Speaking about the recently concluded two-day engineering symposium, the Chief Information Officer of Commonwealth Bank Brendan Hopper said it was critical for the bank to host events such as this in order to deliver on its strategy of being a global leader in digital experiences and technology.
In a bid to excite its growing network of engineers and help them unleash their creativity and imagination, Commonwealth Bank has played host to a two-day Engineering Symposium held at the Bank’s Sydney offices.
CBA’s engineers had a chance to hear from technocrats and keynote speakers from BigTech including Microsoft, Google, Atlassian, GitHub, DCVC and Tasktop.
According to Mr Hopper, for CBA to be a global leader in technology, it is imperative the bank recruits the right talent and then invests in that talent.
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“Having the right technology talent is the first step towards having the right technology”
CBA’s world-class engineering excellence is about empowering our engineers with the tools and access to the systems they need to fully immerse themselves in the organisation and successfully reimagine products and services for our customers, noted Mr Hopper.
During this year’s inaugural Engineering Symposium, the bank’s engineers had the privilege of hearing and learning from a number of industry leaders, including:
- The University of NSW’s Professor of Quantum Physics, Michelle Simmons
- Google’s Principal Software Engineer, Kelsy Hightower – delivered a presentation on ‘How to foster a culture of experimentation’
- Astronaut Dr Chris Boshuizen – spoke about the lessons he learned from NASA and space travel
- Bestselling author and Agile guru, Dr Mik Kersten – gave a presentation on how to measure value delivery with the latest Flow Framework
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- Unloan – “Easy to get” digital home loan
- Kit – Money app and digital information tool for kids
- CommBank “Yello” – Delivering rewards to existing customers
- Securities Trading (CommSec) in the CommBank app
For more on CBA’s digital strategy, please visit here.
