Arnold Simson

Arnold Simson currently serves as the Federal Gov Cloud CISO at IBM Cloud, a role held since June 2018, where responsibilities include ensuring security compliance for IBM Cloud services targeted at Australian Government Clients and regulated industries. Prior to this, Arnold held various positions at IBM Australia, including Client Technical Leader and Software IT Architect, beginning in 2005. Arnold's career also includes experience as Lead IT Architect at HealthConnect from 2002 to 2005. Educationally, Arnold earned a Graduate Certificate in Data Security from Queensland University of Technology in 1991, a Graduate Diploma in Information Science from the University of Canberra in 1988, and attended Griffith University from 1979 to 1981.