Jodie Rugless* is the CIO of Royal District Nursing Service South Australia (RDNS SA). RDNS has been providing home nursing care for over 116 years, when and where its clients need it, with the aim of supporting individuals to choose to live independently, through the extensive and diverse services it provides. Rugless is charged with keeping that show on the road - quite literally - as Merri Mack found out.
Rugless didn’t grow up dreaming of an IT career - she spent her youth in the outback, where computers were the exclusive domain of techie boys. But when she was 16 her parents purchased a Windows 3.1 PC and she developed an interest.
She remembers actively hiding the PC from her friends because computers were not considered ‘cool’ - especially for girls! With her interest ignited she left home to study Information Technology at Charles Sturt University and has worked in the IT industry ever since.
This CIO role is twofold and comes with its challenges. As a strategic leader she has a shared responsibility for assisting with the definition and execution of the organisational strategic plan. Secondly, she has sole responsibility for the strategic leadership of the organisational information technology and information management functions....Read More
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