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ACS anoints Fellows, Honorary Life Members

ACS staff, Information Age

15/12/2006 15:38:46

ACS President Philip Argy said the elevations in ACS membership highlighted the diversity of talent within Australia's ICT community. He was particularly pleased to see Lawrence Harry Griffiths recognised with an Honorary Life Membership.

"Laurie richly deserves this award after making outstanding contributions to the ACS for the past 47 years," he said. "We are also privileged to have 14 new Fellows, each one of whom has been recognised for their outstanding achievements."

Honorary Life Member

Lawrence Harry Griffiths Laurie Griffiths was a foundation committee member of the Victorian Computer Society at its inauguration in 1961 until the Australian Computer Society was formed from a federation of the various State and Territory societies in 1966. Laurie, as a committee member of the Victorian Computer Society, worked actively with others to ensure that the federation was a success. He worked tirelessly for the incorporation of the emerging ACS. Initially the various computing societies were not able to engage in certain activities such as presenting conferences and the like because an organisation known as ANCAC had the authority to present conferences in computing. Laurie, together with Lawrence Khon, kept ANCAC in place until a handover of its powers could be incorporated into the ACS in 1966. Laurie was an active member of the ACS committee which developed the guidelines for the award of Fellow (FACS) of the ACS. The outcome of the committee deliberations resulted in the foundation of the College of Fellows together with appropriate guidelines. He was appointed as a Fellow of the Society in 1970. Laurie is now a young and active 90-year-old, and has been a continuous financial member of the Society for 47 years. He is one of the very few people still alive who commenced with mechanical accounting machines, proceeded to punched card devices, and from there to programmables.

Fellows

Peter D Hoefer - ACT Peter Hoefer has made a significant contribution to ICT in the field of Financial Management. Peter has had extensive experience in all areas of financial management, with executive positions in the private and public sectors. Peter has developed a number of substantial financial systems which have improved the return on investment made by organisations.

Prof San Murugesan - NSW San Murugesan conceived, promoted and led the new discipline of Web engineering, which deals with systematic approaches to development of complex Web applications and Web-based software. His paper on Web Engineering, published in 1998, is a foundation paper in this area and is widely quoted by several researchers in this field and in their publications. San has been actively involved as an editor of four journals, as well as chair/co-chair of a number of domestic and international conferences. He has an exceptional publication record, and has served on the Western Sydney Economic Development Board and the Board of the Coffs Harbour IT Cluster.

Prof Joan Cooper - SA Joan Cooper is recognised for her distinguished contribution in the field of curriculum innovation in ICT. In the early 90s, she foresaw that the study of "Information Communication Technology" would increasingly be viewed from an organisational and social context and in the training of ICT professionals, context would become increasingly important. Joan has forged and managed links between the technical disciplines in Computer Science and Software Engineering to produce a number of innovative degree programs in use in the Higher Education Sector.

Ralph Leonard - SA 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. He has been a strong supporter of computers in education curriculum and programs. Ralph 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 Peter F Green - QLD Peter Green is the University of Queensland Professor of Information Systems and Online Business. He is also the Program Director for all ICT related programs in the UQ Business School and the Head of the UQ Business School on the Ipswich Campus. Prior to moving into academia Peter had a distinguished career in ICT management in the energy industry in Queensland. In 1999, he was instrumental in establishing the first Electronic Commerce degree program in Australia. He was the inaugural Electronic Commerce Program Director and the first Professor of Electronic Commerce at the University of Queensland.

Prof Michael Rosemann - QLD Michael Rosemann is a world leader in a number of areas of Information Systems research, teaching, consultancy and supervision. He is a member of the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts and holds leadership positions in a number of academic and industry organisations. Michael has a number of Patents pending in the USA, has received noteworthy accolades for teaching, and has received many best paper awards for his research published at major conferences. In addition to his contribution to research, teaching, innovation and practice, he has also demonstrated significant engagement in the Australian industry. His personal record of achievement is the equal of many entire Departments of IS at many universities in the world.

