About the AIIA Alumni

AIIA announced formation of its distinguished Alumni in Canberra at the Association’s 30th birthday celebration, in 2008.

The purpose of the group is to provide a valuable pool of experienced support and feedback resources for the current AIIA Board, Executive and our Membership. Membership of the AIIA Alumni Group is open to all prior Directors of the association at no charge.

The AIIA Board has invited John Price to take an active role as Alumni Chair. Up to October 2006 John spent 15 years as a Board Director and three as Chair. Partly in parallel, he spent 20 years on the NSW Branch Committee, also Chairing the branch for three years.

He is enthusiastic about the value of AIIA drawing on the knowledge and experience of key individuals who are no longer formally connected to AIIA. John has a wealth of experience in both the Australian and international ICT sectors and a passion both for the development of industry-wide goals and the aspirations of individual companies. He believes the AIIA Alumni group will have much to offer our members in a constantly changing environment.

As the Alumni is deveoped over 2009, members of the group will be kept informed of the latest industry and policy issues in the ICT sector and be given the opportunity to provide expert advice and assistance in the development of AIIA strategies and operations.

Interested Alumni will also have the opportunity to provide mentoring to AIIA members looking to take advantage of this support.

Joining the AIIA Alumni

If you would like to register to join the Alumni as a former Director of the Australian Information Industry Association, simply download and complete the registration form, and return it to the AIIA Alumni by email. 

Please contact the AIIA Alumni with any questions about joining, or if you would like to know more about the potential benefits the Alumni may be able to offer you as a member.

About AIIA Alumni Chairman, John Price

John Price is a 30 year veteran of the ICT industry and a long time contributor to industry growth through his involvement with the Australian Information Industry Association. When he stood down from the AIIA Board in late 2007 John was the longest serving Board member at 15 years, which included three years as Chairman. He also spent 20 years on the AIIA NSW Branch Committee. John is a Fellow of the Australian Computer society (ACS) and Australian Institute of Directors (AICD) and current Board Member of the ACS Foundation.

John has a passion for the development of the ICT industry, with a particular interest in education and training issues. He has represented AIIA on a wide number of industry forums including the formation chair role of the IT&T Industry Training Advisory Board (IT&T ITAB). He was a Director of the IT Skills Hub, member of NSW Government IIAC and a Vice President of ASOCIO. John Chaired the Management stream of SEARCC when last held in Australia.

John had a career building HR Businesses in the IT sector, including The Focus Group, JSP Associates and SI Resources. Following the development and sale of each business he worked under contract to US multinationals, Australian public companies andas Vice President A/NZ for a global services company head quartered in India. He Chaired an IT Incubator that invested in growing IT companies and understands the challenges emerging product and services companies face in their expansion and partnering.

Today, John operates as an Executive Coach and Mentor.