Manager, Technical Architecture & Infrastructure Services Australian Energy Market Operator Ltd

Patrick Beraud is an innovative Information Technology Professional with over 14 years experience gained from managing and directing complex global ICT projects in several regions including Europe, Australia, Taiwan, West Africa and Canada. He has several key career achievements under his belt, including team leadership for implementation of the Active Directory Services for the Public Financial Management Reform Program for the Republic of Ghana, Technical Director for Pharaon Telecom & Technologies in Australia and Benin, and analysing and designing network engineering projects for Sparq Solutions and its parent Australian companies, ENERGEX & Ergon Energy. His current post is Manager, Systems Engineering Management for a Market Trading Systems at Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). He passes on his knowledge through presentations, including in 2009 at University of Melbourne (Impact on Digitization) and as a speaker at the Computer Security Institute Conference in Washington, D.C. (paper on strategic Critical Infrastructure Protection Frameworks). Patrick received a Master of eForensics and Enterprise Security from the University of Melbourne in 2009.