Join us to hear Matt's thoughts on the role of information professionals and information management skills in enhancing the use of information to address challenges, close knowledge gaps, and make more informed decisions.
The information age started in the late 20th century and continues to evolve in the 21st century. Despite living in this ‘enlightened’ age there is still a significant untapped opportunity to harness information to its maximum potential and address information deficits.
By using an ‘information lens’, that is looking at a problem or situation and understanding the role information plays in it, we have a considerable opportunity to solve difficult problems, realise opportunities and create new and significant insights.
This presentation will explore this key topic and how we can leverage our strategic value by using IM skills and tools to address information deficits and utilise information to its maximum potential.
Bio
Matt's career journey is reasonably unique. In his early career he worked 10 years in the public health sector, 6 of these in the Emergency Department. He was the first Records Manager employed by Archives New Zealand and the first Chief Information and Technology Officer employed across the 3 central agencies (including Treasury and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet). Matt has also worked extensively in central and local government including as a local government Chief Executive. One interesting fact about Matt’s early career is his minor acting roles including in a well-known New Zealand prime-time soap opera.
Matt's board and advisory roles have included representing the local government ICT sector on the Board of the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM) Inc. Matt was a member of the NZ CIO Advisory Council and served as Vice President for RIMPA NZ Branch Council. Matt has served on various RIMPA Global working groups and the editorial committee, and he was the first New Zealander to attain RIMPA Global Fellow status.
In 2024, Matt was appointed to Te Rua Wānanga New Zealand Archives Council by the Minister of Internal Affairs. In the same year Matt was elected to the RIMPA Global Board of Directors. For the last several years Matt has been engaged by organisations in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands working on a variety of IM programmes and projects as well as developing information and technology roadmaps and assisting in identifying and implementing the required information management capabilities.
