Stephen Giugni

General Manager, National Security Technologies

Contact

Physical:
Castray Esplanade
Hobart TAS 7000
Mail:
GPO Box 1538
Hobart TAS 7001

Tel: +61 3 6232 5550
Fax: +61 3 6232 5050
Email

Themes

• National Security Technologies

Science Area

• Sensor Science and Technology

Biography

Stephen Giugni has been involved in research and research management with CSIRO since 1992.

In July 2011 Stephen accepted the leadership role for the National Security Technologies program. The program focuses on technologies to support identification and response to national issues associated with emergency management, cyber security, surveillance and forensics.

In April 2011, Stephen was instrumental in securing a further five years of funding for the Tasmanian ICT Centre - a total of $50 million, from CSIRO, the Australian and Tasmanian Governments and Industry.

Between July 2006 and June 2011, Stephen was Chief Executive for the Tasmanian ICT Centre. The Tasmanian ICT Centre was established through joint funded from the Australian Government through the Intelligent Island Program and the CSIRO. The Intelligent Island Program was administered by the Tasmanian Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts. The Centre was established to foster the growth of a globally competitive ICT sector in Tasmania. Over its first five years the Centre established itself as a fundamental component of the Tasmanian innovation system, developed strong Tasmanian, national and international linkages and collaborations and delivered research outcomes in the water resources, coastal management, health and wellbeing, energy management and agribusiness sectors.

Stephen established an exciting research program in the areas of sensor networks and data management for over 30 researchers and a strong PhD program with the University of Tasmania. The project portfolio addresses the issues or water resources, health, marine sustainability, aquaculture and energy.

In July 2004, Stephen was appointed as Deputy Director of the ICT Centre. As Deputy Director he was responsible for the overall internal operations of the Centre as well as key external representative roles as a member of the National ICT Roundtable, has been a member of the board for the Queensland eHealth Research Centre and led the ICT Outlook Forum Organising Committee.

In July 2003, Stephen was appointed as the Acting Director for the newly created CSIRO ICT Centre. In this role he was responsible for the formation of the Centre and the establishment of its initial research program. The ICT Centre was created to provide a focus for ICT research in CSIRO and to provide leading-edge ICT capability to support research across CSIRO.

In 2002, Stephen became Assistant Chief of CTIP, participating in both operational and strategic issues and particularly in the organisation's reinvention of its ICT research activities. Stephen was also responsible for the strategic oversight of computing and information services which provide critical research support and information management tools.

From 1992 until 2001 Stephen worked in the design of high-frequency GaAs-based (Gallium Arsenide) MMICs (microwave monolithic integrated circuits) and in the development of wireless communications technologies and applications within CSIRO's Division of Radiophysics and subsequently the Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics. During this period he was responsible for both research and management components of a number of commercial projects with DSTO and Australian telecommunications companies for the development of communications and surveillance technologies. He led the expansion of CSIRO’s microwave automated on-wafer test facility to support the high-speed measurement of MMICs fabricated within its internal prototyping facility and from offshore foundries to frequencies beyond 110 GHz. In 2001, Stephen established a new research team focusing on the development of mm-wave radio technologies for multi-gigabit communications building on the strengths in mm-wave communications and looking forward to the convergence of high-speed radio and fixed networks

Prior to this Stephen worked for Comalco Aluminium and Advanced Telecommunications Research (Japan)

Academic Qualifications

2003	Australian Institute of Company Directors Program
1999	MBA (Technology Management), APESMA / Deakin University
1991	PhD Macquarie University, Semiconductor Physics
1986	Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), University of Technology, Sydney

