Credit: Tabcorp Mandy Ross has announced her departure from Tabcorp where she has been the chief information officer for the past three years. Ross will remain with the business until April 2020 when she will then join Griffith University in Brisbane as its chief digital officer. Tabcorp said this was a very difficult decision for Ross to make “but allows her to follow her passion in the higher education sector”. “Managing a Brisbane-based team will also make it easier for Mandy to spend more time with her family,” Tabcorp said in a statement. “Mandy will commence her new role in April 2020 and will remain with Tabcorp until then, committed to overseeing the final stage of the technology integration program and embedding the technology strategies.” Griffith University advertised for the role earlier this year with applications closing on 14 August. Ross will replace Thomas King who has been acting CDO since March 2019 – following the departure of Bruce Callow – and will be appointed as deputy chief digital officer and head of IT services and security in April 2020. “The role leads the creation and execution of the university’s digital strategy, identifying and delivering technology innovation and transformation,” stated the job ad. “The chief digital officer leads a large, diverse technology team to provide high quality, efficient, and effective IT services. Enabling effective digital change management and ensuring enterprise system optimisation and safeguards will be important in the role.” Ross joined Tabcorp in December 2017 following the merger of Tabcorp and Tatts Group, where she had held the role of CIO for three years prior. Between May and December 2013, Ross was the chief technology officer for Intrepica. She had previously spent more than nine years with Wotif Group where she held the role of CIO for most of her time with the company. On 5 November she wrote on her LinkedIn page that it was her “last day in the hot seat at Tabcorp”. In February 2018, Ross told CIO Australia that she’s managed to carve a place for herself in a male dominated industry by developing her own unique leadership style. “It definitely presents its challenges at times. My style and approach is different and I bring female traits to the table when it comes to things like negotiation or partnering with the clients, where I do like to take quite an open and collaborative and engaging approach,” Ross told CIO Australia at the time. Tabcorp has started the process to find a new CIO. Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT 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