Board Director at AIIA (Australian Information Industries Association)
South Brisbane Area, Australia
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- Chief Technology & Innovation Officer APJ at CSC (Computer Sciences Corp.)
- Board Director at AIIA (Australian Information Industries Association)
- Director, Co-Founder at AsiaOnline
- Advisory Board Member at inQbator (TIMSCO trading as)
- Past
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- Director, IT Advisory at KPMG Advisory
- Director at Strat-etech Consulting
- VP Research at Springboard Research
- SVP & Gartner Fellow, Gartner at Gartner
- Founder and CEO, Qualix at Qualix - Tivoli Distributor in Asia/Pacific
- VP, Asia Pacific Operations at Candle Corporation
- Education
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- University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Bob Hayward’s Summary
Since late 1980s, have established Asia/Pacific and Japan operations for three US technology companies: Candle Corporation (mainframe systems management software), Tivoli Systems (now a business division of IBM, leading network and systems management vendor) and Gartner (world leading IT research and advisory services). In all cases, was employee number one in the region. At Gartner, I was an advisor to many large Asia/Pacific enterprises and global IT firms conducting business in the region, as well as a number of regional governments on IT industry development policy issues.
Co-founder of 2 new technology firms in Asia: AsiaOnline Internet-related venture using advanced statistical machine translation software to provide massive amounts of local language content and portal services across Asia; and Strat-etech Consulting management consulting firm specializin in IT and IP strategic engagements across Asia.
Co-founder of inQbator, Australia's most successful technology incubator. Previous Vice-Chairman of Australian Information Industries Association 2002-2004.
Bob Hayward’s Specialties:
Detailed knowledge of the IT markets of Asia/Pacific and Japan.
Detailed knowledge of the IT industry, specialist in emerging trends and technologies
Have previously been an entrepreneur
Extensive contacts within regional Venture Capital and IT industry (producers and users)
Expert and in-demand public speaker
Bob Hayward’s Experience
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Chief Technology & Innovation Officer APJ
CSC (Computer Sciences Corp.)
(Public Company; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (9 months)
CTIO for CSC in Asia/Pacific (including Japan).
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Board Director
AIIA (Australian Information Industries Association)
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Nominated board member of AIIA, chairman of Environment and Sustainability task force for AIIA nationally.
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Director, Co-Founder
AsiaOnline
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
Co-founder of Internet startup called Asia Online involved in providing Asian-language content and portal services, using the very latest statistical machine translation software techniques.
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Advisory Board Member
inQbator (TIMSCO trading as)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2001 — Present (8 years 10 months)
Original founder with two colleagues of inQbator, an Australian government BITS scheme technology incubator located on the Gold Coast, Australia. When re-joined Gartner, changed role to be an advisor to the firm and its portfolio of technology start-ups.
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Director, IT Advisory
KPMG Advisory
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
January 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 4 months)
Assisting KPMG IT Advisory with global branding, service line positioning, thought leadership, business development, marketing and internal processes. KPMG IT Advisory is a US$1.3b business (2007) with more than 5,000 professional staff globally.
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Director
Strat-etech Consulting
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)
Co-Founder of Asian-based management consultancy that specializes in Information Technology (IT) and Intellectual Property (IP) strategic issues for organizations of all sizes and industries.
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VP Research
Springboard Research
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2007 — November 2007 (less than a year)
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SVP & Gartner Fellow, Gartner
Gartner
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IT; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1994 — April 2006 (12 years 2 months)
First employee of Gartner in Asia/Pacific, went on to manage the region and become Gartner Fellow analyst and Gartner employee if the year globally in 2003.
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Founder and CEO, Qualix
Qualix - Tivoli Distributor in Asia/Pacific
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1993 — April 1994 (1 year 4 months)
Founded and co-managed Qualix, an IT firm based in Australia that represented Tivoli Systems across Asia/Pacific (prior to Tivoli being acquired by IBM)
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VP, Asia Pacific Operations
Candle Corporation
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1988 — March 1993 (5 years 2 months)
Arrived in Sydney, Australia from the Amsterdam European HQ of Candle Corporation, at that time one of the top 10 software companies in the world, to establish and manage Asia/Pacific operations. Grew the business in the region from less than US$1m to over US$60m in a period of 5 years.
Bob Hayward’s Education
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University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
BSc , Computer Science , 1977 — 1979
Additional Information
Bob Hayward’s Websites:
Bob Hayward’s Interests:
New technology, Asia/Pacific economies and societies, start-up tech firms, rock music
Bob Hayward’s Groups:
AIIA
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GARTNER (Employees…. Current and Former) -
Tivoli Software Alumni (Pre- 2002) -
Thailand Connection ราชอาณาจักรไทย \ Professionals and Friends -
Automated Language Translation Group -
Cisco Collaboration Space
Bob Hayward’s Honors:
Gartner Fellow 2003-2006
Gartner employee of the year 2003
Bob Hayward’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
