Speakers

David Miller is an experienced data and analytics leader having worked on significant business, technology and data transformation initiatives in mining, utilities, telecommunications, media and currently higher education. David is the Chief Data Officer at Macquarie University where he is responsible for transforming the use data and analytics to enable the university and hospital to achieve their strategic priorities.

Prior to this, David was Director of Data and Business Intelligence at Seven West Media where he led the work to build a green-field data capability and embed the use of data and analytics across the organisation. Before that, he was General Manager for Business Intelligence at Vodafone Hutchison Australia where he was responsible for transforming the use of data and analytics to drive business performance and customer experience.

Andrew Norton is Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy at the Centre for Social Research and Methods at the Australian National University. Prior to joining the ANU he was the Higher Education Program Director at the Grattan Institute from 2011 to 2019. While at Grattan, he was a government appointed co-reviewer of the demand driven university funding system over 2013-14.
He also served on a expert panel advising the government on higher education reform, particularly on financial issues, over 2016-17.

Before joining the Grattan Institute, he worked for three University of Melbourne vice-chancellors as a policy adviser. He also worked part-time for The Centre for Independent Studies, as a research fellow and editor of its journal Policy. He started his higher education policy career as a ministerial adviser to Dr David Kemp, from 1997 to 1999.

Jonathan Wylie has a broad grounding in service to the academic mission of the University and in shared institutional and academic governance. He has worked in the education sector in Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and internationally for two decades. Previously a member of staff at Macquarie for five years, Jonathan also spent a number of years as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer for the Open University in the UK.