Julia O'Callaghan
Julia’s extensive background in the education sector is the driving force behind her ability to promote effective collaborative engagement between industry, academia and defence. Her experience in working for Victoria’s Department of Education in senior leadership roles across several schools highlighted the importance of seamless transition between sectors where she developed governance structures to support this.
Since moving to DefendTex in 2016, Julia’s role as the Director of University Engagement and CRC Programs, has grown the company’s academic partnerships to 32 Universities, of which she is/has been the Director of 4 Co-Operative Research Centre Projects and 2 Defence CRCs for Trusted Autonomous Systems.