Advising on the commercial impact of technology and
    market changes in telecoms, software and IT services

Dr Steve Hodgkinson, Research Director

Steve Hodgkinson is the director of Ovum's government practice in Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to joining Ovum he was the Deputy CIO for the Victorian State Government in Melbourne, where he was responsible for e-government and IT strategy across the State Government's departments and agencies. He led a four-year programme of activity to establish the Office of the CIO and implement shared services and infrastructure consolidation initiatives.

Steve has an in-depth knowledge of business and IT strategy, and experience with large public and private sector organisations in Europe and Australasia. He also founded and sold an e-commerce company.

He has a doctorate in Management Studies from the University of Oxford and a first class honours degree from the University of Otago in New Zealand.