Information Technology
Kevin Landale
ACS/Centrelink
Josephine Giddings
Centrelink

What is IT/ICT?!

Busting the Myths
Nerd/Geek

Mac vs PC – Video

Busting the Myths
The Reality

About Me
• Business Analyst at Centrelink for just over 2
years.
• Canberra Young IT Representative in the
Australian Computer Society
• Studied at University of Technology, Sydney
• Play Sport, Guitar, Video Games, Race Cars,
Read Books
• 2nd Degree Black Belt in Karate
• Drawing a Webcomic about Ninjas

Areas of IT

Creative

Enterprise

Web

Infrastructure

Career Pathways

Current Issues in IT
IT and Business:
Understanding each other

Current Issues in IT
“Green” IT

Current Issues in IT
Women in IT

Women in IT
Roberta Williams

• Game Programmer and pioneered
Graphical Adventure games, most notably
the “King’s Quest” series
• Co-Founder of On-Line Systems that
became Sierra Online

Women in IT
Bianca Wirth

• Little Miss Enviro Geek
• Worked in IT for 11 yrs
• Advisory Board Member of Computers Off
• NSW State Lead for the Australian IT
Industry’s Green IT Taskforce

Women in IT
Mary Lou Jepsen

• Founding Chief Technology Officer of One
Laptop Per Child (OPLC)
• Lead the design, development and
manufacture of the OLPC’s laptop
• Pioneered single-panel sequential display
systems (I have no idea what that means
either?!?!?)

Women in IT
Josephine Giddings

Any Questions?!?!?