Marghanita da Cruz
Director & Principal Consultant
Ramin Communications Pty Ltd
Employment History
Principal Consultant & Director Ramin Communications Pty Ltd 1996-
Governance of Information and Communication Technologies | Ecologically Sustainable Urban Environment | Positioning Information and Communication Technologies
Positioning Emerging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- August 2010: Recent Changes, Canberra
- July 2010: Video Codecs in HTML5 Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG)
- Social Media and Web 2.0
- July 2009: Geotagging Location specific Webpages
- June 2009: Gov 2.0 Local Community Engagement 2.0 presented to Public Sphere #2, Parliament House Canberra. See video clip on Vimeo
- March 2009: Established Leenova Craft Website: leenova-craft.com.au
- 20 January 2009: E-Learning: Recorded & Edited Video of Speakers at ComputersOff Breakfast, Canberra. See 4 clips for publication on Youtube
- 1998-2008: new theatre website (ramin.com.au/online/newtheatre/) program information; subscription to email alert;
rss feed of media releases. Registration and redirection of Domain Name newtheatre.org.au
- Comments on Draft HTML5 Specification as invited public member of HTML5 Working Group Feb 2007 to May 2008
- SLUG Bootcamp Lightning Talks: switch to Linux, Knoppix, Kino and Video & Animation Editors, May 2007.
Set up RSS Feeds, July 2007- Entry to Fedora/Creative Commons Video Competition, 2006.
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2006,Talk Open Source Video Editing and Publication
- Hunter Hill Theatre Website, 2003.
- Build or Buy? Internet World, 1998
- Exploiting Intranets for Information Distribution, 1998
- 1996 Project Manager Outsourcing hosting of Website.
- 1988-9 Senior Office Automation Technical Analyst, ABC IT. - Managed All-in-1 E-Mail/WP/Corporate Directory System & evaluated "Office Automation" Software
" Marghanita da Cruz,
then with MIS, was VAX email’s ‘product champion’... - Digital dilemmas: the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and interactive
multimedia publishing, 1992 - 2002, Fiona R. Martin epublications@SCU
- 1987-8 Systems & Network Manager, Australian Institute of Health.
- 1984-7 Computer Programmer/Analyst, Department of Resources & Energy.
- 1982-4 Computer Programmer, Industries Assistance Commission.
Ecologically Sustainable Urban Environment | Positioning Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Governance of Information and Communication Technologies
- May 2010: Green ICT: E-Waste
- May 2010: Interview with GRC-ME
- April 2010: Business Imperatives for Green ICT, April 2010
- February 2010, Submission to NBN Wholesale Fibre Bitstream Consultation Paper
- No Duty of Care - Govnet Vol 2, No 1 (2008)
- No Duty of Care: The Governance and ICT, July 2008.
- Leveraging ICT in Corporate Governance - The Australian Experience, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15-6 May 2008.
- No Duty of Care: the Governance of ICT (ET GOVICT2008), 1-2 May 2008.
- Manager Contracts and Infrastructure, APSC - managed implementation of VoIP for Branch Office and migration of Web sapplications to new server and vendor, Oct 2007-Jan 2008.
- eeePC on an Aegean Odyssey - traveling with a Linux Netbook, May-June 2008.
- Introduction to AS8015 Australian Standard for Corporate Governance of ICT, IQPC IT Governance, June 2007.
- Getting more from the time and money invested in online services, March 2007.
- Chapter on AS8015 in
Frameworks for IT Management, September 2006. This book, has been re-published as a pocket guide, and translated into Japanese, German and Dutch and is available on Google Books.
- Commissioned Illustrations of Governance of ICT: IT Governance, Corporate Governance of ICT and Leadership and Governance of ICT, 2006.
- Founding Chair of Australian Computer Society, Governance of ICT Committee and ACS representative on Standards Australia committee IT-030 IT Governance and Management. Established the ACS Governance of ICT Committee Webspace and ICT Governance Forum Mailing List 2003-2006.
