Gordon Grace
A G Assistant Secretary at Defence Australia
Canberra, Australia
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Top SchoolGordon Grace is an experienced technology and digital transformation leader based in Canberra with a decade-long track record delivering government-grade digital services and public-sector strategy. Currently serving as acting Assistant Secretary at Defence Australia, he has led high-impact programs across the Digital Transformation Agency and Prime Minister’s Department including the rapid replatforming of australia.gov.au and beta.my.gov.au during COVID-19. His background blends product, technical and commercial leadership—from hands-on technical roles and product management to regional P&L responsibility at Funnelback—serving clients such as WHO, NHS and national health agencies. He is adept at translating complex policy and security requirements into pragmatic, citizen-facing digital platforms and has repeatedly operated at the intersection of technology, procurement and stakeholder engagement. Notably, he has grown teams and partner ecosystems internationally while launching tools and prototypes that were productised, demonstrating both strategic vision and delivery craft. An Australian citizen with strong public-sector credentials, he brings rare experience in crisis-driven digital delivery and whole-of-government coordination.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Information Technology, Computer Science at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology at CQUniversity
English
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Github Skills (52)
javascript9
css9
sass9
react9
sketch-app8
leafletjs8
accessibility8
catalog7
leaflet7
typescript7
cesiumjs7
warc6
arcgis-js-api6
tplink6
sketch6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
govau/wofg-web-es-inject
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
Code for injecting metadata extracted from WARC as JSON into Elasticsearch as part of the WofG Web Reporting Service.
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 9 months
reportingmetadataelasticsearchwarcreporting-service
govau/design-system-sketch-file
Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
A repository for the Design System Sketch file
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 months
sketch-appdesigndesign-systemsketchdesign-systems
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