The SSSI Consultative Council manages membership, professional matters and professional development, certification and service delivery.

Members of the Consultative Council include all members of the Board, as well as the Chairperson or representative from: each Institute Commission Committee; each Regional Committee, the Young Professionals Institute Committee; and a representative of the Young Professionals, elected from general Institute membership.

Members of the SSSI Consultative Council

Gary Maguire – President

Gary is a GISP-AP and has worked in the spatial industry for over 25 years. This experience includes participation in major State Government projects and teaching GIS at the University of SA. Gary is currently employed by the Department for Families & Communities as the Manager of Business and Location Intelligence Services. He is currently leading a group of innovative staff that are delivering new and exciting integrated business solutions. The development of these applications will allow the organisation to share its corporate knowledge with other government agencies and partners while ...

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Gypsy Bhalla – Past President

Gypsy Bhalla has a degree in Applied Science, majoring in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems from University of Canberra, Australia. She has worked in the commercial sector in spatial information technology focussing on client delivery of imagery and GIS based integrated products, analysis and modelling; and subsequently moved to Australian Government where she has remained within the remote sensing and spatial data areas for over twenty years within the Australian Centre for Remote Sensing and the Department of Defence. Her current role is within&...

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Jonathan Saxon – Treasurer

Jonathan Saxon is the Managing Director of Clement & Reid trading as Project Surveyors. Jonathan is a Registered Land Surveyor in NSW since 1993, and holds a Bachelor of Surveying Degree from UNSW (1988).Jonathan also has a Masters of Management degree from Macquarie Graduate School of Management – a world ranked Management School, and a part of Macquarie University, which he obtained in 2001.Jonathan has been primarily employed in the private sector as a Surveyor since graduation, and has been managing his current business since 1995, as one of 3 directors.His areas of expertise inc...

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Roger Buckley – Chief Executive Officer

Roger currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of the SSSI and has done so since September 2009. In this role he is responsible for the Leadership and Strategic Direction of the Institute at the National Level. Prior to joining SSSI he was the General Manager at the ACT & Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry where he was responsible for the daily managerial functions of the organisation. He also held the position of Director, Employment, Education and Training where he was responsible for administering two government funded programs relating to Education and Training, pro...

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Renee Bartolo – NT Region Representative

Renee has worked in the spatial profession for the past 13 years. She is currently a Spatial Scientist with the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities' Supervising Scientist Division. As a spatial scientist, Renee has done time in the lowland swamps of southern New Guinea and the wetlands of the Top End. Renee completed her PhD in remote sensing methods and application in 2005.Renee was involved in many levels of governance within the former SSI and was part of the SSI-ISA Merger Working group. She is a Fellow of the SSSI. In her 'spare' time, Renee is a ...

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Chris McAlister - QLD Region Representative

Chris graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2006 with a Bachelor and Masters degree in Surveying and Spatial Information Systems Engineering. She has worked for a number of government bodies and private sector companies, in both the Surveying and GIS disciplines. She is currently undertaking her registration to become a Cadastral Surveyor, completing her GISP-AP qualification and studying for a Masters of Project Management through University of Southern Queensland. On top of that, she has a 1 year old son, Patrick, (who has been to more SSSI meetings than she’d care to adm...

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Peter Douglas - WA Region Representative

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Gregory Goodman - NSW Region Representative

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Bill Robertson - NZ Region Representative

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Robyn McCutcheon – VIC Region Representative

The current chair of the SSSI Victorian region Robyn McCutcheon has a background in Cartography, GIS and Information management. She has worked for the Victorian government for many years beginning with Vic Roads and is now with the Department of Sustainability and Environment in the Information Services Branch. She is currently working as the project manager for the Victorian Mapping and address service, a web service providing address verification and mapping services to government departments.

