TransGrid CIO resigns

The chief information officer of NSW electricity infrastructure provider TransGrid has announced his resignation.

In an email seen by ZDNet.com.au, Gordon Dunsford — who took up the role in 2007 — explained that he had taken up a position with another large Australian utility. He expects to leave TransGrid on 19 December.

A TransGrid spokesperson said: "Gordon Dunsford has vacated his position within TransGrid, the NSW transmission network operator after, after 20 months of valuable contribution to the company. TransGrid will be sorry to see him go."

"TransGrid intends to fill the position left with the vacated position being advertised for early on in the new year."

Dunsford, who had moved to the utility after serving as an IT executive at the Department of Community Services (DoCS), reflected in the email upon the two year transformation project he had led.

"ICT is a lot more today in TransGrid than it ever has been in the past, it's more than procuring IT services, it's adding value," Dunsford wrote to staff.

Dunsford noted that when he started at Transgrid his team consisted of nine staff. The team has since expanded to 25 and had recently won the board's approval to proceed with a $100 million capital expenditure budget in the coming financial year &mdas; something the IT department had never achieved before.

Dunsford replaced former TransGrid CIO Tony Meehan who had been promoted to chief financial officer of TransGrid, which came as part of an executive reshuffle.

"Meehan moved from his position as CIO to head up TransGrid's successful revenue application project, laying the foundation for a $2.3 billion infrastructure spend over the next five years," the TransGrid spokesperson added.