Previous Board Members | 2016


Michael Whereat - President

Experienced Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry.Strong professional skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Training Delivery, Management, and Community Engagement.

BROOK DIXON - vice PRESIDENT

Brook is Managing Director of Delos Delta, driving smart city and digital transformation for clients around the world. 

Brook is an experienced leader, smart city creator, strategic planner, keynote speaker, business moderniser, digital city exponent, public administrator, economist, and policy developer. 

Ray Heffernan - Secretary

Ray is the Executive Manager at the Remote Area Planning and Development Board (RAPAD) and has provide significant advice and guidance on infrastructure projects, training, policy development and promoting the digital needs of Central West Queensland. He has held a directorships and executive positions in a number of organisations

Matthew Schultz - Treasurer

CDO and Digital Transformation advocate for Ipswich City leading an ICT Digital City group deliveringSmart City, Spatial, Web, Analytics and IoT services.

Daniel High - Board member

Experienced in Economic Development, urban regeneration, place making,project management and smart city technology and strategy. Demonstrated history of working across all tiers of government in collaboration with private enterprise. Experienced Board member. Skilled in project / corporate governance and business strategy - self confessed urban development addict - graduated from Curtin University with a Commerce double degree and Australian Institute of Company Directors Directors Course.

Peter Runcie - Board Member

Peter is an experienced professional with broad experience across a range of technical and business disciplines.  Specialties include: business development, software development, product and solution development, technology commercialisation, patents, IP portfolio development, market analysis and strategy, channel development, M&A, assembling and managing teams including virtual teams, project management, IT services, general management.

Peter Auhl - board member

Peter is Chief Information Officer of the City of Adelaide. He is passionate about meaningful Digital Transformation and Government “getting out of the way” and letting people make their own decisions to shape their futures. To achieve this at State and Local Government levels, he had built focused, action oriented teams united by a vision of enabling economic growth and creating smarter, more connected communities through technology.

Glenn Pomeroy - board member

Glenn is the Coordinator, Innovation and Transformation of the City of Bendigo. He is pursuing innovative and transformational projects that build jobs and support managing growth for Bendigo.

Brook Kitson - board member

Brook was previously Manager for Cardno and also Project Director for Pelican Waters - Design and construction Maroochydore City Centre - Design & construction and Aura (Caloundra South) P1 - Construction (Inc. EDQ - Project Coordinator role)

Robert Smallwood - board member

Robert’s specialties are: executive leadership, strategic planning, commercialisation, marketing, customer service, renewable energy, energy policy, change management, capital raising, project management, sales and business development, market research, branding strategy and staff motivation. Additional expertise in energy technologies, innovation management and academic research.