Australian Electoral Commission
Andrew Booth is an experienced professional in Cloud and DevOps engineering, currently working at the Australian Electoral Commission since September 2022. Previously, from January to June 2022, Andrew served as a Solutions Architect at 4impact and held the role of Lead Application Architect for the Data and Analytics Program at the Australian Taxation Office from January 2016 to December 2021. Andrew’s background includes key positions such as IT Technical Services Manager at Independent Practitioner Network, A/Team Lead for Infrastructure Projects at Mater Health Services, Technical Team Leader at RSL Care, System Administrator at the University of Queensland, and Infrastructure Team Leader at McCullough Robertson. Throughout the career, Andrew has focused on delivering actionable solutions, designing data and analytics systems, automating infrastructure provisioning, and engaging with clients and partners to facilitate project delivery.
Australian Electoral Commission
The AEC has been around since 1984 and prior to that was known as the Australian Electoral Office. We run Australia’s federal elections, by-elections, referendums and some industrial and commercial events as well. People often ask what we do in between events and the answer is plenty! We maintain the electoral roll, redraw electoral boundaries and conduct industrial and commercial elections. The AEC also provides a range of ongoing electoral education and awareness programs from school age children visiting our electoral education centre to direct engagement with people living in remote areas of Australia. For the more politically savvy we also play a role in the disclosure of the financial dealings of political parties and others involved in the electoral process. The biggest thing that the AEC does in between events though is to plan for the next one - careful planning of what is the biggest peacetime logistical exercise conducted in Australia without a known date. Authorised by the Electoral Commissioner, Canberra.