CXO Challenge

CXO Challenge is a landmark study into the strategies and tools Australian organisations are employing to meet the needs of the digital consumer.

Below we profile the country's most influential technology and business executives and discuss disruptive innovation across key sectors of the Australian economy.

Vijay Solanki - Southern Cross Austereo

Australia's digital crescendo
 

Karen Wagner - Cardno

Tech SWAT teams kicking down the digital door
 

Carole Tokody - Cover-More Group

When does an insurance company turn into a software vendor?
 

Alistair Carwardine - M2 Group

Disconnecting from the internet of stupid things
 

Trent Mankelow - Trade Me Group

Going all in with Spotify-style agile

 
 

Expanding a savvy CIO's toolbox.

APIs: rivets for the composable enterprise
 

Andrew Watts - Bendigo Bank

Ditching the CIO title in favour of a customer focus

 

Allen Lew - Optus

Halting Optus' descent into ones and zeros
 

Brian Adams - WorleyParsons

Never waste a good crisis
 

Shawn Blackmore - AustralianSuper

Superannuation via the smartphone
 

Lionel Lopez - Veda

Inside the mind of the chief data officer
 

Vish Nandlall - Telstra

Telstra leans on partners as telco margins erode

 

Stripping away human intervention

Why straight-through processing is the holy grail for banks
 

Matthew Toohey - iiNet

Change is the only constant at iiNet
 

Mandy Ross - Tatts Group

Beating the disruptors with bricks and mortar
 

David Whiteing - CommBank

Don’t mention digital disruption to David Whiteing
 

Lisa Tobin - Transurban

Predicting a road accident before it happens
 

Nell Payne - Foxtel

Content, cost & constant innovation: How Foxtel plans to take on Netflix
 

Stephen Phillips - Transfield Services

Sending in the drones
 

Paul Baker - Iluka Resources

Mining for value in tough times
 

Roger Sniezek - Coles

Trust in the age of the data-driven supermarket
 

David Higgins - OzForex

Battling for top recruits in the race to disrupt
 

Clive Dickens - Seven West Media

Taking the fight to the disruptors
 

Barry Simpson - Coca-Cola Amatil

Soft drinks and SoftLayer: A solution for hard times?
 

Martin Janssen - Incitec Pivot

Getting bang for your buck in the explosives factory
 

Neil Hitchcock - Navitas

Keeping up with the digital natives
 

Tom Ceglarek - STW Group

Data: Advertising's best frenemy
 

Tim Thurman - ASX

Tearing down walls at the ASX
 

Peter Campbell - Sparke Helmore

Is your lawyer smarter than IBM's Watson?
 

Tim Fleming - Deloitte

Harnessing cloud to avoid a short fuse and big bang
 

Sharmila Tsourdalakis - GPT Group

Why GPT Group put all its IT into AWS
 

Wayne McMahon - Domino's

Redefining fast food with just four clicks
 

Luc Hennekens - Qantas

Empty terminals and mountains of data
 

Paul Keen - Dick Smith

Jumping off a cliff for your customers
 

Kel Telford - Echo Entertainment

Betting all his chips on big data
 

Owen Coppage - AGL

Friends with benefits
 

Michael Ilczynski - Seek

Disrupting the disruptors
 

Kim Wenn - Tabcorp

At the top of her game
 

Andrew Todd – IOOF

Innovating in the sleepy super industry
 

Dave Curran – Westpac

Debunking the innovation myth
 

Matt Pancino - Suncorp

Culture: the one thing a bank can't buy
 

Paul Young – Ardent Leisure

Digital engagement: more than child’s play
 

Sue Coulter - Credit Union Australia

Technology, through a banker’s lens
 

Vincent Dempsey - Vodafone Australia

Keeping the peace
 

Adam Bennett - NAB

A new perspective on digital leadership
 

Tom Quinn - News Corp

Go fast enough, and you won’t feel the shakes
 

Andrew Lam-Po-Tang - Fairfax

Building a rapid response team
 

Ajay Bhatia - carsales.com.au

How to disrupt yourself
 

Andrew Walduck - Australia Post

Standing on a burning platform
 

Patrick Maes - ANZ Bank

ANZ looks to life beyond the transaction
 

Julie Bale - Bank of Queensland

Earning the right to innovate
 

Andy Weir - Bankwest

Building a disruptive culture
 

Nigel Dalton - REA Group

Australia's godfather of agile
 

Brett Winterford - former iTnews editor

Welcome to CXO Challenge