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David Trengove – SA Region Representative

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Penny Douglas – Tasmania Region Representative

Penny Douglas has a degree in Applied Science, majoring in Cartography from RMIT and a Graduate Diploma in Spatial Information Science from the University of Tasmania. She joined her local committee when SSI was first established having been a member of the Mapping Sciences Institute, in its different forms, since she was a student. Penny is currently the chair of the SSSI Tasmanian Region where she has resided for the past 20 years. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, in Australia and overseas. She currently works with Forestry Tasmania in their Geodata area.

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Hon. Gary Nairn – ACT Region Representative

Gary Nairn has a Bachelor of Surveying from the UNSW (1973) and was first registered as a Surveyor in NSW in 1975 and subsequently in the NT. After a 25 year career as a Surveyor in Australia, the UK and Europe, including 13 years running his own surveying business, Gary Nairn served as the Federal Member for Eden-Monaro from 1996 till 2007. His parliamentary career included being the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for water reform and the Science, Engineering & Technology unit and as Special Minister of State during which time his responsibiliti...

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John Trinder – RS&P Commission Representative

John Trinder graduated from UNSW with a BSurv (1963), MSc (1965) at ITC in The Netherlands, and PhD from UNSW (1972). He was employed at the School of Surveying and SIS at University of NSW from 1965 to 1999, progressing to the position of Professor in 1991 and Head of School from 1990-1999. He is currently Emeritus Professor in that School.John has undertaken teaching and research at UNSW for about 45 years, specializing in a range of topics in spatial information, and has published more than 160 scientific papers in journals and conference proceedings. He has received several awa...

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Simon Ironside – HC Representative

Simon is a Level 1 Certified Hydrographic Surveyor and a Registered Professional Surveyor. He holds a Higher Diploma in Land Surveying from the North East London Polytechnic and a Bachelor of Surveying degree from the University of Otago.He worked in the North Sea oil and gas industry from 1980 until his return to New Zealand in 1991. He has also worked throughout the Middle East, South East Asia and West Africa. He was involved in all stages of the hydrographic surveying and positioning elements of offshore hydrocarbon exploration and production as a hydrographic surveyor, party chief, projec...

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Penny Baldock – SIC Commission Representative

Penny studied Geography at the University of Adelaide, and has been working within the spatial profession for over 8 years, principally as a GIS Analyst. Penny has been involved with the SSI since its inception, in many different roles. She was the Institute Chair of the SSI Young Professionals in 07-08, and moved from that position to become Chair of the SA Region and a Director of the SSI. In 2006 she was recognised as Young Spatial Professional of the year for her contribution and leadership in the industry. Penny enjoys contributing to the development of the industry and is passionate abou...

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Simon Callaghan – YP Representative

Simon is the GIS Coordinator at DC Mt Barker in Adelaide, having previously worked within private consulting and the South Australian State Government. He has sat on the SA Young Professionals’ Committee since 2004, including holding office as its Chair in 2007-08. He also sits on the SA Regional Committee, the SSSI's Consultative Council, and is National Chair of the Young Professionals. Simon undertook his undergraduate studies at Flinders University, completing a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Environmental Management, and a Bachelor of Applied Geographical Info...

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John Minehan - LS Commission Representative

John Minehan commenced his surveying career in January 1963 as a trainee survey draftsman. Since then he has worked as a full time TAFE teacher, lectured to University Surveying students and from 1977 to the present conducted a private survey practice in NSW as a sole practioner. He holds a certificate in Land and Engineering Survey Drafting from Newcastle TAFE, a Bachelor of Applied Science (Surveying) degree from WAIT (now Curtin University) and a post graduate Diploma in Education from Sydney Teachers College. He became a Registered Surveyor in NSW in 1976. John is a...

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Michael Spiteri - EMS Commission Representative

Michael Spiteri has a degree in Geomatic Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is also a registered land and mining (open cut) surveyor in NSW. Michael has had a varied experience since graduating working in state government, private practice and local government and based in Sydney and regional areas of NSW.He currently holds the Infrastructure Development Engineer position at Bathurst Regional Council where he manages council’s land development projects from concept to final registration, including undertaking subdivision design and contract mana...