As Stephen Pearson’s five-year term as chief technology officer draws to a close, the Department of Defense has begun recruiting a replacement.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Defence stated that Pearson is “employed as a non-ongoing employee… on a five-year tenure that finishes in early 2023.”
Regarding Pearson’s employment with Defense once his contract period is through, the spokeswoman declined to comment further.
Pearson led a number of initiatives, including the 11-week transition to remote working at the Department of Defense that involved the use of a number of protected-level Microsoft collaborative products.
His ambition during his term was “for the successful delivery of effective, adaptable, creative and scalable ICT solutions and services to support existing and future integrated Defence capabilities to defend the country and its interests,” according to his official biography.
He joined Defence in 2018 after serving as the chief information officer and head of transformation at Lattice Energy.
At Oil Search, Toll Group, Orica, and Newcrest Mining, Pearson also previously held senior IT positions.
The successful candidate would be “responsible for the strategic direction for ICT within defence and leads the group responsible for the defence single information environment that draws together defence communications and information activities into a single, governed information environment,” according to the announcement made by the Defense on Seek.
It is necessary to identify and define strategic challenges in connection to architecture, software development, applications delivery, and operations in a technological environment that is rapidly evolving. This includes the complete spectrum of ICT management across both military and business domains.
