Session 2.6b: Product Brief - Precision Guided ModernisationTM for Defence ICT – Accelerating Transformation on time, on budget and at scale
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2025 |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Bradman Theatre |
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Defence faces urgent demands to modernise its ICT landscape in the face of evolving threats, legacy system constraints, and mission-critical requirements. This product briefing introduces Precision Guided ModernisationTM (PGM)— DXC Technology’s enterprise-level ICT transformation approach, driving change in the largest, most complex, and challenging mission-critical environments.
Acknowledging recent momentum, there is still considerable opportunity to address legacy-heavy application portfolios, fragmented transformation trajectories, and cultural resistance to change. These factors often slow or sideline efforts to modernise effectively, which can impede Defence’s ability to unlock the full benefits of modern cloud architectures, such as automation, scalability, and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO).
During this session we invite Defence change agents to explore mission-driven digital advantage, through an orchestrated, precision-guided approach—one that incorporates well architected framework for modernisation, and applies security, and interoperability by design. This product briefing seeks to demystify the complexity surrounding large-scale ICT transformation and presents a fit-for-purpose, proven framework that enables Defence to modernise with speed, agility, and confidence.
Join this session to learn about the scalable and disciplined approach designed to accelerate capability delivery while effectively managing technical debt and minimising transformation risk.
At the core of DXC’s tried and tested Precision Guided Modernisation approach are five key pillars: Advisory & Insight, Discovery & Analysis, Application Assessment, Platform Modernisation and Acceleration & Execution. We invite you to discover how these pillars rapidly identify transformation pathways aligned to Defence priorities and enable 360-degree visibility across large portfolios by integrating technical, risk, compliance, and financial considerations. Together, these pillars can ensure a disciplined, balanced, scalable, and outcome-focused transformation journey for Defence.
Speaker
Mr Mohammad Siddique
Cto- Defence Industry
Dxc Technology
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Biography
Mohammad Siddique is a visionary technology leader with over 20 years of experience delivering secure, scalable, and mission-critical digital solutions across the industry including Defence and federal government sectors. As the Chief Technology Officer – Defence Industry at DXC Technology Australia, he leads strategic engagements and provides thought leadership for modernise Defence capabilities through his extensive industry experience.
Mohammad has successfully delivered large and complex transformation programs in the private and public sector industry. He has held senior technical and leadership roles at Leidos Australia, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, and acted as a trusted advisor to Defence as an Enterprise Architect over the years.
A Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and Fellow of Engineers Australia, Mohammad holds an MBA (Technology), M.Eng in Telecommunications, and B.Sc (Hons) in Computer Science. He is TOGAF and SAFe certified and a trusted advisor on strategic technology planning, enterprise architecture, DevSecOps, and digital sovereignty.
Driven by a passion for outcomes, Mohammad combines deep technical expertise with business acumen to align technology with Australia's national security objectives. He is known for fostering trusted relationships, delivering results under pressure, and empowering teams to thrive in complex, multi-domain environments.
Mr Tim West
Global Director of Product Development & CTO Consulting & Engineering Services
DXC Technology
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Biography
Tim West is Global Director of Product Development where his
team manages the entire offering lifecycle of DXC’s CES Products.
He ensures these investments add value to our customers as
Global CTO of CES, Tim has almost 30 years’ experience in digital platforms spanning almost every continent.
He was previously the globally the CES Service Line Offerings Leader, Enterprise Applications Offerings Leader, SAP Offering Leader, Global Customer Experience Offering Leader and lead several parts of the portfolio across APJMEA. His varied background has seen him leading strategy, technical, customer experience, infrastructure and project management teams with a focus on business and customer outcomes.
He has worked in most industry verticals for companies such as BBC, Audi, Glencore, Jollibee and Qantas in both customer and consulting roles.
Through his career Tim has continually emphasized delivering business outcomes combined with a strong technologyunderpinning. This makes Tim the perfect leader of our Global Product Development team for Consulting & Engineering and remains connected to key customers through his CTO position. He leads with a key focus of aligning technology & people with
customer & business strategy.
Tim grew up in the UK, in London and Edinburgh, and has a Bachelor of Sociology from the University of York. He met an Australian girl who was travelling through London and she persuaded him to move to Melbourne, Australia, where he now lives. He enjoys skiing, nerding out on home automation, avoiding arguments about which nation has the best cricket team, and spending time with his family.
