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CIO50 2020 #10: Shayne Tong, Auckland District Health Board

Our focus is on strengthening the organisation’s capabilities around digital acceleration, advanced analytics, data science, and interoperability, says Shayne Tong, chief digital officer, Auckland District Health Board.

Written by Divina Paredes14 Oct. 20 16:30

CIO50 2020 #26-50: Tony Carpinter, New Zealand Blood Service

New Zealand Blood Service provides safe, appropriate and timely access to blood and tissue products and related services to meet the health needs of people across the country. Its CIO Tony Carpinter applies a wider lens to describe what they do. “We work in a manufacturing landscape where the inputs are donations, donated by people, and not made to order and where demand can be variable,” he says.

Written by Divina Paredes14 Oct. 20 16:30

CIO50 2019 #21: Gary Baird, Inland Revenue

“We are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation opportunity to modernise tax administration in New Zealand,” says Inland Revenue CTO Gary Baird.

Written by Divina Paredes28 March 19 08:30

CIO100 2018 #31-100: Grant Strang, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

“We are confident, audacious and constantly challenging ourselves, the status quo and leading the pace of change,” is how Grant Strang describes the approach of the technology team at tertiary provider Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA). The results, he says, can be seen in the range of projects they have delivered over the past year.

Written by Divina Paredes28 March 18 08:30

CIO100 2018 #6: Gary Baird, New Zealand Inland Revenue

Inland Revenue’s Business Transformation isone of the largest and most ambitious programmes in the Southern Hemisphere.
“This is a once in a generation opportunity to modernise tax administration in New Zealand” says Inland Revenue’s chief technology officer, Gary Baird.

Written by Divina Paredes28 March 18 08:30

CIO100 2018 #31-100: James Allison, healthAlliance

It is not often that the opportunity arises to transform a large organisation’s core IT system, particularly one pivotal to the running of a busy public hospital, but that was the challenge set down for James Allison, CIO for healthAlliance NZ and his team this year.

Written by CIO New Zealand28 March 18 08:30

CIO100 2018 #30: Alan Adcock, Whangarei District Council

"The first phase of our ‘Trilogy’ program of work began the transformation of the council into a ‘digital council’; supporting our vision for future service delivery,” says Alan Adcock, GM Corporate at the Whangarei District Council.

Written by CIO New Zealand28 March 18 08:30

CIO100 2018 #31-100: Paul Jepson, ACC

For the past two years, ACC has been delivering transformational business change that puts our customers at the heart of what we do, says Paul Jepson, CIO of ACC. “This transformation programme is all about improving our customers’ outcomes and experience. To do this, and to deliver better customer service, requires an integrated approach across our people, processes, technology and information."

Written by CIO New Zealand28 March 18 08:30

CIO100 2018 #31-100: Tracy Voice, Ministry for Primary Industries

Ministry for Primary Industries CIO Tracy Voice says a key focus for her team over the past year has been embedding the Research, Technology and Innovation practice across the organisation. The goal is to “bring prototypes to life on emerging technologies” as well as use emerging technologies to transform government operating models.

Written by Divina Paredes28 March 18 08:30

CIO100 2017 #31-100: Michael Middlemiss, NZ Parliamentary Service

Parliamentary Service has undergone a major transformation around Business Process Management. With a complex array of important customers, a major focus for the past year has been the implementation of standardised business processes. This is to ensure consistent service delivery within KPIs, says its CIO, Michael Middlemiss.

Written by Rodney Fletcher29 March 17 07:00

CIO100 2017 #31-100: Gary Baird, Inland Revenue NZ

“Inland Revenue is transforming. We are putting customers at the centre and re-shaping the way customers interact with us, including making improvements to policy and legislative settings,” says its Chief Technology Officer Gary Baird.

Written by Rodney Fletcher29 March 17 07:00

CIO100 2017 #31-100: Sean Mills, Department of Corrections

Corrections has the dual responsibilities of keeping the public safe and actively reducing re-offending, through activities and programmes offered to custodial and community-based offenders. Within this strategic context, technology transformation must be delivered securely, effectively and reflect the strong governance and low-risk principles that are embedded in the Corrections’ culture,” says the organisation’s CIO, Sean Mills.

Written by Rodney Fletcher29 March 17 07:00

CIO100 2017 #31-100: Lukasz Zawilski, NZ Qualifications Authority

The education sector is undergoing a digital transformation and NZQA is leading in the area of digital assessment. This is a multi-year programme with the aim of having all 93 NCEA subjects being assessed online by 2020, says Lukasz Zawilski, NZQA CIO.

Written by Divina Paredes29 March 17 07:00

CIO100 2017 #31-100: Tony Carpinter, NZ Blood Service

New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) operates in a closely regulated environment, with its core activities including the collection, testing, manufacturing and distribution of blood products, says CIO Tony Carpinter.

Written by Rodney Fletcher29 March 17 07:00