Mr Bruce Callow President Bruce is the Chief Technology Officer for Griffith University, a position he has occupied since 2013. Previously Bruce was the Director of Information and Communication Technology Services. During this period he was on the Board of Directors for the global Higher Education Users Group and Chair of the ANZ Higher Education Users Group. Bruce currently sits on the global Oracle Education and Research Strategy Council. Bruce has been an IT professional for over 30 years and his varied background includes 16 years as an Army Officer in various IT related roles, a number of years as an IT Manager in large Local Government Authorities and as a business manager with AWA Computers. Bruce was elected to the position of AAF Vice President in April 2013 and appointed as President in December 2015. Ms Fiona Rankin Vice President Fiona Rankin is the Director of Information Management and Technology Services at the University of Wollongong (UOW), where she is responsible for the development and delivery of key strategic initiatives, in addition to the operational and people management aspects of UOW’s core technology environment. Fiona brings to this leadership role more than 25 years technology and executive management experience, and multiple Chief Information Officer (CIO) roles in both the public and private sectors. This is in addition to her Company Director qualifications and previous Board appointment to a subsidiary of a large international corporation. Fiona has completed a Bachelor of Economics and Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (UNE) and a Masters in Business and IT Management (UTS). In addition, she has also completed the Asia Link Leaders Program (Universities of Melbourne and Sydney and the Australian National University) and Leadership 3000 (University of Michigan, USA). Fiona is a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a member of ‘Women on Boards’, she was a 2008 NSW finalist for Telstra Business Women’s Awards, and in 2013 received the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Alumni Award for Excellence — Engineering and IT. Prof Ian Gibson Past President Professor Ian Gibson has over 25 years of experience as a computer scientist and engineer and at executive level Research and Development (R&D) management. He has led the research, development and global commercialisation of new technology across a broad range of electrical engineering, computer science and digital imaging. Ian was elected to the position of AAF Secretary in April 2013 and then AAF President in May 2014. From 2008-2015, Ian was the founding CEO of Intersect, Australia’s leading eResearch organisation, building it from scratch to being the largest organisation of its type in Australia, assisting 12 universities to achieve research impact through technology. Previously, Ian was a Division CEO at CiSRA, the Australian R&D lab for Canon. There he built research capability over several years to deliver original, world leading technology into a wide range of Canon’s major product groups generating hundreds of patents along the way. Ian has a PhD from the University of New South Wales in Computer Science, a BE in Electrical Engineering (Hons) and a BSc and serves on many advisory boards and committees. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 4