Vladas Leonas

Vladas Leonas has over 45 years of experience in ICT and cybersecurity, which includes a variety of public and private sector industries as well as tertiary education organisations. He is also a member of the Commonwealth and NSW Governments ICT Assurance Panels and a formally trained auditor (ISO 9001 and ISO27001). Over the last seven years, Vladas consulted a number of organisations, including UNSW, icare (NSW State Workers Compensation Insurance Company) and a variety of NSW Government...See more

Vladas Leonas has over 45 years of experience in ICT and cybersecurity, which includes a variety of public and private sector industries as well as tertiary education organisations. He is also a member of the Commonwealth and NSW Governments ICT Assurance Panels and a formally trained auditor (ISO 9001 and ISO27001). Over the last seven years, Vladas consulted a number of organisations, including UNSW, icare (NSW State Workers Compensation Insurance Company) and a variety of NSW Government Departments. He is also the author of 50+ publications and an internationally recognised speaker. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Graduate School of Leadership and a Principal Supervisor of four doctoral students. He is a subject matter expert and specialises in ICT strategies, their implementation and ICT operations, gateway reviews and internal audits, enterprise risk management, cybersecurity, governance, procurement and compliance. Over the last 25 years, Dr Leonas has held eight CIO and CTO positions. He earned a doctoral degree at the Moscow Aviation Institute and a GAICD from AICD via AGSM in Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia. See less