Brett Hooker Receives 2007 Pearcey National Young Achiever Award
At their annual national medal ceremony on the 1st of November, the Pearcey Foundation (http://www.pearcey.org.au)
presented the 2007 National Pearcey Award for Young Achievers to ROARZ
computing managing director, Brett Hooker. This prestigious ICT
industry honour is awarded to one of the State Winners from the
previous year who has demonstrated innovative and pioneering
achievement and contribution to research and development within the ICT
industry early in their career.
The guest speaker for the evening was Senator the Honourable Helen
Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts.
In accepting this award, Brett acknowledges the incredible opportunity
for business and social improvement yet to be discovered through the
application of ICT in our lives, and that service to the development of
the ICT industry is paramount to ensure that the right number of people
with appropriate skills exist in the decades to come that will help us
all realise the benefits of ICT innovation.
Brett Hooker is an innovative, passionate ICT ambassador. He has made
varied and profound contributions to the IT industry from outstanding
works within Oracle Corporation to countless contributions to
up-and-coming IT professionals through his efforts with universities.
Brett Hooker's passion and vigour to assist businesses increase
customer satisfaction and improve efficiency is tireless and
commendable.
In 2000, Brett received an Outstanding Alumnus Award from the QUT’s IT
Faculty in recognition of exceptional professional achievements and
contributions to the community. Brett, an active alumnus of QUT, is
also currently a QUT IT Faculty Academic Board member and the QUT
Alumni Board President.
In 2005, Brett was featured in the “Queensland: A great state of mind”
book, launched by State Premier Peter Beattie during Queensland Week.
Brett has also presented numerous worldwide conferences about:
- E-business and software development;
- Enhancing a company's reputation; and
- Promoting benefits the ICT industry brings to the marketplace as a whole.
Brett Hooker is recognised as one of Australia’s leading ICT
professionals with more than 17 years experience in the national and
international sectors, applying his business applications and software
technology specialties to private and public firms.
Thanks
Brett acknowledges and wishes to thank the following people and organisations:
- Pearcey Foundation
- Queensland University of Technology
- Queensland Government, State Development, and the Information Industry Bureau
- Australian Information Industry Association
- Australian Computer Society
- Software Queensland
- Open Source Industry of Australia
- Both the team at and customers of ROARZ computing
- His associates and colleagues
- His family
The Pearcey Foundation Inc
The Pearcey Foundation Inc. was established in 1998 through the work of
the Australian Computer Society, the Australian Information Industries
Association, CSIRO, Monash University, Multimedia Victoria, IDG
Communications and Whitehorse Strategic Group. The Pearcey Foundation
was created in the memory of the pioneer of Australian computing, Dr.
Trevor Pearcey. It provides a channel for recognition of outstanding
individual contributions to the Australian Information Technology
industry.
National Pearcey Award FAQ’S
Q1. What does “early in his or her career” mean?
A. The aim is to give recognition during a career, rather than at the
end of one. This means that the candidate will need to have spent
enough time in their chosen career to make a significant contribution,
but are not yet at the 'top of the tree'.
Q2. How would you define innovative and pioneering achievements?
A. The candidates achievement should make a unique contribution to new
knowledge and/or professional practice. It should involve the clever
application of IT and have valuable commercial opportunities. The
achievement should be recognised as outstanding by peers and be above
and beyond what is expected as a person in their role.
Q3. Does R&D mean it must be practical, or can it by purely research oriented?
A. The achievement should be both innovative and practical. If the
achievement is research oriented, then it needs to have valuable
commercial potential. If the achievement is in the novel application of
IT using existing technologies, then there must be significant market
opportunity.
Q4. Is the Award based on the significance of the technology or innovation?
A. Not necessarily – this is a personal award for the extent of the
candidates contribution and, in the pioneering spirit, the risks that
have taken along the way.
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