Byte Size Compass IOT

Daniel Mikus and James Rolph are friends, co-founders and co-CEOs of Brisbane's fastest-growing road construction company MR Roads.



What you'll learn:


Challenging the status quo in the asphalt industry
Biggest lessons in road innovation
What can the industry do better in terms of partnerships?

This interview is part of a special collaboration between Byte Size and the Institute of Transport and Logistic Studies (ITLS) Board of Advice from the University of Sydney.

Cecilia has 20 years’ experience in corporate, government and research settings across transport, insurance, health, defence and education. She is an independent non-executive director of the national transport research centre, iMOVE Australia, and serves on the Board of Advice for the Institute for Transport & Logistics Studies (ITLS)

What you’ll learn:


Parallels between blind spots on the road and blind spots in innovation


Understanding the 2-speed processes within industry and research organisations and between them


Trends in transport innovation and business applications


About the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) board of advice

This interview is part of a special collaboration between Byte Size and the Institute of Transport and Logistic Studies (ITLS) Board of Advice from the University of Sydney.

Todd Chapman is the Principal of Leading Edge Management Consulting, an aviation-based consulting practice that works with organisations that require strategic level operational, commercial and leadership development solutions. Leading Edge also provides industry advisory services that supports aviation-related organisations with Board-level insight and guidance.

What you’ll learn:


How the aviation industry has changed over the last 30 years


What's the next big thing to disrupt aviation and commercial flights


About ITLS and the board of advice

Dr Sarah Dods (she/her) is a technologist, maven, and intrapreneurial leader. Sarah currently leads GHD’s Advanced Analytics and AI practice for the Southern Hemisphere. By background, she is a PhD qualified Physicist/Electrical Engineer with 20+ years of experience spanning Australia’s “deep-tech” innovation system.



What you'll learn:


What is connected vehicle or vehicle-generated data?
How GHD is using vehicle data to pioneer road safety
What are some of the limitations or challenges in leveraging connected vehicle data effectively?
Lessons and the future: challenges and limitations

Vivienne has over thirty years’ experience in the human services sector having worked at the executive level in child and family and primary health services in both Victoria and New South Wales. She is now the CEO of EV Strengthening Communities, a community-based program supporting those who are transport vulnerable. 



What you’ll learn:


About EV Strengthening Communities


The value of community transport programs in enabling mobility, equity, and connection for vulnerable groups.


How informal volunteerism takes many forms and is crucial for community well-being.


Shifts in volunteer motivations and opportunities post-pandemic.


Practical advice for those looking to get involved.

This interview is part of a special collaboration between Byte Size and the Institute of Transport and Logistic Studies (ITLS) Board of Advice from the University of Sydney.



David Tucker is Infrastructure Australia’s Chief of Project Advisory & Evaluation. He is responsible for assessing business cases that are seeking more than $250 million in funding from the Australian Government, and for maintaining the Infrastructure Priority List, which provides a long-term pipeline of high-quality infrastructure proposals to guide government investment.



What you'll learn:


About Infrastructure Australia
How has the Infrastructure Australia Assessment Framework evolved?
How is Infrastructure Australia involved in the ITLS board and why is it important?