Sheryle Moon
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Sheryle Moon is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), the peak body for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry in Australia.
AIIA is recognised both nationally and internationally as the industry’s leading lobby group, representing more than 450 Australian member companies that generate combined annual revenues of more than $40 billion, employ 100,000 Australians and export more than $2 billion in goods and services each year.[1]
Sheryle joined AIIA in November 2006. She has worked in the ICT sector for more than 25 years in senior leadership positions including Vice President of Computer Sciences Corporation, and a managing partner with Accenture. Prior to her role at AIIA, Sheryle was Director of Recruitment and Staffing Solutions, Australasia for employment services provider, Manpower Services Australia. Her expertise and experience in the ICT sector is recognised by her inclusion on multiple boards advising the Australian government on attraction and retention strategies for young people to the ICT industry, the retention of women in the indsutry sector and the ICT priorities for Australia.
In 1999, Sheryle was named Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year[2], and a year later was inducted into the Business Women's Hall of Fame. She sits on a number of private sector and Australian Government advisory boards. She has a Bachelor of Economics and a number of postgraduate qualifications, including a Masters of Management in Technology. She was recently inducted into the ANU Hall of Fame for her contribution to Australian Business prosperity and the ICT industry.
Sheryle is an author and has published two books. The first in 2001 is a treatise on the attitudes of young Australians towards careers and jobs in the Science Engineering and Technology sectors. Called SET for Life it provided a number of recommendations to government and industry to develop solutions to the attraction of young people into these industries which underpin proposperity in Australia.
Her second book, SelfScape, describes practical strategies for achieving success and life/work balance in todays hectic world.
Sheryle also has a blog, Talking Technology [3]
Sheryle is widely considered a role model for women and particularly women in ICT and has spoken for over a decade on this subject. In 2001 she was recognised by Prime Minister Howard as one of the twenty most influential women in Australia and included in the Foundation program for Honoring Women.
