Stephen Bovis is responsible for Oracle’s overall business in Australia and New Zealand and ensuring it delivers on its values of trust, customer success, innovation, and equality for its customers, partners, and communities across the region.

Stephen has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry across a wide range of roles, functions, and marketing segments. Most recently, he was at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where he was vice president and managing director of the South Pacific region.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbovis/

Angelo Joseph is a technology executive with over two decades of experience driving innovation and enterprise transformation across business, government, and education sectors in the region.

As the head of Oracle’s Cloud Engineering team in Australia and New Zealand, Angelo leads the team of expert architects and technologists who empower organisations to accelerate their digital transformation using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Applications.

Throughout his career, Angelo has been at the forefront of major technological advancements, from early web technologies, Java, and networking to eCommerce, security, and modern cloud platforms. His leadership experience includes senior roles at IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Google.

Angelo is an industry speaker and thought leader, regularly sharing insights on technology innovation and cloud transformation. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with a major in Telecommunications from the University of Technology Sydney.

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/angelo-joseph/

Janaka Kuruppuge heads the Cloud Infrastructure and AI Engineering team for Oracle in New South Wales, guiding strategy and delivery for enterprise-grade AI platforms across multicloud environments.

With more than eight years designing and supporting large-scale AI infrastructure for global customers, he focuses on secure, performant, and cost-optimised architectures that accelerate time to value.

Janaka partners with customers across industries to operationalise AI—spanning data pipelines, model training and inference, observability, and governance—while aligning with security and compliance best practices.

Earlier in his career, Janaka served as CIO/IT strategist for a diversified, multinational group of companies, leading technology roadmaps that enabled exponential growth and operational scale. He holds an MBA (Technology) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

This dual perspective—enterprise leadership and deep engineering—underpins Janaka’s pragmatic approach to delivering AI at production scale.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdishantha/

An accomplished IT professional who is a specialist at engaging both business and technical stakeholders to produce strategies and architectures that have delivered industry leading solutions and used to drive IT transformation.

Over 35 years of end user and vendor engagements in a wide range of industries incorporating Cloud, ERP, Security, Development, Integration, Platform and Infrastructure technologies.

Part of an experienced strategy team at Oracle to deliver on Oracle’s cloud strategy through innovative, agile developments that apply technology and “art of possible” thinking to a wide range of customer’s business problems. Engagements that have led to cloud adoption and consumption, strategy adjustment and inspirational technology application.

Has developed new and enhanced existing technology showcases leveraging Oracle’s Sports Partnerships with Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team, SailGP and the English Premier League. A natural storyteller who enjoys bringing technology to life in an engaging fashion to inspire and accelerate adoption and understanding.

Recently established the Oracle Experience Lab in Sydney, Australia. A multi-purpose customer experience studio where the transformative power of technology is showcased through a series of contextual demonstrations, including the F1 Simulator, the SailGP Simulator and emerging technologies such as Spatial Computing, Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjcoggins/

Gavin is a seasoned Solution Architect with extensive experience in complex design and integration across both open-source and commercial enterprise platforms. He ensures solutions align with business goals, processes, and tools, integrating smoothly with other systems and maximising standard platform value and cost-efficiency. While others focus on specific areas, Gavin drives the overall vision to meet business objectives.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinsb/

Sam is a senior leader within Deloitte’s Oracle practice, with over a decade of experience delivering transformative solutions across AI, analytics, and data. He helps global clients unlock strategic value by integrating advanced AI technologies with robust analytics and data platforms, driving innovation and enabling actionable, data-driven decision-making. Sam’s expertise spans the full spectrum of enterprise data and AI, ensuring organisations realise measurable benefits from their investments.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-hannan/

Lee has over 30 years’ experience in the technology industry, having been in technical, sales and business development roles. Most recently he was the CTO for Microsoft ANZ and then lead the Asia region for Microsoft’s global Responsible AI team.

Lee has worked across the UK, Asia, and Australia, before joining the Federal Government. In addition to his time at Microsoft, Lee led the Internet of Things team for Amazon Web Services in Asia Pacific, he was a CISSP security architect with RSA Security and worked at both Tivoli and IBM as a software engineer.

During his time in industry, Lee has supported Governments around the world as an independent contributor; having been a member of the Singapore AI-Verify Board and a founding member of the NSW AI Assurance Committee.

Today Lee leads the Australian National AI Centre (NAIC), with a mission to enable and support Australian Industry and society in its adoption of and acceleration through AI technology and services. He has a clear focus on the need for consistent and appropriate responsible safety mechanisms to support AI, balanced with the need to empower Australians with the confidence and trust in the positive and transformative potential of AI.

Lee brings the importance of technical understanding combined with the need for clear and unambiguous language as we help shape a future where AI will be a powerful enabler of productivity, growth and society broadly.

