Peter Auhl has left his role as chief information officer at City of Adelaide and has moved to NSW as Central Coast Council’s new technology chief. Auhl started in his new role as CIO at Central Coast Council this month and is working with the organisation’s chief technology officer, Martin Elwell who had been interim CIO before Auhl’s arrival. Meanwhile, City of Adelaide’s team leader, business solutions, Sonjoy Ghosh is currently acting CIO at the council, Auhl told CIO Australia. Auhl said he will be working on projects at Central Coast Council that are focused on improving customer outcomes. These include a major systems integration project, enterprise data management, Smart City and telecommunications initiatives focused on economic growth and investment attraction, he said. Auhl had been CIO at City of Adelaide since February 2015. He was the architect of Ten Gigabit Adelaide, a network that has helped the city’s businesses overcome cloud connectivity issues due to ever-increasing domestic traffic creating by services like Netflix and YouTube. Established earlier this year, the network transfers business traffic from the internet to private links and interconnects. Auhl, who placed number sixin the 2018 CIO50 list, said the network is providing Adelaide businesses with communications capacity that is matched by any other city in the world. The network connects more than 1000 buildings and 3,500 businesses on a common network. Auhl and his team also created the Adelaide Insights Dashboard, a tool that pulls in data from various local and national sources and presents it in a toolkit that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time. Insights provided by the dashboard increase success rates for new and expanding Adelaide businesses and highlights opportunities the city has over its competitors. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the City of Adelaide and am very proud of what my team has achieved,” Auhl told CIO Australia. “To be the architect and lead of the Ten Gigabit Adelaide project was a highlight. Bringing together a team of talented people to deliver the world-first project was challenging but incredibly rewarding,” he said. “It sets an incredible foundation to build from and continue the growth that has been palpable since the announcement this time last year. A product of more than three and a half years, it has transformed the perception of Adelaide forever,” Auhl added. Auhl said it was a tough decision to leave his home town but he is excited about the new role. “It’s such a beautiful part of Australia and the ability to shape the way technology can assist the residents of The Coast was a huge draw card for me.” Finally, Auhl said the council is looking for new staff in areas ranging from service delivery to enterprise architecture and data leads. 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 brandpost Sponsored by Freshworks When your AI chatbots mess up AI ‘hallucinations’ present significant business risks, but new types of guardrails can keep them from doing serious damage By Paul Gillin Dec 08, 2023 4 mins Generative AI brandpost Sponsored by Dell New research: How IT leaders drive business benefits by accelerating device refresh strategies Security leaders have particular concerns that older devices are more vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. By Laura McEwan Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Infrastructure Management case study Toyota transforms IT service desk with gen AI To help promote insourcing and quality control, Toyota Motor North America is leveraging generative AI for HR and IT service desk requests. By Thor Olavsrud Dec 08, 2023 7 mins Employee Experience Generative AI ICT Partners feature CSM certification: Costs, requirements, and all you need to know The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification sets the standard for establishing Scrum theory, developing practical applications and rules, and leading teams and stakeholders through the development process. By Moira Alexander Dec 08, 2023 8 mins Certifications IT Skills Project Management 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