Tag: David Thodey

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Thodey: Optimistic but realistic

Adding one million new jobs to the NSW economy in the next 20 years is a daunting but achievable challenge, despite the growing intensity of creative disruption sweeping across...

Telstra switches to new spin cycle

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ever since David Thodey stepped down from the top job at Telstra, there’s been a growing and nagging sense that things are not quite as fabulous as they were....

Under the pump: Innovation policy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Having thrown his entire ‘innovation ministry’ out with former Assistant Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy, there’s certainly a sense that the Prime Minister is recasting his National Innovation and Science...

Rocky ride at the top for CSIRO

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is telling that the freshly-minted Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Greg Hunt this week publicly offered his “full support” to CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall. These words...

The brains behind Telstra software

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Charlotte Yarkoni certainly has the credentials to be the real US tech deal, studying computer engineering at top tier colleges in her home country, first at University of California’s...

Thodey: We must be bolder, faster

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For all of the loud and powerful corporate voices who are comfortable telling government and the rest of us what to do, there is one that is trusted above...

Telstra walks from San Miguel deal

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has just been forced to walk away from his first big Asian deal, to partner with the San Miguel group to build the Philippine’s...

Data61 confronts next big challenge

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is a lot to like about Data61 and the unmatched ambition of its strategic plan, announced to the media a week ago. And there is a lot to...

Are there no women in Camelot?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The list of senior leadership appointments to the Commonwealth’s innovation infrastructure is impressive, bringing a diversity of business and commercial experience to the roles that had perhaps been lacking....

Vamos II: looking at the Big Picture

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Telstra board member Steve Vamos has a theory about automation and the rise of technology. The more technology prevails across our workplace and society, he says, the more the...