EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Dr Vladas Leonas has an outstanding academic and professional background in computer science and has been recognised 
throughout the world in this field. He has managed Projects, R&D and Strategy Development and implementation in the IT&T, 
communications, public service, government business enterprises, financial services and gaming industries which have been
successfully delivered on time and within budget.

Vladas has accepted major challenges and led groups of people through significant projects in leading edge technology and 
change. He has been a member of an executive team working in  a dynamic environment and contributed to sourcing, tendering,
negotiating and implementation of major international contracts. 

He has participated in international forums and delivered speeches at international conferences on behalf of various 
employers and has actively participated on several boards of international associations.

Vladas's ability to manage cost effective systems development and service delivery, as well as to plan for change
and strategic management of new technologies and organisational development skills reflect his knowledge, 
commercial experience and understanding of the growth industries of IT, telecommunications and financial services.
  
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

1980	M.Sc. in Computer Science	Moscow Aviation Institute.

1984	Ph.D. in Computer Science	Institute of Mathematics and Cybernetics of the Lithuanian 								Academy of Sciences.

1987 	Academic Status of 		Program Systems Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
	Senior Researcher in			
	Computer Science			

				
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

· Member of the Global Chipcard Alliance's Interoperability Committee (1998-1999);
· Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia: FIEAust, CPEng (2000, 2001,  2002, 2003 - 
  Chair of the IT&T Panel for IEAust Engineering Excellence Awards);
· Senior Member of the IEEE;
· Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI);
· Member of the ACM;
· Member of the New York Academy of Sciences.

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

· Associate Board Member of the GCA - Global Chipcard Alliance (1998-1999), representing Telstra Corporation Ltd;
· Member of the Governing Board of EurOpen - European UNIX Systems Users Group (1990-1991), representing USSR;
· Member of the Board and the very first Chair of the Board of the SUUG - Soviet UNIX Systems Users Group 
  (since its foundation in 1989 and until 1991).

PUBLICATIONS

I have authored and co-authored over fifty publications. 

My name and biographical notes have been published in the following reference books (as well as having been 
nominated for publication in a dozen of others):
· Marquis "Who's Who in the World" - since 1995 (Ed. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16);
· Men of Achievement (Ed. 17, 1995);
· Asia/Pacific Who is Who (1998 Ed.);
· Asian/American Who is Who (1998 Ed.);
· Five Thousand Personalities of the World (1998 Ed.);
· Five Hundred Leaders of Influence (6th Ed., 1998);
· Millennium Hall of Fame (Premier Ed., 1999 Ed.);
· Leading Intellectuals of the World (1999).

In January 1999 "The Nilson Report" named me among "The twenty-four individuals that currently have the greatest 
influence on the future of the smart card industry worldwid…" (Issue 683, pp. 1, 9).

CONSULTING

I have consulted to a number of companies and institutes in the USSR, USA and Australia.

CAREER HISTORY

Position:	Chief Technology Officer

Employer:	Australian Centre for Advanced Computing and
		Communications, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Period:		September 2002 - Present Time

Profile: 	Appointed as Chief Technology Officer of the Australian Centre for Advanced Computing and 
		Communications (ac3), reporting to CEO. ac3 is a private company owned by the NSW Government (57%) 
		and eight NSW Universities (43%). Lines of business include scientific and commercial use of 
		supercomputers (there are three of them at ac3: NEC SX5, SGI and IBM SP; commercial use focuses on 
		Financial Services and Mining/Exploration), premium data centre, managed services, hosting, co-location, 
		systems and network integration, security, systems planning and design.
 

Position:	Chief Information Officer

Employer:	NSW Department of Public Works and Services
		Sydney, NSW, Australia

Period:		December 2001 - September 2002

Profile: 	Appointed very first Chief Information Officer of NSW DPWS, reporting to Director Executive Services.
		Staff: 130 (direct - 8, indirect - 122). DPWS is the biggest and most diversified off-budget Government 
		Department in NSW: about 3000 people working in a conglomerate of about 20+ various businesses (77 sites 
		across NSW).


Position:	Director of Technology

Employer:	GTECH Australasia Corporation
		Sydney, NSW, Australia

Period:		September 2000 - December 2001

Profile: 	Appointed as Director of Technology, reporting to VicePresident Systems Integration, Rhode Island, 
		USA (solid line) and Regional Vice-President/Managing Director, Australasia (dotted line). 
		Staff: 47 (direct - 11, indirect - 34). GTECH Corporation is a Global Company, based in Providence, 
		Rhode Island, USA (Listed on NYSE, around 5000 employees worldwide, turnover around US$1 Bln) and 
		specialising in delivery of end-to-end solutions for on-line lotteries (marketshare is around 75% worldwide).


