A MasterClass on Digital Transformation
Canberra:
ANU School of Cybernetics
Birch Building, ANU Campus, Acton 2601
17th September 2026 12:00 to 14:00
Sydney:
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Level 5, No. 1 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000 (enter via 159 Pitt St)
22nd October 2026 12:00 to 14:00
On the Delivery of an Internal Developer Platform
Desmond Seeley is a technology executive with three decades of C-level leadership spanning financial services, telecommunications and international broadcast. He has worked in four consecutive senior technology mandates inside the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, most recently as Executive AI and Engineering, leading the adoption of CBA’s Internal Developer Platform (“IDP”) and a governed enterprise approach to AI-powered engineering across one of Australia’s most complex regulated environments.
Earlier in his career Desmond founded and scaled technology businesses, held CEO and CTO roles across finance, telecommunications and international broadcast—including building the company that delivered broadcast infrastructure for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa—and advised boards on technology strategy.
On the Stewardship of “AI” Technology
In this time of the “Odyssey” we are reminded that “Oikomomia”, “Stewardship”, is a more useful notion than that of “Control”.
The action demanded of a steward might be:
“Kubernetes” is an ancient Greek term meaning “steersman” or “governor,” and it is the root of the word “cybernetics,” which refers to the study of systems, control, and communication in both machines and living organisms.”
“Control” – the verb and “controls” = as nouns are mechanisms by which we apply “kubernesis” to the world.
A systems programmer by trade primarily on O/S and database, Gareth has worked in various I.T. roles over a number of decades.
He has been a product manager for a leading U.K. vendor of software tools and E.R.P systems and a director in consulting, software and services and publishing firms in the U.K. and Australia.
Recent experience includes consulting in quantitative trading, financial services with particular attention to privacy at NSW E-Health and in global legal practices.
He has a long-standing interest in Cybernetics, now realised through study for a Master in Applied Cybernetics at the ANU School.
Reference to enclosed illustration:
https://greekreporter.com/2018/08/07/archaeologists-discover-ancient-greek-ship-in-black-sea
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