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Gary Lau

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Project Manager - Data at University of Newcastle
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gary is a results-driven project manager with over 20 years of ICT industry experience, specializing in data, AI, and cybersecurity. A graduate of Charles Sturt University and a certified ScrumMaster, he has a proven history of leading teams and managing multi-million dollar projects. Colleagues describe him as result-oriented, technically expert, and proactive.

He appears to value a healthy work-life balance, having taken a career break to travel and engage in volunteer work. This is further reflected in his belief that people should "live to work, not work to live" and spend time with loved ones.

Unique fact: He once took a dedicated career break for the express purpose of resting, travelling, and volunteering.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Project Manager - Data
Job Level
Middle
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Priorities

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Data & AI Projects
His career focus is on managing projects in Data, AI, Business Intelligence, and Data Warehousing, as seen in roles at Downer and the University of Newcastle.
Cybersecurity & DLP
He has specific experience as a Senior Project Manager in Cyber Security and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) during his time at Essential Energy.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Project Manager - Data
University of Newcastle
4-2025 - 1-2026
Project Manager
Techweave
11-2024 - 4-2025
Project Manager Data and AI
Downer
5-2024 - 11-2024
Travel
Career Break
4-2023 - 5-2024
Senior Project Manager - Cyber Security - Data Governance - Data Loss Prevention
Essential Energy
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Education
2019 - 2019
ScrumMaster
Axisagile
Bachelor of
Charles Sturt University
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