Recent Professional Experience

CSIRO	ICT Centre
2011-	General Manager, National Security Technologies program
2006-2011	Chief Executive, Tasmanian ICT Centre
2004-2006	Deputy Director, ICT Centre
2003-2004	Acting Director, ICT Centre
	CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics
2002-2003	Assistant Chief, Telecommunications and Industrial Physics
2003-2003	General Manager, Computing and Information Services
2001-2002	Deputy General Manager, ICT
2001-2002	Leader, Broadband Wireless Systems
2000-2001	Defence MMIC Projects Manager
1999-2001	Business Development Manager, Services
1995-2001	Manager, GigaHertz Testing Laboratory
1998-2001	Principal Research Scientist, Microwave and mm-Wave Circuits and Systems
1995-1998	Senior Research Scientist, Microwave and mm-wave Circuits and Systems

Achievements & Awards

2003	Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
1990	GEC - Marconi Prize winner for excellence in materials research
1987-1991	Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board Award
1986-1991	Australian Postgraduate Research Award

Other Highlights

2010-	Member, University of Tasmania, Computing and Information Systems Course Advisory Committee
2009-	Member, Tasmanian Science and Resarch Sector Advisory Council
2008-2009	External Member - University of Tasmania, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) Research College Board
2008-	External Member - Univeristy of Tasmania, School of Engineering Advisory Panel
2010-	Member, University of Tasmania, Computing and Information Systems Course Advisory Committee
2009-	Member, Tasmanian Science and Research Sector Advisory Council
2008-2009	External Member - University of Tasmania, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) Research College Board
2008-	External Member - University of Tasmania, School of Engineering Advisory Panel
2007-	Adjunct Professor, University of Tasmania
2006	CSIRO Leadership program - Leading the Research Enterprise
2005-2006	Member of the Industry Advisory Committee for Macquarie University, Telecommunications Engineering Degree
2003-2006	CSIRO Representative - National ICT Roundtable
2004-2006	Board Member, e-Health Research Centre
2004	Vincent Fairfax Fellowship – St James Ethics Centre
1996	Leadership Through Teams: Business / Higher Education Round Table

Summary of Science & Technical Output

Top 10 Publications

Publication details
'Australian activities in microwave links for wireless LANs', R.A. Batchelor, J.W. Archer, T.S. Bird, Stephen Giugni, J.S. Kot, N. Nikolic, D.I. Ostry, T.M. Percival, A.C. Young, 1993 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, pp 667 (1993)
‘A Novel Multiport Microwave/Millimetre-wave Switching Circuit’, Stephen Giugni, Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference 2000, Sydney, Australia
‘Millimetre-Wave Integrated Circuits for Radioastronomy and Telecommunications’ J. Archer, M. Sinclair, A. Dadello, Stephen Giugni, R. Gough, G. Hincelin, S. Mahon, P. Roberts, O. Sevimli and X. Wang, Workshop on the Applications of Radio Science 2000, Me
'Light power dependence of electro-optical transmission in InGaAs / AlGaAs multiple quantum wells', Stephen Giugni, Kenji Kawashima, Kenzo Fujiwara and Naokatsu Sano, J. Appl. Phys. 72 5555 (1992)
'Comment on the compositional dependence of bandgap in AlGaAs and band-edge discontinuities in AlGaAs-GaAs heterostructures', Stephen Giugni and T.L. Tansley, Semicond. Sci & Technol. 7 1113 (1992)
'Electrical characteristics of symmetric compositionally graded heterostructure diodes grown by MBE', Stephen Giugni and T.L. Tansley, J. Appl. Phys 71 3370 (1992)
'Characteristics of Silicon strip doping sources for MBE', W.D. King, G.J. Griffiths and Stephen Giugni, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 9 (6), 2771 (1991)
'A wide-band low-noise microwave distributed amplifier using packaged GaAs FETs' K.J. Wellington, Stephen Giugni and G.E. Beard, IREECON 1985, Melbourne, Australia (1985)
'Fostering Young Talent', Stephen Giugni and R.J. Hill, HR Monthly, pp 6-8, Sept 1998
'Nurturing Imagination: Introducing Creativity to Organisational Environments’, Innovation and Imagination at Work, Revised – 2nd Edition. Chapter 3, Australian Institute of Management, Management Today Series, Ed. Carolyn Barker, McGraw-Hill Australia,

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