CSIRO
has
appointed
Rebecca
Ostergaard
as
its
first
chief
digital
officer
(CDO).
Ostergaard
joins
CSIRO
from
Western
Australia’s
office
of
digital
government,
where
she
was
digital
services
project
director.
Before
that,
her
25
years
of
experience
included
deputy
director
digital
solutions
at
Curtin
University,
a
three-year
stint
in
various
technology
management
roles
at
the
University
of
Western
Australia,
and
roles
in
the
telecommunications
sector.
CSIRO
said
Ostergaard
will
lead
“how
CSIRO
will
use
digital
to
reimagine
the
way
science
is
done,
and
the
digital
experience
for
its
people
and
partners”.
CSIRO’s
executive
director,
digital
national
facilities
and
collections
Elanor
Huntington,
called
Ostergaard
“a
skilled
digital
executive
with
wide
experience
leading
digitisation
across
multiple
sectors.”
“She
will
lead
our
digital
strategy,
working
with
researchers
across
CSIRO
to
define
and
deliver
the
digital
thread
that
runs
through
our
corporate
plan,”
Huntington
said.
“CSIRO
has
profound
ambitions
to
disrupt
the
way
science
is
done,
to
empower
our
researchers
through
leading
edge
digital
technologies,
skills
and
ways
of
working,
which
will
ultimately
support
CSIRO
in
using
science
to
create
a
better
future
for
Australia.”
Ostergaard
will
be
based
in
Perth,
and
officially
joins
CSIRO
on
March
13.
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