NSW Pre Election & Half Year Executive Update Briefing

Founding MD of NSW Businesslink to speak

Pat Richards, NSW Businesslink founding MD, is the Guest Speaker at Intermedium’s breakfast briefing on Wednesday 2 March 2011.

Pat will address issues such as:

• The strategic and tactical challenges facing the NSW Government in the next decade;
• The need for government to adjust to the changing role of ICT; and
• The relevance of an Infrastructure Fund in the government ICT context.

A critical briefing leading up to the 2011 NSW State Election and for those developing and delivering against NSW Government ICT sales budgets and strategies

As NSW prepares to go to the polls in March it’s time to take stock of the current state of ICT in the NSW Government, the impacts of an election on ICT procurement, and potential future ICT policy directions.

ICT in NSW Government has experienced substantial changes in recent times with the establishment of the Super Departments, the move to shared services and the recent shake up at the Government Chief Information Office.

The coming election will have immediate implications for ICT procurements and the potential change of government could have long term implications for ICT policy in NSW. Due in March, shortly before the release of the NSW Budget, this election could have a significant impact on the funding of new ICT projects in the state.

NSW Government is the second largest ICT market in Australia, with public sector ICT spending estimated to be $1.5b per annum. It is a market in which it is difficult to obtain actionable lead information.

Be prepared to face upcoming changes in the NSW Government ICT market. Come along to Intermedium’s Pre-Election Briefing and Half Year Executive Update to get the latest news and insights.

At this executive briefing Intermedium will:

1. Present an analysis of how Labor and Coalition policies would likely impact the ICT activity of government agencies.
2. Provide insight into the impacts of an election on ICT procurement activity.
3. Give an update on contracting and tendering activity in the NSW Government ICT market.
4. Provide the results of its second annual survey of suppliers on the performance of the IT Services (2020) panel as a vehicle for engagement with NSW Government. 
5. Discuss the progress of the 12 super departments towards real integration and update on the progress of shared services initiatives in the state.

Attending this briefing and gain an understanding of:

• What has affected Government ICT over the first half of 2010-11;
• Where funds have been invested, and with whom;
• How to prepare for 2011-12 if there is a new government; and
• What does it really mean to be on the 2020 panel.

Who should attend

• NSW State Managers;
• Account Managers;
• Marketing Managers; and
• Business Development Managers.

Guest Speaker

Pat Richards
Guest Speaker

Pat Richards was the founding Managing Director of NSW Businesslink Pty Ltd and ran it for 6 years until March 2010.

Businesslink was a standalone company entity but is now one of the six shared business services clusters within the NSW Government. Its charter is to serve the agencies within the NSW Department of Human Services.

Businesslink, with annual revenues of $180M ($90m 2004) and a headcount approaching 1,000, provides ICT, procurement, financial, project, property, recruitment and HR services to over 22,000 DHS employees. It is governed by an independent Chair and the three Director Generals of the largest agencies within DHS.

Prior to Businesslink, Pat held management positions at Fonterra Group and NZ Dairy Group in New Zealand. At Fonterra Group, Pat was instrumental in consolidating four retail companies into one entity in order to rationalise the business. He re-engineered the retail network in terms of inventory, logistics, systems, vendor management and procurement through to point of sale.

In 2000, while at NZ Dairy, Pat established a Shared Service business unit which provided improved efficiency and effectiveness for transactional processing that led to a significant reduction in cost.

Pat is a qualified Chartered Accountant and member of the Australian Institute of Directors.

Speaker

Judy Hurditch
Managing Director
Intermedium

Since founding Intermedium in 2004, Judy has become a highly regarded specialist on the government marketplace.  As an independent industry analyst, she has extensive knowledge about both federal and state jurisdictions, and a comprehensive knowledge of suppliers to governments.

Prior to her commercial sector experience, Judy spent almost twenty years in the public sector, predominantly in IT-related project management and business system roles.  During this time, Judy managed major IT projects and procurements and was responsible for service delivery. more >>

Briefing Details

For further information please contact sales on (02) 9955 9896.
Breakfast Briefing Packages available. more >>