IAW Roundtable | Are We Surfing or Sinking? Riding the Waves of Information Management

Andrew Smailes

ACT Branch, DAMA Australia

Andrew is a knowledgeable professional in the field of data management having 30+ years of experience developing data strategies, architectures, and solutions within Government Agencies. He has for many years been actively involved in DAMA, the Data Management Association and is a past National President and Canberra Branch Head.  Though focused primarily on structured data, a common theme across all agencies he worked with was the desire to get value from documents, reports, transcripts etc. In 2018 he became a distributor for expert.ai, one of Europe’s leading enterprise AI companies specializing in solving complex language challenges.

: https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrew-smailes

David Moldrich OAM FRIM (Life)

Board Member, RIMPA Global

David is a Principal with Iron Mountain Information Governance Advisory. He has over 40 years of extensive experience and involvement with the strategy, design, development, introduction, implementation and post-implementation of all elements of Information, Data, Records, Knowledge and Enterprise Content Management solutions to many organisations both in Australia and Globally. 

In previous employment, David has worked for NAB, IBM Australia, Foster’s Brewing Group, HCF, twice for BHP Billiton, Arrow Energy, SANTOS, PWC, Deloitte, Fuji Xerox, various State and Federal Government organisations and a number of specialist consultancies. In 2006, David was the recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to the development of Standards (both National and International) in the field of Information Management.

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-moldrich-oam-fri

Nicola Laurent

President, Australian Society of Archivists

Nicola Laurent (she/her) is the Senior Project Archivist on the Find & Connect web resource at the University of Melbourne. Nicola is the President of the Australian Society of Archivists, the International Council on Archives’ New Professionals Programme Coordinator, and co-founder of the Trauma-Informed Archives Community of Practice.

Trish Hepworth

Deputy CEO, ALIA

Trish is the Deputy CEO for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Australia’s national organisation for the library and information services (LIS) sector. A firm advocate for the life changing power of libraries, Trish overseas the association’s policy, research and education portfolios, ensuring that policy setting support LIS and the LIS workforce is equipped with the skills, knowledge and ethics needed for the future. Trish has spent more than a decade in LIS, in a career that has spanned charitable, corporate and government roles across four countries.

Sallyanne Wissmann

CEO, HIMAA

Sallyanne Wissmann is the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA). Sallyanne has over 30 years’ experience as a leader in health information management in the public and private not-for-profit healthcare environments in Australia and New Zealand. Sallyanne is a fellow and life member of HIMAA, a Certified Health Informatician Australasia, and an Associate Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management.  

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallyanne-wissmann-529
: @@SallyanneWissmn

Tatiana Antsoupova

Director - Government Records Assurance, National Archives of Australia

Tatiana Antsoupova is the Director of the Government Records Assurance team at the National Archives of Australia. In this role, Tatiana is responsible for the team that works with Australian Government agencies to ensure they implement best practice in information management and governance.

She has been working at the National Archives since 2005 and before that worked for a number of years at the Noel Butlin Archives Centre of the Australian National University working with companies, trade unions, and professional organisations on archiving their records.

For several years Tatiana was a member of the National Archives’ own information governance team and on many occasions acted as the Chief Information Governance Officer. She has been leading her current team since 2020.

Anne Cornish Life MRIM

CEO, RIMPA Global

Anne Cornish, MRIM, is a seasoned veteran of the information management (IM) industry with over 40 years of experience. Throughout her career, Anne has been a passionate advocate for raising the profile of the industry and its practitioners. Her journey has taken her from a practitioner in Local Government for 10 years, to a reputable consultant for both private and government clients for 26 years, and ultimately to the CEO position at RIMPA for 4 years. Along the way, Anne has gained a diverse set of skills that are all related to information management and has a talent for promoting IM and sharing experiences and uses these skills to help others understand what is needed to remain competitive in the ever-evolving world of IM.