The Pearcey Awards are a set of prizes presented annually since 1998 by the

Pearcey Foundation The Pearcey Foundation is an Australian organisation dedicated to raising the profile of the Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications industry. The foundation was formed in 1998 and is named after Trevor Pearcey, an Australian engi ...

for achievement in the

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n ICT industry.

Pearcey Award Categories

Each year, the Pearcey Foundation presents 3 categories of award: ;Pearcey Medal: The Pearcey Medal is awarded annually to the individual who has made the greatest lifetime achievement and contribution to the ICT profession and industry in Australia. ;Pearcey Hall of Fame: In addition to the Pearcey Medal winner, up to two individuals are inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame, based on their lifetime contribution to the Australian ICT industry. ;State Pearcey Awards: Each state presents a Pearcey award to an upcoming individual who contributes an innovative or pioneering achievement to research and development within the ICT industry.

Pearcey Medal Winners

*2021

David Thodey David Ingle Thodey (born 14 May 1954) is an Australian businessman who is a former chief executive officer of Telstra and currenchairmanof accounting software company Xero. Thodey was born in Perth, Western Australia. He was educated at Nels ...

*2020 Professor Jennifer Seberry *2019 Professor David Abramson *2018 Dr Dennis Cooper *2017 Mike Miller *2016 Steve Baxter *2015 David Merson *2014

Mary O'Kane Mary Josephine O'Kane, AC (born 1954) an Australian scientist and engineer, is the Chair of the Independent Planning Commission of New South Wales (formerly the NSW Planning Assessment Commission). She is also a company director and Executive ...

*2013

Alex Zelinsky Alexander ‘Alex’ Zelinsky, Mal Bryce Malcolm John Bryce (10 April 19433 March 2018) was an Australian politician, who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1971 to 1988, representing the seat of Ascot. He was deputy leader of the L ...

*2011 Brand Hoff *2010 John Grant2010 Pearcey Medal
pearcey.org.au *2009 Murray Allen *2008 Neville Roach *2007 Roger Allen *2006

Fiona Balfour Fiona Balfour is an Australian business executive in the field of information technology. She has been named Chief Information Officer of the Year in Australia four times: 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2006 she was awarded the Pearcey Award for ...

*2005 John O'Callaghan *2004 John Bennett *2003 Lyndsey Cattermole *2002 Bill Caelli *2001 Tony Benson *2000 George Kepper *1999 Trevor Robinson *1998 Peter Jones

Pearcey Hall of Fame Inductees

*2021 Judith Hammond, Alan Noble *2020 Jeff Whittle AO, Owen Hill *2019 Sonja Bernhardt OAM, Bob Beaumont *2018 Emeritus Professor Robin Stanton, Dr Reg Coutts *2017

Kate Lundy Kate Alexandra Lundy (born 15 December 1967) is a former Labor Party member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Capital Territory. Lundy served as the Minister for Multicultural Affairs and the Minister Assisting for the Digi ...

, Helen Meredith *2016 Jim Ellis OAM, Robin Eckermann AM *2015 Geoff Huston AM, Adrian Di Marco *2014 Peter Vogel, Dr Bob Frater AO *2013 Robert Elz, Dr Rod Tucker *2012 Dr Mal Bryce, Dr Craig Mudge AO *2011 Dr Ann Moffatt, Dr Dennis Moore *2010 Brian Finn AO, Emeritus Professor Peter Poole *2009 Harry Wragge, Dr Barry Thornton *2008

Clive Finkelstein Clive Finkelstein (born ca. 1939 died 9/12/2021) is an Australian computer scientist, known as the "Father" of information engineering methodology. Life and work In 1961 Finkelstein received his Bachelor of Science from the University of New ...

Neil Weste Neil H. E. Weste (born 1951), is an Australian inventor and engineer, noted for having designed a 2-chip wireless LAN implementation and for authoring the textbook ''Principles of CMOS VLSI Design''. He has worked in many aspects of integrated-circ ...

*2007 Rob Newman, John Puttick *2006 Cyril Brookes, Max Burnet *2005

Ashley Goldsworthy Ashley William Goldsworthy (born 2 November 1935) is an Australian computer scientist and business executive. He was federal president of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1993. He is deputy chair of the Brisbane Catholic Education Co ...

, John O'Neil *2004 Ormonde Browne, Bob Bishop,

Renfrey Potts Renfrey Burnard (Ren) Potts AO (1925–2005) was an Australian mathematician and is notable for the Potts model and his achievements in: operations research, especially networks; transportation science, car-following and road traffic; Ising-ty ...