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/leehickin/

A/Prof Mayooran Namasivayam is a Staff Specialist Cardiologist, Associate Director of Echocardiography and Interventional Echocardiography Specialist at the St Vincent’s Hospital Campus, Sydney, Conjoint Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney and Faculty member of the Victor ChangCardiac Research Institute. Clinically, A/Prof Namasivayam manages patients across the spectrum of cardiovascular disease including valvular heart diseases, systolic and diastolic heart failure, cardiomyopathy and hypertension, and performs cardiac procedural imaging planning and guidance.

As Head of the Heart Valve Disease and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, A/Prof Namasivayam leads research into heart valve diseases combining his expertise in cardiovascular physiology, cardiac imaging and artificial intelligence analytics. He is passionate about facilitating close interactions and collaborations between the scientific precinct of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and the clinical programmes of the cardiology department at St Vincent’s Hospital.

He has received several awards from national and international organisations including the American Heart Association, National Heart Foundation of Australia, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, University of New South Wales and St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation.

Alison is a seasoned professional with more than 25 years’ experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams. An innovator, specialising in leading organisations to achieve business profitability, efficiencies, cohesion and growth, Alison has led transformation and PMO teams for companies of 20,000+ employees, 1000 employees and all sizes in between. Alison is dedicated to delivering high quality quantifiable business outcomes and finding solutions during periods of growth, consolidation and transformation.

Alison’s career has been forged with a balance of emerging technologies, management of capital projects, understanding the ‘people’ impact and navigating significant large infrastructure focussed roles.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-tweedale-1105a21/

Philip Chung is a Professor of Law at Macquarie University and the Managing Director of AustLII Foundation Limited, where he oversees personnel, resources, and the technical and policy development of initiatives promoting free access to law both in Australia and globally.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Economics with first-class honours in Computer Science and Operations Research from the University of Sydney, and a PhD in Law from UNSW.

Philip’s expertise lies at the intersection of law and technology, with his research focusing on applying information technology to the legal domain—particularly in enhancing access to justice and addressing the challenges of providing free legal information. His work contributes to the development of innovative legal research tools and infrastructure.

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/pthchung/

Stacy Pence is Accenture’s ANZ Data & AI Lead, where she helps clients harness the power of data, analytics, and generative AI to drive innovation and scale across industries. Based in Sydney, Stacy brings over 20 years of experience leading complex enterprise technology transformations and is passionate about shaping the future of AI-driven business in the Asia-Pacific region.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacypence

Shilpa is the Strategy and Product Management Director for Oracle’s ERP Cloud Financials, where she shapes the vision and execution of this flagship offering. With over 23 years of experience in finance and technology, Shilpa has held consulting, strategy, and leadership roles, helping global clients achieve strategic business outcomes through technology investments.

She supports clients in making the right choices for their businesses when partnering with Oracle across data, applications, platform, infrastructure, and industry solutions. Shilpa holds a Bachelor’s in Finance and a Master’s in Computers. Based in Sydney, she is passionate about mentoring young professionals, enjoys board games, and loves travelling with her family.

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shilpa-bhale/

Ian has over 25 years of strategy and analytics consulting experience and for the last 10 years, has focused on leading solutioning and delivery of large scale AI and now Generative AI programs for clients in Australia, New Zealand and across Asia.

Session Title: Accenture Breakout | Modern Enterprise AI

In this session learn about the challenges organisations are facing in scaling AI from isolated experiments to integrated, platform-based solutions. The session will highlight how critical components can be unlocked through Oracle solutions, and what additional organisational changes are required to realise the value of AI and Agentic AI at scale.

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/iandbowden

Robert Umphelby is the Senior Director of Business Development for Customer Success Services JAPAC at Oracle, bringing over 25 years of experience transforming technology into tangible business outcomes.

He has led teams of up to 120 staff, driving cloud strategy, AI, automation, and cloud solutions across industries including Government, Health, Mining, and Financial Services. Known for building national practices in consulting, architecture, and business development, he has delivered national and enterprise solutions that empower clients to maximise the value of their technology investments.

Passionate about innovation and collaboration, Robert thrives on aligning technology with real-world business impact while fostering strong relationships with clients and teams alike.

He holds executive and technical certifications from Cornell University, Australian National University, and Canberra Institute of Technology.

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/robert-umphelby-bb02631/

David leads a team of Solution Engineers focused on helping customers in Australia and New Zealand transform their business operations with Oracle’s Fusion SaaS Applications and AI Agents.

He has specialised in AI and decision automation for 25 years, from early expert systems and natural language business rules through to today’s modern Agentic AI, using his background in the law to provide a policy-driven perspective.

Since joining Oracle in 2009, David has led the APAC pre-sales organisation for Oracle’s first SaaS applications, delivered Fusion implementations at major Australian government agencies, banks and universities, and driven the On Premise to Cloud upgrade program for Australia and New Zealand.

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidrclarke-au/