Testimonials
“I have known and had the pleasure of working with David as a client since his time at NSW Police and more recently in his role at OSR. In that time, David is a consummate professional with a solid understanding of both IT and business. David has an ability to decipher complex business problems finding creative and innovative solutions. David is very personable and his candid approach is always refreshing. David is an extremely knowledgable person who has the right spirit to get things done. He is clearly respected by his staff and the industry as a whole. David embraces new technologies and concepts and finds innovative ways to integrate these into the organisations he has worked in. I thoroughly enjoy working with David and would have no hesitation in recommending him as a solid, capable CIO. Indeed, David's skills, background and business accumen position him well to be in senior roles both in or out of the Information Technology space.”
Ronnie Altit, General Manager - Data Centre Solutions, Dimension Data
“David and I are both members of the CIO Executive Council and as such I've had the opportunity to develop an insight into the CIO professional that David is. David is definitely an innovator and visionary and he has an impressive skill in being able to present complex ideas in a non-technical fashion, this of course is an essential skill when dealing at Board level. As important as his technical skills is his personality. David is a likable "larrikin" and makes people around him feel at ease. Both David and I offer our time to the CIO Pathways program; a program designed to develop up and coming IT professionals. David's recent presentation received one of the highest scores from the group since the program started at the beginning of the year. This is a testimony to all of the above. I would certainly speak on David's behalf to anyone wanting to know more about this professional CIO.”
Allan Davies, CIO Asia Pacific, Dematic
“I worked for David in his capacity as CIO at OSR for over two years, during which I helped realize David's vision for ICT - agile, relentlessly focussed on business outcomes, and pioneering open source adoption at the state government level. Throughout my time at OSR, David's unwavering support and commitment to his team was essential, and without which making the changes required would have been impossible.”
Serge Merzliakov, Chief Architect, Office of State Revenue
“I have worked with David Kennedy for several years during his time as CIO of a government department. Despite taking the reigns of an organisation that has suffered through chronic underfunding and a culture that can be quite resistant to change, David has managed to implement some significant changes, that in the applications space have helped modernise the department, and in the infrastructure space has actually reduced complexity and delivered recurrent savings. These results should not be understated - if David can affect changes and savings in this environment I'd be comfortable to predict that he could achieve similar results in any other I.T. environment.”
Mark Badorrek, Senior Architect, NSW Office of State Revenue
“David Kennedy is a trusted member of the CIO Executive Council Board and is a valued contributor in terms of content and strategic direction. David is a TRUE strategic CIO who consistently drives value at the intersection of business and technology - he would be an asset to any organisation looking to develop an ICT team who understand the business drivers and the importance of having an external customer focus.”
Caroline Bucknell, General Manager, CIO Executive Council (IDG Communications)
“I met David when he joined the Office of State Revenue as their CIO. I have undertaken a number of recruitment activities for David, he has always been clear and detailed in his requirements and reacts quickly when it comes to decision making. I find David to be a strong leader who is well respected by his staff, peers and customers. David through his various public speaking engagements and his participation is a number of industry based committes maintains a excellent understanding of emerging technologies.”
Amanda Capel, Manager NSW State Government Team, Talent International
“David is one of those rare CIOs that has both a broad technology vision, and attention to detail. His efforts to examine the practicality of moving commodity IT solutions to cloud-based services are well known in the industry and have prompted more than a few lively debates. However, it is the fact that he has been able to drill down from the broad rhetoric of cloud computing to specific functional, financial and management details that make the difference. As they say, “the Devil is in the detail.””
Joe Sweeney, Advisor, Intelligent Business Research Services (IBRS)
“I first met David at NSW Police and later at State Revenue where he took up the challenge of CIO. Dave is a real change agent, moving his organisation from a more traditional in-house IT shop to a business-focused service provider. Practical and knowledgeable, a pleasure to work with.”