Position:	General Manager Technology
		Convergent Systems and Applications,
		(iWorks) Convergent Business

Employer:	Telstra Corporation Limited
		Sydney, NSW, Australia

Period:		January 2000 - September 2000

Profile: 	Promoted to General Manager, reporting to Managing Director, as part of the Senior Management Team in 
		this business unit. 
 

Position:	National Technology Manager
		Payphone and Card Services

Employer:	Telstra Corporation Limited
		Sydney, NSW, Australia

Period:		July 1998 - January 2000

Profile: 	As a result of restructure and integration of three technology-related groups into one, promoted to 
		National Technology Manager, reporting to  Managing Director, as part of the Senior Management team 
		in this business unit. The role is effectively equivalent to the role of a Chief Technology Officer 
		within a $300+ Mln p.a. business, employing 600+ people. Staff: 82 (direct reports - 8, indirect - 74).


Position:	National Information Technology Manager
		Payphone and Card Services

Employer:	Telstra Corporation Limited
		Sydney, NSW, Australia

Period:		January 1996 - July 1998

Profile: 	Promoted to National Information Technology Manager, reporting to Managing Director, as part of the 
		Senior Management team in this business unit. The role is effectively equivalent to the role of a
		Chief Information Officer within a $300+ Mln p.a. business, employing 600+ people. 
		Staff: 44 (direct reports - 6, indirect - 38).


Position:	Project Leader, Senior Project Leader,
		Project Manager (Section Head)
		Intelligent Networks R&D

Employer:	Telstra Corporation Limited (previously
		Overseas Telecommunications Commission)
		Sydney, NSW, Australia

Period:		January 1992 - January 1996

Profile: 	Promoted initially to Project Leader, 12 months later to Senior Project Leader, 12 months later to 
		Project	Manager (Section Head). Reporting to Senior Manager Intelligent Networks and being a second 
		in charge within the Intelligent Networks Group. Staff:  12 (direct - 8, indirect - 4).


EARLY EXPERIENCE

1990 - 1991 	R&D Director, Hantarex S.U., joint Soviet-Italian systems-integration venture. 
		Promoted to R&D Director, reporting to General Director as part of the Senior Management team in this 
		business enterprise. Staff: 21 (direct - 5, indirect - 16). Joined the company to create and lead R&D 
		function, including on-going evaluation of new technologies, development of solutions for clients, 
		integration of various technological components and to maintain close working relationship both with 
		Manufacturing and Service departments. One of the major requirements was to create a flexible team: 
		small permanent team with core competence and skills and a large group of external contractors attracted 
		on a project basis as required. Lecturing at the company's training centre - part time.

1988 - 1990 	Scientific Research Director, Interquadro (the very first technological Soviet French-Italian joint 
		venture in the USSR, Moscow-Paris. Staff: 127 (direct - 8, indirect - 119). I was one of the first 8 
		employees in a company that grew to more than 650 staff (nationally) in less than 2 years. Initial brief 
		was to build a geographically-distributed (between Moscow and Paris) international group of world-class
		software developers and implement appropriate processes and procedures. Later the task changed to 
		coordination of all R&D activities (5 development groups) of the company. Lecturing at the company's 
		training centre - part time.

1988 - 1988 	Chief Research Fellow, Personal Computer Laboratory of the Academy of Science of the USSR. Personal 
		Computer Laboratory was designed as a Centre for Excellence in the area of office automation. Invited by
		Director of the organisation to bring systems development methodology and UNIX culture in the role of a 
		Chief Research Fellow reporting to Director. Lecturing at the Moscow Aviation Institute - part-time. 

1984 - 1988 	Head of the Portable Operating Systems R&D Laboratory, Program Systems Institute of the Academy of Science 
		of the USSR, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia. The Institute has been created to boost systems software 
		development for the country. Joined newly created research facility located 135 km from Moscow. Was the 
		5th employee of the Institute. Participated in building of the organisation, creation of its computing 
		centre and took a lead role in R&D in the area of operating systems as a Head of the Portable Operating 
		Systems R&D Laboratory. Reporting to Institute's Director. Staff: 46 (direct - 12, indirect - 34). 
		Lecturing at the Moscow Aviation Institute - part-time.

1983 - 1984 	Senior Research Fellow at the All-Union Scientific and Technical Information Centre, Moscow, Russia:
		participated in R&D in the area of operating systems and lead a small team of junior researchers and 
		software engineers. Staff: 6 (direct - 5, indirect - 1).

1980 - 1983 	Whilst a postgraduate student undertaking a Ph.D. Thesis worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Space 
		Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR.

1977 - 1980 	Whilst a graduate student undertaking an M.Sc. Thesis worked as a Software Engineer at the Institute of 
		Oceanology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR.

1974 - 1976 	Whilst an undergraduate student worked as a night-shift operator on IBM mainframe computer at the Moscow 
		Aviation Institute.