We are delighted to announce that David Thodey AO has accepted our invitation as Chair of the IdeaSpies Advisory Board.
David is a business leader with more than 30 years' experience in innovation, digital and telecommunications creating brand and shareholder value.
"I'm pleased to join as Chair and contribute to the future direction of IdeaSpies", Thodey told IdeaSpies Founder, Lynn Wood. IdeaSpies is an open innovation platform for clever ideas, new discoveries and original thinkers.
"IdeaSpies offers a great opportunity to bring people, research, education, industry and government together to inspire action", David said in a statement to Madeline Cunningham, Advisory Board Member.
As former CEO of Telstra and IBM ANZ, David is well known as Chair of CSIRO (Commonwealth Science, Industry & Research Organisation - the national research organisation for Australia), Xero and Tyro Payments.
David is also a Non-Executive Director of Ramsay Health Care.
IdeaSpies Advisory Board Members are a distinguished group of global business leaders who provide strategic advice and guidance in developing IdeaSpies. As well as David and Maddie others are Glenn Barnes, Sabra Brock, Narelle Hooper, Maria MacNamara and Mark Stanbridge.
According to the World Health Organization, at least 236,000 people lose their lives each year in the water. When Israeli business Adam Bismut saw a man lose his life by drowning at the Dead Sea he was determined to stop such tragedies; he invented Sightbit. The first part of the platform is reading the state of the water: The AI can recognize a range of wave movements and detect any dangerous areas for swimmers, kayakers and anyone in or on the water. The second detects people and objects in and near the water... For more and the reference: https://israeltrade.org.au/2024/01/22/ai-water-safety-platform-prevents-drownings-before-they-happen/
"Great ideas, research and innovation can come from anyone – so often the best ideas do not have a voice. IdeaSpies provides a platform for people to share ideas that create a better world"
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Jeremy Ungar
Maria MacNamara
Mary Y
Ingyin San
Jonathan Chrimes