He has active research interests in the areas of laboratory education, professional practice, and computing education. He has published three textbooks and more than 200 peer-reviewed papers. He was the inaugural CEO of The LabShare Institute (a not-for-profit company established to support sharing of teaching laboratory infrastructure), the President of the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (an international association focused on research and utilisation of teaching laboratories), and the inaugural vice-president of the International Society for Web Engineering. From 2002–2008 he was the Associate Dean (T&L) for the Faculty of Engineering, UTS, and then from 2012–2019 he was Associate Dean (Education) and then Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney.

He has chaired numerous Engineering course accreditation panels across Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, NZ and Fiji. From 2012 to 2017 he was a member of the Australian Council of Engineering Deans (ACED) executive and convenor of the Engineering Associate Deans network. In 2019 he received the AAEE national award for Excellence in Engineering Education. He is also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Shirley was a Professor of Learning Technologies and her long term research agenda has been on the effective use of technologies in education including K-12 and higher education. She has been a member of three successive national government committees advising on improvements to higher education teaching and learning. She was the Chair of the Digital Education Advisory Group (DEAG) Committee reporting to the Federal Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Australia, tasked with provide advice on ways of achieving high quality contemporary learning outcomes from investments in digital education. She was awarded the Order of Australia in 2022 for this work​.

Since stepping down from the DVC role, she has joined the Board of the Australian Museum and the GROK Academy.

Originally a teacher of science and mathematics, she is also a former Director of Curriculum in WA and has held senior research, management and governance positions in a range of educational organisations, including government agencies, notfor-profits, small start-up businesses and large, listed, international corporations.

Sandra’s current research interests focus on assessment, recognition and warranting of hard-to-assess learning. She directs several research partnerships with school networks and organisations working to develop Learner Profiles for their students.

She is lead author of ‘Future Proofing Australian Students with New Credentials’ report, outlining methods to reliably assess and recognise the level of attainment of general capabilities.

Josephine is a versatile financial services leader with over twenty years experience. She commenced her career in general insurance and progressed into diverse roles at global and local financial institutions including Macquarie Bank, Citigroup and UBS.

These roles traversed financial markets and investment banking where she advised local and global companies, government entities and private equity on financial risk management.  In 2022 she joined NAB as Executive, Technology Delivery and Transformation for the Chief Information Office of the Corporate and Institutional Bank.

She is a passionate advocate for gender diversity and has led many initiatives to support, develop and promote women in her various roles. Josephine holds a Bachelor of Economics in Actuarial Studies (Macquarie), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (Finsia), a Postgraduate Certificate in Management (MGSM) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Michael Battenally’s distinguished career in school education ranges from classroom teacher through to long term school principal, system education leader and representation in national and international policy forums. From his early teaching years as a Maths and Computing educator, he continually fostered digital technology and digital literacy as essential to contemporary learning across the curriculum. He was instrumental in strategically embedding technology across schools and the education system to enhance teacher professional development, create administrative efficiencies and drive a culture of continuous improvement.

Michael is passionate about ensuring diverse learning pathways for young Australians and has strongly advocated for quality learning experiences and outcomes for both academic and vocational students. He also has experience across global education networks, including, leading an International Baccalaureate school and connecting with international contexts and educational leaders.

Over the past decade he was a director of the Australian Secondary Principals Association, Co-President of the ACT Principals Association, and an active member of the International Confederation of Principals Council. In 2021 he was awarded Life Membership of the ACT Principals Association.

Michael is an enthusiastic member of the Institute of Company Directors and is committed to the purpose and integrity of good governance. He is currently the Chair of the Menslink Board, a highly regarded not for profit organisation that supports the mental health and wellbeing of young men. His long term tenure as chair has contributed to the growth and respect for Menslink and created strong links from education to business.

James was a writer on the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies (version 8 and 9) and the Digital Literacy capability (version 9).  He consults with curriculum authorities and departments of education around Australia. In 2014, James was named ICT Leader of the Year by the ICT Educators of NSW and the Australian Council for Computers in Education.

James is Director of the National Computer Science School, the largest computer science school outreach program in Australia. Last year, over 22,500 students and teachers participated in the 5-week NCSS Challenge.

Prior to Grok Academy, James completed a PhD in computational linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and was an Associate Professor and Director of the Australian Computing Academy (ACA) at the University of Sydney. James co-founded Grok Learning in 2013, and in 2021, the ACA and Grok Learning combined to form Grok Academy.

After leaving the workforce to have children, Kylie returned to the Cancer Council of NSW. She then returned to the University of Sydney as Events and Communications Manager at CAASTRO (a joint venture with multiple Universities in the study of Astrophysics) for approximately 3 years. Kylie then moved to Grok Learning in 2018 and has held various management roles since then in the organisation, culminating in her current position of Company Secretary and Head of People and Customer for Grok Academy Limited.

Kylie is passionate about developing and implementing effective organisational structure; assisting the employees of Grok Academy to achieve their professional goals; enhancing relationships with new and existing clients; and commercial development of Grok Academy products. She is proud to work for a dynamic non-for-profit deliverer of education services that assists teachers and students to develop computing skills.