As CEO of Australia’s second largest telecommunications company Optus, Kelly Bayer-Rosmarin is one of Australia’s most influential leaders in the development, uptake and use of technology and its impact on society. Soon after graduating from Stanford in Industrial Engineering and Management, Kelly moved to Australia. During 9 years at CBA she led technological innovation including the development and roll out of the Albert mobile payment device. She is a member of the UNSW Engineering Deans Advisory Committee where she ideated and then championed the MakerGames student initiative which won an AFR Innovation Award.