One of the largest digital innovation teams in the world will be created when CSIRO’s Digital Productivity flagship and NICTA merge to form a new CSIRO entity called Data61. The new organisation will be led by Australian technology entrepreneur and UTS alumnus Adrian Turner.
Adrian is an international member of the UTS Business School advisory board where he guides the strategic direction of the School, and helps inspire the transformation of our teaching and research programs so they meet the demands for businesses of the future. He graduated with a UTS Bachelor of Business in 1997.
Adrian said he was joining CSIRO at an exciting time. His vision for Data61 is to harness the start-up culture of NICTA and multidisciplinary strength of CSIRO to deliver maximum benefit to Australia.
“So much of our understanding and interaction with the world is underpinned by digital technology and data”, Adrian says.
"It is a fast moving and big growth area for Australia and Australian industry, and Data61 will be well-positioned to play a leading role in defining the new economic structures and opportunities that are emerging globally.”
Adrian has been based in Silicon Valley for the past 18 years, building his own companies from the ground up. He is the former Managing Director and Co-Founder of the Borondi Group, a company that applies emerging technologies in traditionally conservative industries such as agriculture, mining and transportation. Prior to that he co-founded the smart phone / internet of things security company Mocana Corporation.
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