
application of Adaptive Business Intelligence (ABI). ABI has been accepted into the Australian
curriculum working with the ACS.
nationally on both the IT industry and IT education with his innovation in the teaching and
application of Adaptive Business Intelligence (ABI). ABI has been accepted into the Australian
curriculum working with the ACS.
Mr Allan Baird FACS 19/12/2010
Allan Hunter Baird has in his career consistently promoted ICT in business and the community through a wide range of involvements, and worked tirelessly to align business and educational objectives. He has a history of extending boundaries, from his innovative work in the fledgling areas of office automation and collaborative systems to more recently providing leadership in senior consulting management roles both locally and internationally within the Hewlett-Packard organisation, creating innovative approaches in the adoption of new and emerging technologies, and taking a prominent role in the promotion of ICT through his contributions at the University of South Australia.
Dr David Lindley FACS 19/12/2010
David Lloyd Lindley has made a distinguished contribution to information technology as an educator both in the public and private sectors.
After fifteen years as a practitioner and eight as an academic David was responsible for over 1,200 students in 13 locations studying through 8 education providers in 7 countries.
As a consultant he gained Registered Training Organisation status for the ACS and later as an employee developed ACSEducation into a significant private-sector education provider.
David has created a program for early career professionals recognised by an international accreditation panel as leading all other ICT professional associations in the World.
After fifteen years as a practitioner and eight as an academic David was responsible for over 1,200 students in 13 locations studying through 8 education providers in 7 countries.
As a consultant he gained Registered Training Organisation status for the ACS and later as an employee developed ACSEducation into a significant private-sector education provider.
David has created a program for early career professionals recognised by an international accreditation panel as leading all other ICT professional associations in the World.
Ms Jo Stewart-Rattray 17/08/2012
Jo has more than 25 years’ experience in ICT, with over half of that time spent in the field of Information Security. She has also been instrumental in promoting the critical role of ICT in business today as part of her mission to advance ICT professionalism.
Jo is highly sought after for her consultancy skills, providing strategic advice to organisations across a number of sectors. She has contributed to cutting edge international research initiatives to examine cultural issues in leadership and developed highly effective business models within the information security sphere.
Throughout her career, Jo has worked to develop strong, collaborative and mutually beneficial business relationships between professional bodies such as ISACA and the ACS.