The TECC has recently appointed  Dr Phyl Willson to the new position of  TECC Research Fellow.

Dr Phyl Willson (PhD, BIS (Hons), Grad Dip (Sci), Grad Cert Pub Sect Mgt, Dip Proj Mgt), will be co-located  within the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Tasmania. Phyl is currently undertaking research with the TECC in the areas of high speed broadband technology and innovation. Phyl was recently selected to present at the  20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, held in Melbourne. Her co-authored paper looked at Evaluating the Economic and Social Impact of NBN. A copy of the paper can be found here.

TECC CEO Mr John McCann welcomed Phyl’s appointment.

“This appointment is an important step for  the Tasmanian community, given the context of the debate surrounding the effects and potential of digitalisation. With the heightened debate surrounding the National Broadband Network debate in Australia, the deliberations by the State and Federal governments will be very important” said Mr McCann.

“The ability to understand and clarify the benefits of digitalisation will be of the utmost importance to the wider Tasmanian community.”

“The TECC looks forward to strengthening the existing relationship that exists between the University of Tasmania”, said Mr McCann.  As  a long time supporter of the University, the TECC is happy to be in position to help fund and have a co-location role to help the University and the School of Computing and Information Systems explore and engage with potential industry partners.

Phyl’s other research areas of interest are information systems strategy, IT governance, SMEs, gender in ICT and business process management, qualitative research methods and the philosophical basis of IS research.  Phyl can be contacted on Ph 03 6211 0400 via email pwillson@tecc.com.au