Kate Carruthers
Director
Digital Media Group

Kate specializes in online collaboration, social computing, digital media, and integration of online and offline strategies. She has first hand experience in the role of social computing technologies at enterprise level; the challenges, risks and power these technologies have in assisting with internal and external communication.

Kate has worked in senior strategic management & consulting roles with leading organisations such as AMP, Microsoft, GE, FMT and Westfield to develop and implement their corporate web and e-commerce solutions. She helps enterprises with innovation around the use of technology as a business application, and expertly marries technology, marketing and business development. She develops strategic digital marketing strategy and tactics that drive profitability, and trains teams in the use of web technology including social computing, social media, and social networking.

As a technology forecaster she is active in monitoring and tracking developments in social computing including: social computing, web 2.0, enterprise 2.0, social media, and online collaboration. She is deeply involved with the open source and social computing communities.

With an extensive background in business improvement activities, she also has a strong foundation in 6 Sigma, process improvement and enterprise application development.

Dedicated to lifelong learning, Kate has a Master of Management (Macquarie University), has completed postgraduate work in e-commerce and is currently studying law part-time.

Kate is an educator and skilled facilitator with strong communications skills and a fresh, dynamic approach to public speaking and teaching. Kate is an in-demand speaker and has served as a guest lecturer at Macquarie University in their graduate programs.

Kate has an excellent writing style which aims to provide clear and succinct information to a wide range of audiences. She has written articles for various technology and business publications.

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