- Performance Indicators and Business Intelligence from Websites, 2005.
- Co-wrote Governance of Information and Communication Technology for Institute of Chartered Accountants's ITSIG Newsletter Issue 3 - April 2005 Edition
Assisted in the drafting and socialising of AS8015-2005 Australian Standard for Corporate Governance of ICT, which was published January 2005 and adopted as ISO/IEC 38500 in May 2008.- 2003. Member standards working group on IT Governance and Management, coordinated qualitative market research to scope and position standards on the governance of ICT, 2002-2005.
- Program Manager E-Business Optus Communications Input into strategic planning including opportunities for use of the Internet, Budget and Implementation Strategy, 2000.
- Review of the Office of State Revenue Internet and Intranet Websites including resolution of issues with Service Provider, extraction and presentation of usage statistics, review of business practices and recommendations for expanded use of internal and external websites for information dissemination within organisation and to clients. Preparation of Action plan and Budget, 1999.
- Submission to Productivity Commission Review of Broadcasting Legislation, 1999
- Review of Project Proposal at Sinclair Knight Merz - Consulted stakeholders to review business opportunity and solution fit, reviewed selection of solution, prepared business case (financial analysis), identified gaps in skill levels and transferred skills to address some of these, presented findings to Executive, 1998.
- Consultant on Whole of Government IT Integration Model - identified opportunities and assisted in the development of a framework for business and technology integration across Victorian Government Agencies, 1998.
- Guest Lecturer UTS on Service Delivery over the Internet, 1998/1999.
- Prepared ACS Submission on Ministerial Council Statement - Towards an Australian Strategy for the Information Economy, 1998
- Project Manager/Consultant Remote Access at University of Technology Sydney - Consulted stakeholders (students, administrative staff, technical staff, management, academics, service providers) to identify business requirements and clarify scope of business opportunity. Defined Scope of Solution. Developed financial model and business model. Prepared and issued request for tender. Selected and recommended service providers, 1997.
- Paper to ACS Conference: Outsourcing of Internet Services, 1996
- 1992-6 Sales Manager, Digital Audio Editing and Broadcasting System ABC Technology included preparation of tender proposals and presentations at tradeshows in China and Australia and Project Management of the Installation and Commissioning of Systems."Every time you put sound onto a tape and transfer it in editing, you lose quality, and a lot of tape is thrown away," said Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio sales manager Marghanita da Cruz. - LA Times 24 May 1993.
Telecommunications Policy & Planning | Governance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | Positioning Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Ecologically Sustainable Urban Environment
Associations, Education & Training
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2007- Member Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG)
- 2003-2006 Founding chair ACS Governance of ICT Committee and ACS representative on Standards Australia Technical Committee, which published AS8015-2005
- 2002-2005 Member of Standards Australia Working group which drafted AS8015-2005
- 2002 Certificate of IT Industry Specialised Mediation Training, Australian Commercial Disputes Centre.
- 2001 Member of the NSW Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Innovation and Small Business Standing Committee (2001).
- 2001 Member of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce
- 1999 Business, Legal & Ethical Issues ACS Certification Unit, Essay on Social and Legal Issues of E-Commerce
- 1997-2007 Member of the Australian Computer Society
- 1997 Foundation Member Internet Society - Australian Chapter
- 1997 Becoming a Business Consultant - Sydney Community College
- 1996 Object Orientated Programming in Java -Sydney University
- 1989 ABC Women in Management Course
- 1984 Philosophy A1, Australian National University
- 1984 Bachelor of Science (Computer Science/Mathematics/Chemistry/Zoology/Physics), University of Western Australia
Other Interests
Playing Golf, Theatre and Pottery.
Eco-Annandale 2010
Eco-Annandale 2009 Exhibition and Talks (December 2008/January 2009)
