Western Australia鈥檚听Health Support Services听(贬厂厂)听has appointed former Curtin University tech boss, Christian Rasmussen, as its new chief information officer. Rasmussen听replaces Jonathan Smith who has been acting 娇色导航since Holger Kaufmann鈥檚 departure last July.
Rasmussen will start with the WA agency responsible for听providing听ICT services to public hospitals in the state on February 15. He had been 娇色导航at听Lotterywest听since August 2019.
Rasmussen is a听has a long听track record听of successful听digital transformation and change management leadership. He spent more than five-and-a-half听years at Curtin University where he听led a team of more than 300 staff that oversaw the improvement of Curtin IT Services and the university鈥檚 learning and teaching technologies.
HSS听CEO Robert Toms said that Rasmussen will听lead the transformation and听modernisation听of ICT at the agency and across the WA health system.
鈥淗e will oversee the delivery of modern, secure, integrated, and user-friendly听ICT platforms for public health care services in Western Australia. This includes helping to develop and define future听滨颁罢听priorities听in line with the WA Health Digital Strategy.鈥�
Meanwhile, veteran tech听executive David Banger has joined听infrastructure project听organisation, Infrastructure Nation as chief digital innovation officer. Banger is reporting to Infrastructure Nation CEO Richard Stewart, his former colleague at John Holland.
Infrastructure Nation was founded in 2015 and offeres services to construction and engineering comapnies, governments, local authorities and transport operators in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK.
Banger told 娇色导航Australia that Digital Innovation Services and Technology (DIST) is the next growth phase for the organisation.
鈥淭his DIST team will soon be 15 people strong, working on establishing听technical services for several clients, and Rail Diary is our first technology strategic partner.听Rail Diary, founded in the UK, has successfully simplified project management within the rail industry internationally and we are looking forward to the Australian launch in February,鈥� he said.
Banger听has previously held technology leadership roles at CBA, John Holland, IBM, KPMG, Microsoft and Prudential. He is also an adjunct professor and Business School Advisory board member at Swinburne University.听
