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Former ACS president to speak at awards

by | Aug 12, 2016 | Member News, Sector News

Brenda Aynsley, former president, Australian Computer Society.–
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Johannesburg, 8 Aug 2016
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IITPSA President’s Awards 2016
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Join us on 24 November, at The Ballroom, Montecasino, and celebrate the best and the most inspirational Visionary CIO and IT Personality of the year with your colleagues and peers. These awards are the most prestigious and sought-after in the country and are part of the IITPSA’s commitment to leaving a legacy of excellence in the South African IT sector. For more information, click here.
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Stephen Ibaraki, multi-awarded executive chairman, social entrepreneur, writer, speaker and podcaster, interviewed Brenda Aynsley, former president Australian Computer Society. Aynsley was the first woman to hold this position. She is also currently the chairman and a board member of the IFIP International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3).
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Ibaraki: Can you profile your education and work history and provide a defining and usable lesson you wish to share from each major event and role in your history?
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Aynsley: I have enjoyed several careers in my work life, all of them to do with communications; communications of the sort that involves talking and listening.
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Lessons learned:  a day without learning is a day wasted; work smarter not harder; whatever you do you must be passionate about it.  Respect and responsibility are vital to succeeding at university, because as an adult learner your success was almost entirely in your own hand.
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Ibaraki: You’ve been a long time member of the Australian Computer Society; can you profile the ACS and your roles with the ACS?
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Aynsley: The ACS is the recognised professional association for those working in Information and Communications Technology, seeking to raise the standing of ICT professionals and represent their views to government, industry and the community. I have been active at branch level since 1999 and nationally since 2002.
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Ibaraki: What value does the ACS bring regionally and internationally?
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Aynsley: ACS enjoys a reputation among governments and industry, and plays an important mentoring role for the countries in the region, and is a member of IFIP and South East Asia Regional Computer Federation, and is partner host organisation for the APICTA Awards.  It has a well- developed Computer Professional Development Programme and has iterated its Certification Programme to the current well defined programme which was accredited by IFIP IP3 in 2007.
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Ibaraki: You have a strong interest in the ICT profession. What does the ICT profession mean to you?

her passion and her hobby. The talk will give insights drawn from her career in ICT.
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