Bristol Who’s Who Recognizes Roundtable Member Darryl Leslie Smith, MA

 
Right around the time that Waikato University was doing groundbreaking work in Antarctica and launching an ahead-of-its-time Women’s Studies program, Darryl Leslie Smith was the Head of their most advanced department, the Department of Computing and the Computing Centre.
 
The PDP computer was purchased for $548,000, and was considered a marvel. It had a superior timesharing mechanism, making it ideal for a large user-based environment like the University. It made the Computer Science Department at Waikato more attractive as not only was it the first educational institution in New Zealand to have such an advanced machine, it was a component of the first timesharing system in New Zealand. By 1977, 14 Computer Science papers were being offered. Darryl had the privilege of being a part of this research, eventually leading to provide change and advances in technology around the world.
 
These days, Darryl is heading up Data Education Systems, his mission being to provide quality information technology and education consultancy services supporting corporate financial, policy, resource management and governance objectives.
 
Always leading the way in technology, Darryl has been Head of Information Science at the Bendigo Institute of Technology, and is still involved with the Waikato Regional Councils and the Synod Diocese of Waikato.  Darryl has also held judicial roles, such as Justice of the Peace for New Zealand and Commissioner over 30 Resource Consent Public Hearings. Some of his legislative positions include being a member of the Waikato Regional Council, member of Synod Diocese of Waikato and a member of the Victoria Institute of Colleges.
 
In addition holding a Master’s in Philosophy, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Western Australia.
 
Bristol Who’s Who Roundtable Member Darryl Leslie Smith, MA can be found on the Who’s Who Directory where he is looking forward to networking with you.