Alan D Calder- QLD Alan Calder has been a leading figure in the ICT profession in Queensland for over twenty years and during this time he has made a significant contribution to both the ICT industry and the use of information technology in the newspaper industry. He has demonstrated his competence, professionalism and dedication, which has been rewarded by his promotion to the position of Deputy CIO of News Corporation. He successfully managed a wide range of ICT projects and has been a driving force in the adoption of technology in newspaper production, not only in his own company, but across the sector

Dr Paul Campbell - QLD Paul Campbell is the driving force behind IceMedia, a Queensland ICT company that has been recognised many times for its innovation, product quality and professionalism. Paul's 30 years experience in information technology include: the development of mainframe applications in academic research projects, being a partner in the largest Apple reseller chain in Queensland and consulting in the 'business' of multimedia and internet software development. Paul has built IceMedia into one of the largest and most successful multimedia and internet development companies in Australia. In the process IceMedia has won numerous awards for its work.

Mark Lloyd - QLD Mark Lloyd has made a distinguished contribution to ICT as a career public servant in the Queensland State Government and as an industry leader. By the early 1980s Lloyd had established the Probation and Parole Service as an advanced end user of computing within government. As the Premier's long standing CIO, he was instrumental in successfully deploying the first mass use of office automation tools, providing all staff access to the internet when it was an emerging technology and establishing the first multi-agency shared wide area network. He is the ACS Queensland Branch Chair and has also been a key player in turning acrimonious local industry/Government relations into one of the most positive and productive in Australia.

Jeff Whittle - VIC Jeff Whittle has made distinguished contributions to the field of ICT both in Australia and throughout the world over a period of some 40 years. Although a physicist by training, as head of the Computing Contracts Group of Monash University, Jeff ran a successful and profitable business for the university for some 10 years. This group had a major impact on computing in the education sector in Victoria in the 1960s and 1970s, set the standard for processing of university examination results, and was responsible for the MONECS project, which gave many students their first contact with computers. Jeff's most significant contribution was the creation of Whittle Programming, a start-up company specialising in creating innovative software products for optimising mining operations. He was the first to implement basic concepts and algorithms successfully, to create commercial software packages which were sold to virtually every major mining company in the world.

Richard H Harvey - VIC Rick Harvey has made distinguished contributions to the field of ICT in Australia and internationally over a period of some 20 years. Qualified as an Engineer, Rick worked at Telecom and the National Protocol Support Centre before starting at Datacraft in 1989 on a project to build an X.500 directory. Over the next eight years he built that into a world-class product which in fact outlasted Datacraft. He then became co-founder, R&D director and VP of start-up company OpenDirectory which took over the software, filed the initial patents on it, built it into a full suite of multi-platform directory products, and successfully marketed and sold it, winning competitive deals with major international companies such as Cable & Wireless, New York Life and the CIA. He has previously won the Victorian Pearcey Award for contributions to Australian R&D.

Graeme C Bond -VIC Graeme Bond has made distinguished contributions to the field of ICT in Australia over a period of more than 25 years. Graeme has managed or directed a number of large high-profile ICT projects for major companies and government departments. These include GE Capital Finance, Hillside Trains, Orica, ANZ, Zamro, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Justice, Coles Myer, NEC and AXA. He has been responsible for the planning, tendering, and project management of projects worth millions of dollars and employing hundreds of people. Within the last several years he has gained an MBA (with several ICT units), a Master of Information Systems and Practising Computer Professional. He has also lectured to and mentored ICT students.

Ian Wells - VIC Ian Wells has made distinguished contributions to the field of ICT in Australia over a period of some 40 years. Ian has had extensive experience across every aspect of IT, including operations, application analysis and development, strategy and management, and consulting. At senior management level he has served as General Manager, Chief Information Officer and Principal Consultant in major organisations including Coles Myer, Vic Roads, Mobil, TAC, Ansett, Hitachi, Colonial, Ericsson and RACV. He has directed major complex infrastructure and application development projects and has demonstrated a keen interest in business management and a growing emphasis on business skills for the successful application of IT to business.

Max J Rogalsky - VIC Max Rogalsky has made distinguished contributions to the field of ICT in Australia over a period of more than 40 years. Max started in ICT in the early 1960s as an Analyst/Programmer at NCR, progressively working his way through a succession of software houses including Datec, Adaps, MIS, Network Systems, Webster and Fujitsu. In each he held senior roles including software manager, systems manager and principal architect. Most recently he has been CEO of Access Net Australia. Max made his most distinguished contribution as the founder of Access Net Australia, one of the first retail ISPs in Melbourne. Max was the innovator, chief architect and project manager for the creation of Access2l Web-based content management system and related modules, critical to the success of Access NetAustralia and its many customers.