UB TECHNOLOGY PARK & BALLARAT IT SPECIALISTS BREAKFAST- TUESDAY 19 AUGUST 2008.

This month's UBTP & BITS Breakfast will be held on Tuesday 19th August 2008.

Crispin Blackall, Director of Future Technology Solutions, Telstra, will be this months guest speaker. Crispin's address will primarily focus on "Technology into the Future".

Crispin Blackall is Telstra's Director of Future Technology Solutions, a role where he is accountable for emerging technology strategy and leading a team that identifies innovation in emerging technologies. Crispin commenced his career in book and magazine publishing in the late eighties, by the early nineties he broadened his experience into advertising, and at J Walter Thompson worked on iconic brands such as Kellogg's and Kodak. In 1995, he moved to Melbourne to lead the Communications Technology team for BHP which included Online, Publishing, Film and Major Events – a role he held for 4 years before joining Telstra at the beginning of 1999.
Over the past nine (and a half) years, Crispin has held various senior roles in Telstra including managing Telstra.com, Business Planning, Strategy, Technology Management and in his current Technology Strategy role in the Chief Technology Office.

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