ACS Panel: Future of Women in Tech

Zak  is Head of Business Technology Operations for Qantas Airways leading the Office of the CIO team responsible for technology strategy, the portfolio office, vendor management and the technology operating model.

Zak is a values-based leader with a passion and commitment to unlocking people’s potential, attracting and retaining talent, and increasing the participation of women and young people in STEM related careers. With over 18 years’ experience in Aviation, she has a strong track record of delivering results in business transformation, optimization and cultural change. 

Siobhan oversees the growth and commercialisation of River City Labs in Brisbane, Harbour City Labs in Sydney and Bay City Labs in Melbourne. All three are home to tech scale-ups with the labs also acting as accelerators for small companies delivering innovative technology solutions.
Siobhan, has been heavily involved in the startup ecosystem and was an inaugural judge in ACS’ RiverPitch television series earlier this year. With 20 years of specialist knowledge across trends, behaviours, customer patterns and technology within the Finance and Logistics sectors, Siobhan is an industry thought leader, presenting her bold ideas and informed insights in an engaging way across a range of platforms and events.
Prior to joining ACS, Siobhan was a Board Adviser and COO of fintech startup HashChing, Australia’s first online marketplace for customers to access verified mortgage brokers. During her tenure, HashChing successfully settled more than $1 billion worth of home loans.
Before starting at HashChing, Siobhan was the Chief Executive Officer of the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), the peak industry body for Australian mortgage brokers, and held senior operations roles at Finware and Woolworths Ltd. She is a Director for Running for Premature Babies Foundation (RFPB) and an Education Advisory Board Member for SP Jain, Global School of Management.
 

I am obsessed with business, investment and technology. I get a buzz from helping people to achieve success in their lives and careers through focus, belief, education, and dedication.

I am an experienced web developer, qualified commercial valuer, angel investor and entrepreneur.

Liz McMillan is a tenacious digital executive who has consistently created value through strategic investment and culture transformation. In her tenure as CEO of Dictionary.com, Liz orchestrated a turnaround that culminated in the sale of the company with > 2x increase in valuation in 3 years.

Prior to Dictionary.com, Liz was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development across IAC Publishing, playing a key role in several high profile acquisitions, including an acquisition of About.com, Investopedia, and PriceRunner, and global social Q&A network, Ask.fm.Liz also served as Vice President of Revenue and Analytics at Ask.com, where she overhauled Ask.com’s web analytics system, spearheaded partnership strategies, and drove all analysis of revenue and traffic performance across a 100 million-plus user base.

As the leader of some of the largest and most complex government transformations that Accenture has delivered, Janine brings her 24 years of experience and considerable expertise to bear to help clients succeed from initial planning to execution.Janine has worked with a number of cities to help them develop and implement the strategies and capabilities they need to become smart cities. That includes leading work with Australian Councils including a multi-year transformation program where she was responsible for a team of more than 400 as well as the design and development of a Smart City Blueprint and implementation plan.As a highly experienced business advisor and consultant, Janine helps public and private sector organisations to understand and implement the critical steps they need to address to achieve sustainable business transformation. Those include strategic design, governance, stakeholder engagement as well as organisational change, talent management and business process design. In particular, Janine helps governments to harness the power of data and analytics to transform their organisations and the services they deliver to citizens.As well as working with government and public services organisations, in Australia, New Zealand and more than 9 countries across the globe, Janine has also worked extensively with clients in the resources, mining, oil and gas industries as well as financial services, products, communications and high-tech industries.