Best in Tech Australia

The best data and AI people in Australian tech

By Tash Jamieson · Updated 18 October 2026

Best in Tech is published by That's Heaps Pty Ltd, Sydney. Tash Jamieson works at That's Heaps. How the lists work.

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Data and AI roles turn a company's data into decisions and products. These lists cover data and AI leaders and practitioners in Australia, from Chief Data Officers and Heads of AI to data scientists, machine learning engineers and analytics engineers.

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Chief Data Officers, Heads of Data, Data scientists, Machine learning engineers, Heads of AI, AI engineers, Analytics engineers, Data engineering leads, Product analytics leads. Each list is published only once ten people meet the sourcing bar.

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