*2003 John O'Callaghan, David Hartley *2002 Robert Northcote, Phil Singleton *2001 John Bennett, Frank Hirst

State Pearcey Awards

Australian Capital Territory

*2021 Daniel Shaddock *2020 Shane Hill *2019 Matthew Wilson *2018 Ken Kroeger *2017 Phillip Williamson and Mark Riley *2016 Dean Spaccavento *2015 Greg Boorer *2013/14 John de Margheriti *2012 Dr Vikram Sharma *2011 Matt Bullock *2010 Dr Raymond Choo *2009 Michael McGoogan *2008 Mathew Purcell

New South Wales

*2021 Jordan O'Reilly and Laura O'Reilly OAM *2020 Jamila Gordon *2019 Ashik Ahmed *2018

Nick Molnar Nick Molnar is a FinTech entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Afterpay. Whilst attending Sydney's Moriah College, Molnar started trading jewellery on eBay. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney. In August 202 ...

*2017 Tim Fung and Jonathan Lui *2016 Richard White *2015

Melanie Perkins Melanie Perkins (born 13 May 1987) is an Australian billionaire technology entrepreneur, who is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Canva. Perkins is one of the youngest female CEOs of a tech start-up valued over 1 1,000,000,000 ...

*2014 Ben Richardson, Dave Greiner and Tim Power *2013 Simon Clausen and

Naomi Simson Naomi Simson (born 22 February 1964) is an Australian businessperson, entrepreneur, podcaster and blogger. After launching the Australian online success story RedBalloon in 2001, Naomi went on to co-found Big Red Group with partner David Anderson ...

*2012 Mitch Harper, Eddie Machaalani and Jo Burston *2011 Simon Poole and Steve Frisken *2010 Lars and Jens Rasmussen *2009 Ian Gardiner *2008

Mike Cannon-Brookes Michael Cannon-Brookes (born 17 November 1979) is an Australian billionaire, co-founder, and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian. Cannon-Brookes often carries the epithet of ''accidental billionaire'' after he and his business partner Sco ...

Scott Farquhar Scott Farquhar (born December 1979) is an Australian billionaire, the co-founder and co-CEO of the software company Atlassian. Farquhar often carries the epithet of ''accidental billionaire'' after he and his business partner Mike Cannon-Brook ...

*2007

Jeff Waugh Jeff Waugh (also known as "jdub") is an Australian free software and open source software engineer. He is known for his past prominence in the GNOME and Ubuntu projects and communities. Career In 2004, Waugh was hired by Mark Shuttleworth a ...

, Pia Waugh *2006 Matt Barrie *2005 James Dalziel *2004 Hugh Durrant-Whyte *2003 Ted Dunstone *2002 Alex Hartman *2001 Derek Renouf *2000 Clinton Paddison *1999 Scott Gazzard

Queensland

*2021 Michael Holmstrom *2020 Nick Therkelsen-Terry *2019 Tim Neale *2018 Peter Laurie *2017 Jenine Beekhuyzen OAM *2016 Aaron Birkby *2015 Wayne Gerard *2007 Tammy Halter *2006 Brett Hooker *2005 Kon Kakanis *2004 Adrian Di Marco *2003 David Barbagallo

South Australia

*2021 Mohan Koo *2020 Dr Michelle Perugini *2018 Tony Clark *2017 Geoff Rohrsheim *2016 Steward Bartlett *2014 Dr Henry Detmold *2013 Dr Alex Grant *2011 Matthew Michalewicz *2010 Dr Anton van den Hengel *2004 Ross Williams *2003 Simon Ronald *2002 Jonathan Baxter

Tasmania

*2021 Nina McMahon *2020 Mike Cruse *2018 Dr Gary McDarby *2015 James Riggall *2014 James Cuda *2013 Lawrence Howson *2012 Jared Hill *2011 Daniel Harrison *2010 Paris Buttfield-Addison, Jon Manning *2006 Ian Cumming *2005 Luke Bereznicki *2004 Chris Dalton, Anthony Scotney (joint winners)

Victoria

*2021 Bronwyn Le Grice *2020 Grant Petty *2019 Craig McDonald *2018 Bernie Tschirren and Michael Cameron *2017 Cyan and Collis Ta'eed *2016 Martin Hosking *2015 Alison Hardacre *2014 Bevan Clark and Guy King *2013 Leni Mayo *2012 Oliver Roydhouse *2011 Dr Elaine Saunders *2010 Brett Paterson *2009 Robert Murray *2008 Michael Giuffrida *2007 Ashley Herring *2006 Anthony Overmars *2005 Graeme Huon *2004 Luke Howard *2003 Alec Umansky *2002 Jonathan Zufi *2001 Anna Carosa *2000 Rick Harvey *1999

Michael Kölling Michael Kölling is a German computer scientist, currently working at King's College London, best known for the development of the BlueJ and Greenfoot educational development environments and as author of introductory programming textbooks. In ...

Western Australia

*2021 Charlie Gunningham *2020 Greg Riebe *2019 Rob Nathan *2018 Dr Mark Andrich *2017 Matthew Macfarlane

References

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External links

Pearcey Foundation website
Australian science and technology awards