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ACS Qld Townsville Chapter presents: Tech panel and local networking event

Join the ACS North Queensland Chapter and ACS Vice Chair Beau Tydd for an insightful evening of technical presentations from Stuart MacLean, Technical Sales Watson Data & AI at IBM; Nick Day, Director at Datacom & Sumanth Kaushik | Cloud Platform Strategist with Oracle Australia.

Event Start: Tue 15 Oct 05:30 PM AEST
Event Finish: Tue 15 Oct 07:00 PM AEST

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Registration End Date: Mon 14 Oct 10:22 AM


Join the ACS North Queensland Chapter and industry professionals, to hear the latest in technical presentations. Confirmed presenters and topics include:<br><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/beau-tydd/" target="_blank"><b>Beau Tydd</b></a><br>Former Gold Coast Airport GM which owned and operated four airports including Townsville airport. Beau is also the ACS QLD Branch Executive Council Vice Chair. <br>Beau will step through strategies for successful digital transformation, drawing case study examples from his recent work at the airport, along with a range of other ICT project management roles.<br><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-maclean-ibm/" target="_blank"><b>Stuart Maclean</b></a><br>Technical Sales Watson Data &amp; AI,<br>IBM<br>Stuart will provide a technical keynote presentation on big data analytics/AI trends and how these will impact businesses ranging from SMEs to large corporations and government.<br><br><img alt="User-added image" src="https://acsau.file.force.com/servlet/rtaImage?eid=7010o000002JAYb&amp;feoid=00N9000000EVCh7&amp;refid=0EM0o000001fIls"></img><br><br><b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-day-837b871/" target="_blank">Nick Day</a></b><br>Director<br>Datacom<br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">With the landing of the NQRDC, Townsville and the surrounding regions are set to benefit from a rich set of services that will start to power up small and large businesses alike.  Datacom is investing in the region and we will talk about the services we are looking to offer from the site such as Azure Stack Cloud, and how they can support our customers on their digital journey.<br><br><img alt="User-added image" src="https://acsau.file.force.com/servlet/rtaImage?eid=7010o000002JAYb&amp;feoid=00N9000000EVCh7&amp;refid=0EM0o000001fIm7"></img><br><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumanth-kaushik/" target="_blank"><b>Sumanth Kaushik</b></a><br>Cloud Platform Strategist<br>Oracle Australia</span></span></span><br><b>Driving Digital Transformations with Cloud :</b> How can organizations truly enhance their digital transformation journey with Cloud services and capabilities ? What does the future hold for Digital Transformation and Cloud over the next few years. <br><br><img alt="User-added image" src="https://acsau.file.force.com/servlet/rtaImage?eid=7010o000002JAYb&amp;feoid=00N9000000EVCh7&amp;refid=0EM0o000001fK6h"></img><br><br><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span><span style="color: black;">Rounding out the seminar, former Gold Coast Airport GM and ACS QLD Branch Executive Council Vice Chair <b><u>Beau Tydd,</u></b> will step through strategies for successful digital transformation, drawing case study examples from his recent work at the airport, along with a range of other ICT project management roles.</span></span></span>

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Stuart MacLean

Stuart MacLean

Stuart is an Open Group and IBM Certified IT Architect. He brings over twenty-five years of architecture and complex solution delivery experience to every client interaction. Stuart is passionate about helping clients understand how to exploit IBM data science and artificial intelligence technologies to define and deliver innovative solutions to business problems with measurable ROI. His current role in Technical Sales enables him to work closely with clients from multiple industries helping them to apply AI to their diverse requirements and challenges. 

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Beau Tydd

Beau Tydd

Over 20 years experience in the IT Field, primarily within senior management/executive positions or advisory positions to CIO’s and Executive Boards.

Extensive experience in all aspects of IT management, including strategic service planning and change management, project management, service delivery, leadership and operational management, business and process alignment, financial and budgetary control, human and asset resource management.

Strong skills and experience in capacity development and capacity building, both in developed and developing countries, including working with the full range of government levels, NGO’s, charity organisations, business councils and sporting clubs.

Hands-on experience and strong skills in facilitation, coaching and mentoring to a wide range of stakeholders and counterparts, including senior executive management and senior government officials through to junior staff. Experience, both as a participant and also as a facilitator in different learning development approaches including “Open Source Technology” and “Action Learning”.

Complemented strong Academic and Industry qualifications with significant international experience in a range of roles in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Samoa, South Africa, UK, and Holland.

High level skills in negotiation and communication especially with diverse cultures and expectations.

Specialties: Strategic IT Vision, Management &Service Planning, Project Management, Tender Management, Business Analysis & Process Improvement, Customer Relationship Management, Financial And Budgetary Control &Resource Allocations, Policy Development, Staff Management & Team Building,Performance Monitoring, Contract Negotiations
Supplier Management, Mentoring & Coaching, Change Management, DR & BC Planning, Organisational Planning, Training Analysis And Development, Business And Process Alignment 

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Nick Day

Nick Day

Joining Datacom in 2005, Nick brings a myriad experience to the Executive Leadership Team. Nick is responsible for providing sponsorship, and managing the executive relationships with our biggest Queensland based clients, including the Department of Premiers and Cabinet, Queensland Treasury Corporation, Brisbane Airport Corporation and Queensland Reconstruction Authority.

As the head of Datacom’s Queensland operations, Nick is responsible for inspiring, guiding and strengthening our client relationships, for quality of delivery and IT strategic oversight.
 

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Sumanth Kaushik

Sumanth Kaushik

Sumanth is a Senior Strategist in Oracle Australia. Sumanth has 17 years of Architecture, Technical Consulting and Pre-sales experience. He has consulted to large companies in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India and USA; on developing Enterprise transformation and design strategies/solutions for business challenges in digital, applications, infrastructure, cloud and analytics. In these engagements, he led various technical teams directly in a project life-cycle such as Solution Architects, Technical Leads, Project Managers, Developers and Testers. He also has extensive experience in operating as a Consultant to deliver Product, Sales and Strategy Presentations directly to Business and IT Executive Level Audiences. Sumanth has worked across a broad spectrum of Industries during his IT career, these include Financial Services, Government, Telco, Energy, Education and Travel. 

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23 Palmer St, South Townsville,Townsville,QLD,Australia

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  • Rydges Townsville - The Raffles Room
    23 Palmer St, South Townsville
    Townsville QLD 4810
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  • Event Start:
    Tue 15 Oct 05:30 PM AEST

    Event Finish:
    Tue 15 Oct 07:00 PM AEST
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