{"id":8508,"date":"2023-09-11T17:53:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&p=8508"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:45:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T03:45:58","slug":"introducing-paul-dao-ict-manager","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/introducing-paul-dao-ict-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Paul Dao, ICT Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Staff Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our new ICT Manager Paul Dao is no stranger to Santa Sabina. He has been a College parent since 2014 and now in 2023, just as his daughter graduates, Paul is making the transition from College parent to College staff member. A seasoned education IT manager and Santa Sabina parent since his daughter was in Year 3, Paul knows the exact experience our parents and students have with our IT systems. He also knows the IT systems of other schools, having spent the last 10 years immersed in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ICT Manager Paul is overseeing the IT needs of students, staff and families with his team of help desk, AV and database staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\u2019s love of information technology began at school when he studied the then brand new HSC elective of Computer Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I was the lucky one\u2019, he says, having been in the first cohort to study computing as an official school subject in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He loved the course and went on to study computer science at university, gaining a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Technology Sydney. The course covered programming, documentation, simulation and computing languages. His career in computing followed, beginning with programming educational and other software in small software houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, \u2018the software industry in Australia went into a dive\u2019 with the launch of Apple\u2019s App Store \u2013 the software ecosystem which democratised apps and meant (American) educational software was now available at minimal cost. Expensive local content and programming could not compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul moved on to become a school IT Manager and this is where he found his niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I love working in a school because each day is different. There is such a broad range of IT tasks you do in a day \u2013 it\u2019s never boring!\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\u2019s broad experience and interest in helping teachers and students allow him to keep abreast of all aspects of computing rather than specialising in a narrow area. At Santa Sabina he is looking forward to continuing to improve the resources of our classrooms such as our Smartboards and forthcoming Lumination Labs. Better systems for automated content sharing are also in his sights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all working at Santa Sabina is his \u2018dream job\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I always wanted to work here. As a parent looking in from the outside, the school looked like a good place to work, professional and fast-paced.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the IT Department and Santa Sabina, Paul spends his time with his family and also enjoys gardening. He also keeps up to date with technological developments, especially in cyber-security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria Harper<\/strong>
Publications and Marketing Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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