Roy Pidgeon

Roy was appointed CIO in October 2019 at Central Queensland University and now is the Chief Digital Officer, Digital Services. Roy is a driver of change and innovation in the higher education digital technology sector with more than 30 years’ experience in delivering real business and technical solutions in the areas of learning, teaching and research. Providing project oversight and leadership for ICT, Library and eResearch initiatives; Roy consistently advocates and leads high-performing teams to deliver innovative, effective and beneficial solutions including: resilient ICT capabilities based on hybrid cloud collaborative technologies high-speed network and infrastructure capabilities that are supported by strong vendor service engagements innovation in teaching spaces technology service delivery excellence video and online digital delivery of education to enable institutional business models to evolve and adapt.