ACS Qld Cairns regional member outreach tour a success
Highlights
- The ACS Queensland team visited Cairns last week to host a Chapter planning meeting, a very special lunch for the JCU Technology Solutions Team along with our Cairns Regional Roadshow event with valued partners Pack of 7 and Cairns Regional Council Read a recap and what the ACS Cairns Chapter are up to next.
Last week, ACS Queensland was fortunate to meet with our Cairns Regional Members over a period of two days to discuss regional opportunities, congratulate talented up and coming emerging tech professionals, and showcase our generous sponsor Pack of 7 Australia’s advanced insights and expertise in the power of Microsoft 365 for organisational success.
Day one, commenced with our valued Professional Partner James Cook University Technology Solutions Team at their innovative Ideas Lab on Cairns campus to discuss ACS professional development tools and award the very talented Jay Davis (CT), JCU Digital Workspace Developer on achieving his ICT Technologist Certification. This certification celebrates Jay’s accomplished proficiency in programming and software development at SFIA Level 3, highlighting expertise in React JS, Java and Python. Congratulations Jay on your wonderful achievement.
ACS is leading the world in Professional Certification with its ACS Certification Program. The program includes Certified Professionals (CP) and Certified Technologists (CT) streams, and a Certified Specialist stream in Cyber Security, providing ACS Certified Members with official global recognition. To find out more about future proofing your career, please email member.services@acs.org.au or phone 02 9299 3666.
A big thank you to Geoff Purcell and Felipe Duncan and the whole team for such a warm welcome in Cairns. We look forward to awarding the Townsville cohorts Certifications in a couple of weeks.
Day two, next stop, Cairns Regional Council. The day started with our brilliant ACS Queensland Cairns Regional Chapter joined by ACS Qld Branch Executive Vice-Chair Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann discussing local business and the tech community’s needs, and planning for our next local event. Keep an eye out for details in the coming months. Thank you Cairns Chapter Co-Chairs Geoff Purcell & Melvyn Pensee-Arnold, MBA, and Dr Kranthi Addanki, Ross Contarino, Sachh Moka, Demelza Werly. It’s an honour to work with a talented bunch of IT leaders, professionals, and students.
Following the Cairns Chapter planning meeting, the local Cairns Tech Community enjoyed a great night of networking and learning at the ACS Queensland Cairns Regional Roadshow – Harnessing the Power of Microsoft 365 event with our valued partner Pack of 7 Australia. Ryan Wilson, Co-Director & Lead Solution Architect, Pack of 7 Australia enlightened members on how organisations can make the most of Microsoft 365, and Eleanor Crosby, Industry Workforce Advisor, ACS shared her insights into workforce planning. A big thank you also to Melvyn Pensee-Arnold, MBA and Cairns Regional Council for hosting this event, we truly appreciate your support.
And to cap off a successful couple of days, the evening ended with congratulating and awarding the gifted Dannielle Jones the ACS Qld Student Award for the highest course GPA of a graduating student in the Bachelor of IT (2023) at James Cook University. Dannielle consistently demonstrated exceptional academic performance and a remarkable dedication to her study in Bachelor of IT in 2023. Her academic excellence is well evidenced by an incredibly high GPA: 6.96 out of 7. Dannielle has since secured a role at JCU Cairns as Software development: React developer and we wish her every success in the future.
We are travelling to Rockhampton this week to meet with our ACS Queensland Rockhampton Regional Chapter and host the ACS Queensland Rockhampton Regional Roadshow – Harnessing the Power of Microsoft 365 on Thursday 25 July from 5pm. There is still time for our local regional Members to register. Click here to find out more.