The Universities Integrated Dashboard Project

The WPP-Universities Integrated Dashboard is a collaboration between USQ, SUT, ACU and private industry partner Infohrm. It is aimed at providing the capacity to source, integrate, utilise, and report on human resource, financial, student, research and facilities data from different, complex systems to deliver powerful cross-functional business intelligence to each of the individual participants and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). It is anticipated that the success of the project will result in a number of benefits and opportunities for the Higher Education Sector. The project will leverage existing work carried out within the sector and ensure consistency with broader sector wide initiatives.

The WPP-Universities Integrated Dashboard is a collaboration between USQ, SUT, ACU and private industry partner Infohrm. It is aimed at providing the capacity to source, integrate, utilise, and report on human resource, financial, student, research and facilities data from different, complex systems to deliver powerful cross-functional business intelligence to each of the individual participants and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). It is anticipated that the success of the project will result in a number of benefits and opportunities for the Higher Education Sector.

The project will leverage existing work carried out within the sector and ensure consistency with broader sector wide initiatives.

Speakers: Robert Shepherd, Togamau Te'o and Mark van Meurs

Robert Shepherd spent first ten years of his working life as computer programmer, analyst / programmer and systems analyst employed with insurance and reinsurance companies in Melbourne. Moved to London in 1977 where he worked on information systems design projects at Rank Xerox, ICL and British Oxygen Company in the city, home counties and Dublin in the competitive U.K. contracting market . Returned to Queensland where he worked for BHA Computer, Queensland Newspapers and later project managed ICT infrastructure projects for Queensland Government at Premiers Department, Legislative Assembly, Queensland Health and Queensland Police. Robert participated in numerous industrial data collection projects (as a team member) during the mid 70s in England and Ireland. During the 80’s and 90s managed ICT projects for Queensland Government, including introduction of computerised accounting systems for Premiers Department, a Library Information System for the Parliamentary Library, implementation of patient information systems for Queensland Health Darling Downs Region, and migration from an Apple Macintosh computer environment to IBM compatible systems for the Queensland Police Service also in the Darling Downs Region. Robert currently works at the University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba) - Division of ICT as Project Manager for the Workplace Productivity Program, Universities Integrated Dashboard project. Togamau Te’o is the Information Architect for USQ working in the Office of the CTO within the Division of ICT Services and has dotted line reporting to the General Manager, University Services. In this role, Togamau is responsible for the establishment of the University-wide information architecture (strategies and plans) and data warehouse and business intelligence, working with relevant groups, stakeholders, partners and organisational units of the University. Togamau is currently seconded to Infohrm Pty Ltd to work on the DEEWR-funded Workplace Productivity Programme – Universities Integrated Dashboard project (WPP-UID). Prior to this role Togamau was the Manager, Strategic Information Systems (2003 – 2008) in USQ’s Planning and Quality Office responsible for the management of the strategic reporting environment. Mark van Meurs has invested the last 14 years in fronting a diverse range of successful Business Intelligence and Information Management solutions globally. Prior to Infohrm, this experience has been gained across a broad range of sectors, principally with large multinational organizations. Mark's roles have included leading teams and project teams of experienced Solution Architects, Auditors, Business Analysts, Finance Systems Analysts and Information Analysts. Mark has also found time to work more independently in related areas where he has a particular personal passion, including: Conceptual Design Patterns and Approach, OLAP, Financial Information Modeling and Analysis, Object Relationship Modeling and end-to-end Data Warehouse Solution and Process Design. As Manager of Operations (at Infohrm), Mark is responsible for managing the team and technical processes responsible for transforming our members' data into information. From gathering the data, to publication of the dashboard, Mark forms the liaison between the Member Services Team and the technical teams. This translates into a continual drive to improve the relevance and reliability of our information provisioning - practically managing the tasks required to make members' expectations a reality. Speaker profiles last updated 12th November 2008

Robert Shepherd spent first ten years of his working life as computer programmer, analyst / programmer and systems analyst employed with insurance and reinsurance companies in Melbourne. Moved to London in 1977 where he worked on information systems design projects at Rank Xerox, ICL and British Oxygen Company in the city, home counties and Dublin in the competitive U.K. contracting market . Returned to Queensland where he worked for BHA Computer, Queensland Newspapers and later project managed ICT infrastructure projects for Queensland Government at Premiers Department, Legislative Assembly, Queensland Health and Queensland Police.

Robert participated in numerous industrial data collection projects (as a team member) during the mid 70s in England and Ireland. During the 80’s and 90s managed ICT projects for Queensland Government, including introduction of computerised accounting systems for Premiers Department, a Library Information System for the Parliamentary Library, implementation of patient information systems for Queensland Health Darling Downs Region, and migration from an Apple Macintosh computer environment to IBM compatible systems for the Queensland Police Service also in the Darling Downs Region.

Robert currently works at the University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba) - Division of ICT as Project Manager for the Workplace Productivity Program, Universities Integrated Dashboard project.

Togamau Te’o is the Information Architect for USQ working in the Office of the CTO within the Division of ICT Services and has dotted line reporting to the General Manager, University Services. In this role, Togamau is responsible for the establishment of the University-wide information architecture (strategies and plans) and data warehouse and business intelligence, working with relevant groups, stakeholders, partners and organisational units of the University. Togamau is currently seconded to Infohrm Pty Ltd to work on the DEEWR-funded Workplace Productivity Programme – Universities Integrated Dashboard project (WPP-UID). Prior to this role Togamau was the Manager, Strategic Information Systems (2003 – 2008) in USQ’s Planning and Quality Office responsible for the management of the strategic reporting environment.

Mark van Meurs has invested the last 14 years in fronting a diverse range of successful Business Intelligence and Information Management solutions globally. Prior to Infohrm, this experience has been gained across a broad range of sectors, principally with large multinational organizations. Mark's roles have included leading teams and project teams of experienced Solution Architects, Auditors, Business Analysts, Finance Systems Analysts and Information Analysts. Mark has also found time to work more independently in related areas where he has a particular personal passion, including: Conceptual Design Patterns and Approach, OLAP, Financial Information Modeling and Analysis, Object Relationship Modeling and end-to-end Data Warehouse Solution and Process Design.

As Manager of Operations (at Infohrm), Mark is responsible for managing the team and technical processes responsible for transforming our members' data into information. From gathering the data, to publication of the dashboard, Mark forms the liaison between the Member Services Team and the technical teams. This translates into a continual drive to improve the relevance and reliability of our information provisioning - practically managing the tasks required to make members' expectations a reality.

Speaker profiles last updated 12th November 2008

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