Sophos Australia and New Zealand Managing Director, Rob Forsyth,
has been appointed to the board of directors of the Internet
Industry Association (IIA), Australia's peak industry organisation
in the sector. The appointment was announced at the association's
recent Annual General Meeting which also celebrated its tenth
anniversary.
Rob Forsyth has been with computer security vendor Sophos since
2001 and has been managing director since May 2003.
Prior to joining Sophos, Forsyth spent five years with SOCOG
(the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games) as
Programme Manager for Workforce Planning and Industrial Relations.
In this role, he was responsible for the planning and management
involved in filling more than 180,000 paid, volunteer and contract
positions. He was also responsible for the site management of the
Blacktown softball and baseball facilities during the Olympic
Games. Earlier, Forsyth spent 10 years with leading Australian IT
executive placement and training agency, A.S.K. Solutions Group,
and spent six years on the Branch Executive of the Australian
Computer Society.
Locally, Sophos is leading initiatives with its customers, the
IT industry, government, law enforcement, intelligence agencies and
the financial services sector to combat computer security threats
including phishing and child pornography.
Announcing the appointment, IIA chief executive Peter Coroneous
said, "Rob brings extensive experience and impeccable industry
connections to the board and will provide a significant boost to
the association's computer security expertise."
Rob Forsyth said, "I'm honoured to have been selected to
represent the interests of the Australian internet industry. The
IIA is well positioned to encourage change, lead debate and lobby
government across a wide platform of issues in 2005."
About the IIA
The Internet Industry Association is Australia's national
internet industry organisation. Members include telecommunications
carriers; content creators and publishers; web developers;
e-commerce traders and solutions providers; hardware vendors;
systems integrators; banks, insurance underwriters; internet law
firms, ISPs; educational and training institutions; internet
research analysts; and a range of other businesses providing
professional and technical support services. On behalf of its
members, the IIA provides policy input to government and advocacy
on a range of business and regulatory issues, to promote laws and
initiatives which enhance access, equity, reliability and growth of
the medium within Australia.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.