New Zealand Lotteries Commission has restructured its ICT team and appointed Brett Cross and Ben Coney as head of technology operations, and general manager for digital channels and customer solutions, respectively. CTO Warren Hughes, who held the role for over a year, is now working as a technology strategy consultant. Cross is responsible for managing core IT operations functions and Coney is in charge of Lotto’s online channel MyLotto.co.nz, and information architecture. Related:Lotto courts mobile crowd Optimises website for both Android and Apple smartphones. New Zealand Lotteries is one of the largest ICT using organisations in New Zealand, with over 1934 screens. Recent projects include retailer point of sale integration, a WAN replacement across retail sites, next generation MyLotto front end experience improvements and upgrades to the lottery information management platforms. Lois van Waardenberg is now business technology manager for Z Energy. Van Waardenberg is a law graduate from the University of Auckland. Her previous roles included CEO of Transformation Analytics, and a range of executive posts at HP, RHE, Suncorp Group, Optimation, Solnet and Southern Cross Health Society. Follow Divina Paredes on Twitter: @divinap Follow CIO New Zealand on Twitter:@cio_nz Sign up for CIO newsletters for regular updates on CIO news, views and events. Join us on Facebook. 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