Mr Peter Runcie
Mr Peter Runcie
Senior Associate
Peter is an experienced technology leader, having had a range of technical and business roles relating to many digital, data and related technologies. Peter’s strengths in research, development, product strategy and technology commercialisation have been demonstrated through leadership of significant innovation initiatives at Woolworths, Bell Labs, Avaya, NICTA, Data61 and in his capacity as a consultant and board member.
Selected current and past appointments:
Founder and Principal Consultant – Natirar Consulting Services (2012 - current)
Program Lead - Smart Cities and Digital Missions, Data61 CSIRO (2016 - 2019)
Smart Infrastructure Lead, National ICT Australia (2012-2015)
Various business strategy roles, Avaya USA Inc (2001-2011)
Consultant, Bell Laboratories (2000)
Chief Information Officer, TheSpot.com.au (1999-2000)
Recent boards and committees
Board Member - NSW Smart Sensing Network (2018 – 2021)
Treasurer, Australian Citizen Science Association (2020 to present)
Vice Chair, IoT Technical Committee - Australian Computer Society (2019 to present)
Vice President, Australian Smart Communities Association (2016 to 2020)
Current committees: IoT Alliance Australia Water Sector and Smart Cities Working Groups, United Nations Best Practices Forum on Management of Environmental Data, Australian Research Data Commons Data Quality Interest Group
Peter is a prolific inventor and an author of 28 granted patents in the USA, Europe and China. He holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors course.