Video: Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith
With a star-studded employment history including a stint as the chief information officer of Telstra, Jeff Smith is one of Australia's top-flight technology executives.
Since April 2007, he has led the IT support operation of banking and insurance giant Suncorp. Smith has played a key part in the ongoing integration of the Promina business Suncorp bought just before he joined.
It's a mammoth task that appears to be going well so far; earlier this month Suncorp chief executive John Mulcahy said the project was progressing strongly.
But that's not all Smith has had on his plate. Suncorp also has huge projects to standardise its desktop fleet and consolidate back-office infrastructure such as datacentres and mainframes. Then there's the firm's migration to IP telephony-based telecommunications.
In short, Smith's current work embodies some of the most cutting edge movements in enterprise technology. He speaks with ZDNet.com.au on life in the hot seat.
Suncorp CIO on Promina integration
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about how the finance giant's IT integration with acquisition Promina is going.
Suncorp CIO on anti-money-laundering tech
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about technology to stop money laundering.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about his IT budget.
Suncorp CIO on measures of success
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about how success is measured in his role.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about two-factor authentication using small token devices.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about his recruitment strategy for IT skills.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about what the company's most innovative project has been in recent times.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the company's attitude towards IT outsourcing.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the scale of his company's technology support operation.
Suncorp CIO talks security spend
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about what proportion of his IT budget he spends on security solution.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about what the biggest surprise has been for him with Web 2.0-style technologies.
Suncorp CIO talks new datacentre
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the finance giant's new datacentre facilities.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about what new technology he thinks will be most important in future.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the company's plans to use open source software.