Qantas’ chief technology officer, Rob James, has resigned after less than two years in the role. James joined the airline in August 2017 after spending almost two years as CTO at betting company, William Hill. James told CIO Australia that he was moving on because “it was just time to do something different.” He declined to reveal his next move but did say that his future employer was doing a restructure to create a role for him that will be announced soon. James replaced Chris Taylor as CTO in 2017 and was initially hired by the airline due to his experience in implementing and leading agile teams, technology architecture and strategy, BPO and analysis, and project management. He placed number eight in CIO’s inaugural CIO50 list in 2016 when he was working at William Hill. During that time he invested in new core platforms to modernise architecture to support rapid product development. He also restructured and refocused teams to deliver a more marketable product, which led to $60 million in revenue growth for the organisation. James has significant experience as a senior tech executive. Prior to William Hill, he was CTO at Echo Entertainment Group, and CTO at Posse. CIO Australia has reached out to Qantas for comment. Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebookhellip;Twitter: @CIO_Australia,Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation onLinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter:@ByronConnolly Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe