Tom Worthington

Current

• Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Australian National University
• Member at Engineers Without Borders Australia
• Member of the Telecommunications Board at Australian Computer Society

• Project Managment Committee Member at Sahana Disaster Management System
• On Line Opinion's Editorial Advisory Board at The National Forum
• Director at TomW Communications Pty Ltd

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Past

• Chair of the Scholarly Publishing Committee at Australian Computer Society
• Director of the Professional Development Board at Australian Computer Society
• Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University

• Member of the Defence Common Operating Environment Project Team at Department of Defence
• Director Technical Issues, Defence IS Y2K Project Office at department of defecne
• Special Adviser, Defence Internet/Intranet Policy at Department of Defence
• Manager Defence Information Management Architecture at Department of Defence
• President at Australian Computer Society
• Defence Web Master & Senior Policy Adviser, Information Management Strategic Plans at Department of Defence
• Senior Policy Adviser - Data Administration Standards at Headquarters Australian Defence Force (HQADF)
• Administrative Services Officer, Class 8 at Headquarters Australian Defence Force (HQADF)
• Information Systems Administrator at Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Computer Systems Officer Grade 3 at Commonwealth Schools Commission

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Education

• Canberra Institute of Technology

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Industry

Computer Software

Tom Worthington’s Summary

Tom Worthington is an independent consultant, providing advice on information technology strategies, the design of web sites and use of e-commerce systems. Clients include major government agencies, companies and research organisations.

In addition, Tom has an interest in architecture, environmental design, energy and water saving technology. He has been invited as a guest lecturer on the effects of ICT on urban design for the Bauhaus Dessau and on smart apartment design at the University of Canberra.

Tom is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University, where he teaches the design of web sites and use of e-commerce systems. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy.

Tom Worthington’s Specialties:

information technology strategies, design of web sites, use of e-commerce systems, Green IT, IT and architecture, public Internet policy e-learning, open source.

Tom Worthington’s Experience

• Adjunct Senior Lecturer

  Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology teaching the design of web sites and use of e-commerce systems.

• Member

  Engineers Without Borders Australia

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Joined recently. Hope to be involved in computer related projects.

• Member of the Telecommunications Board

  Australian Computer Society

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Board member and past director. See board for details: https://www.acs.org.au/tb/

• Project Managment Committee Member

  Sahana Disaster Management System

  (Computer Software industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

• On Line Opinion's Editorial Advisory Board

  The National Forum

  (Computer Software industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years )

• Director

  TomW Communications Pty Ltd

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 1999 — Present (10 years 6 months)

• Chair of the Scholarly Publishing Committee

  Australian Computer Society

  (Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2005 — 2009 (4 years )

• Director of the Professional Development Board

  Australian Computer Society

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2006 — December 2008 (2 years )

  Oversee postgraduate education for IT professionals using short courses and online systems.

• Visiting Fellow

  The Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  1999 — 2007 (8 years )

  Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology teaching the design of web sites and use of e-commerce systems.

• Member of the Defence Common Operating Environment Project Team

  Department of Defence

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  June 1999 — July 1999 (2 months)

  Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B, Communications, Information Policy and Plans Branch, Department of Defence: Advise on Internet technologies and products for the Defence Common Operating Environment. Prepare policy on Internet, intranet and web use.

• Director Technical Issues, Defence IS Y2K Project Office

  department of defecne

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  December 1998 — June 1999 (7 months)

  Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B, Member of the Defence Information Systems Year 2000 Project Management Office, Department of Defence: Assist with planning of re-mediation of Defence Information Systems for the Year 2000 Problem.

• Special Adviser, Defence Internet/Intranet Policy

  Department of Defence

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  July 1997 — December 1998 (1 year 6 months)

  ("Manager Defence Internet/Intranet Policy" until 5 January 1998)
  (Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B). Information Policy and Plans Branch, Department of Defence: Prepare policy on Internet and intranet use. Co-ordinate Defence input to interdepartmental Internet implementation. Manage the Corporate Information Program Home Page.

• Manager Defence Information Management Architecture

  Department of Defence

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  December 1996 — June 1997 (7 months)

  (Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B). Information Management Branch, Department of Defence: Prepare the Defence Business Model and Information Systems Architecture, in consultation with defence and other agency staff.

• President

  Australian Computer Society

  (Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

• Defence Web Master & Senior Policy Adviser, Information Management Strategic Plans

  Department of Defence

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  October 1994 — December 1996 (2 years 3 months)

  (Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B). Information Management and Communications Engineering Branch, Department of Defence: Prepare the Defence Information Management Strategic Plan. Prepare Defence policy on Internet information services. Co-ordinate Defence input to interdepartmental Internet implementation. From March 1995: manage the Defence Home Page and Minister for Defence Home Page as Defence Web Master (until May 1997).

• Senior Policy Adviser - Data Administration Standards

  Headquarters Australian Defence Force (HQADF)

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  September 1990 — October 1994 (4 years 2 months)

  (Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B). Corporate Management Branch: Provide technical leadership to develop data administration policies for the Defence Department. Represent Defence at the Information Exchange Steering Committees on Open Systems and Industry Development.

• Administrative Services Officer, Class 8

  Headquarters Australian Defence Force (HQADF)

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  February 1990 — September 1990 (8 months)

  On secondment to provide advice and assistance on IT policy for Defence. Provided advice on restructuring the Defence Manpower Support Redevelopment Project and incorporation of Unix into the Defence computing environment.

• Information Systems Administrator

  Commonwealth Ombudsman

  (Government Administration industry)

  September 1986 — February 1990 (3 years 6 months)

  Administrative Services Officer, Class 8: Responsible for all ADP activities of the office using contracted programming and facilities support staff. Implemented office automation for tracking complaints and word processing on national Convergent Technologies multi-processor network. Preparation of strategic plan and budget.

• Computer Systems Officer Grade 3

  Commonwealth Schools Commission

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  May 1986 — September 1986 (5 months)

  Commonwealth Schools Commission: Supervise five staff for analysis, design, programming, testing and maintenance of computer and manual systems for the Department's administrative and statistical activities. Maintenance and extension of the Non Government Schools Database (with computer centre DBA personnel) to enable payments to schools of $1,500M annually. Programming in SAS (Statistical Analysis System) and NATURAL (database interrogation language) on an IBM compatible main frame. Planning, programming and installation of WANG PCs, minicomputer and word processors.

Tom Worthington’s Education

• Canberra Institute of Technology

  Certificate in Audio-Visual Video , Audio-Visual Video Production , 1990 — 1990

Additional Information

Tom Worthington’s Interests:

information technology, web design, e-commerce, architecture, environmental design, energy and water saving technology, smart buildings, Internet policy, travel writing

Tom Worthington’s Groups:

ACS, ACM, IEEE, Engineers Without Borders, Web Industry Professionals Association,

•    Australian IT Industry
•    ACM Members
•    IEEE Computer Society Members
•    WSG
•    Australian Computer Society (ACS)
•    Green Computing & Data Center Network
•    ACS Green ICT Group
•    Sahana
•    Technology-Using Professors
•    Australian Telecommunications
•    STANAG-4586
•    ASIAN (PACIFIC & CENTRAL) FILM AND TV INDUSTRY FORUM.
•    SFIA Users
•    Public Sphere
•    Online Professors
•    AI TEC PRO Network - Australia-Indonesia Technology Professionals Network
•    ACS Green ICT South Australia

Tom Worthington’s Honors:

Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for contribution to the development of public Internet policy (1999)
Honorary Life Member of the Australian Computer Society (2002)

Tom Worthington’s Contact Settings

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