5 minutes with. . .Martin Simunic IT manager, International Freight Services
Q&A- 5 minutes with. . .Martin Simunic, IT manager, International Freight Services
Stories by Lauren Thomsen-Moore
5 minutes with. . .Bill Advic, group IT manager, Community Newspapers Group, Western Australia.
Computerworld: If you could walk a mile in any other IT professional's shoes, whose would it be and why?
Bill Advic: It would have to be Ed Yourdon. By the way, there is some controversy in his biography, published on his Web site, that he wrote all of Bob Dylan's songs. Coincidentally, I'm a huge Dylan fan - but in all seriousness, I think Ed Yourdon would have to be every programmer's hero. His contribution to the computer industry and influence on the computer profession (particularly on computer programmers) has been outstanding - he is a legend.
5 minutes with. . .Suresh Padmanabhan, IT manager, Australian Institute of Management (NSW).
Suresh Padmanabhan: My first brush with computing was in the early 1980s when I became a programmer by accident. I realised that the job in IT gave me a sense of achievement and power. After completing my university degree, I was offered the job of designing a transaction-based system for a shipping company. Since then I have been involved in designing and implementing various systems and I've never had any regrets.
5 minutes with. . .Aaron Sault
COMPUTERWORLD: How long have you been working at American Express (Amex) and where were you working previously?
5 minutes with . . . Bruce Nicholas Manager of information technology, Network Ten
Computerworld: How long have you been at Network Ten?
5 minutes with . . . Rodney Marman, Senior network administrator, NSW Attorney General's Department
Computerworld: Did you always envisage that you would have a career in the IT industry?
Rodney Marman: After finishing school in South Africa, IT was the last career on my mind, I had a holiday for about six months then went into the hospitality industry for a year. I soon left that because of the long 12-hour shifts.
Australian companies wary of next move in e-commerce game
While the overwhelming majority of medium and large Australian companies have dipped a toe into the e-commerce pool, most are still working out how to safely wade in a little further.
5 minutes with . . . Patrick Teh CIO, Hoyts Cinema Group
Before becoming the CIO for the Hoyts cinemas group (encompassing Hoyts cinemas in Australia, New Zealand, US, Europe and South America) I was the IT manager for Hoyts Cinemas Australia.