Geoffrey Turk, Principal Consultant, Birchman Group
“David operates at an elite level of executive leadership. His "get it done" attitude ensures that he will personally negotiate political minefields in order to support his people to deliver and achieve. David is an excellent mentor and is prepared to look for solutions 'outside the box'. Those who have worked with him and enjoyed his good graces understand that loyalty flows both ways in David's workplace relationships.”
Jodie Camden, Project Manager, NSW Police Force
“David is an inspiring big picture visionary intent on focussing the various components of an organisation on expediting the delivery of technical solutions that meet commercial needs - a natural leader who commands respect and promotes an empowering culture that encourages delivery at maximum potential - a great team player and motivator.”
Jonathan Jooste, Project Manager - Mobile Data Terminals, NSW Police Force
“I have worked with David for almost a year. He has joined NSW Police during a difficult period of restructuring leading the largest division of the organisation IT department. During these difficult months David has shown an outstanding ability to deal with an enormous varieties of issues: IT platforms, legacy and modern applications, developers and managers, internal and external clients, recruitment agencies and vendors - and this all in the middle of largest restructuring in NSW Police history!”
Alexander Zak, Consultant, Project Manager, NSW Police
“I was very fortunate and proud to have worked for David during his time at NSW Police. David is a high calbire IT executive that manages the business, technology and people with tremendous professionalism. David's success in transitioning the 200 strong Technology Operations team into a class leading enterprise team is a credit to his abilities. David is well respected within the IT indusrty both commercial and Govt and working for him I can certainly see why. I would jump at any oppprtunity to work with David again.”
Aaron Little, Group Manager, Infrastructure / Operations, NSW Police Force
“David was my direct manager. I could always count on David to provide assistance and direction when needed. He instigated regular team meeting which ensured we all new were we were growing and fostered excellent working relations and loyalty within all his teams. In doing so, he achieved the best business units in the division. He was always open to team members input and always maintained direction and guidance in the process. If I were to summaries David’s best quality it would be his leadership. I would welcome the opportunity to work for David in the future.”
Emmanuel Varipatis, Manager Infrastructure Transformation, NSW Police Force
“I worked with David on a client assignment which covered IT strategy, creation of a governance framework, resourcing review and other technology initiatives. I enjoyed not only David's no fuss attitude but also found him to be knowledgeable across the spectrum of deliverables that enabled him to present a solution that was fit for purpose.”
Neil Schmoll, IT Consultant, Pitcher Partners
“I have known David both professionally (since he was CIO - Auditor General's Office Victoria) and socially (through Melbourne Rugby Union since about 2004). He was engaged to complete an assignment while I was CIO at Medibank Private. David presents as a person who is able to rapidly distill and comprehend the requirements of an assignment and conceptualise those into a number of options. With a good interpersonal manner and a broad range of experience, David is some that can work well at different levels and roles in organisations. Someone with whom I would willingly work and recommend to others.”
Kerry Crompton (client)
“I had the pleasure to work with David on a high profile strategy review in a large Tier-1 organisation. David's all round organisation knowledge and expertise across business and IT was instrumental in delivering the advice and outcome to expectations. David has also a rare ability to build trust and relationship through his natural warmth and engaging demeanour. I highly recommend David to anyone who needs to address significant organisation challenges.”
Manny Vassal, Senior Consultant, Pitcher Partners Consulting
“David constantly aims to meet business needs effectively whilst progressing towards strategic objectives”
Peter Vetsicas, Manager, Computer Risk Management, Victorian Auditor General's Office
“I had the pleasure of working for David at VAGO. I found his insight and guidance invaluable when leading my project. His ability to assist to gain Snr Management buy-in to critical aspects of the project when require was excellent. He could clearly articulate and discuss complicated aspects of the project, which made working with him a breeze. I would welcome the chance to work with David again in the future.”
Simon Doherty, Business Continuity Management Project Manager, Victorian Auditor-General's Office