Adam Makarucha
Dr. Adam Makarucha is Chief AI Officer at IBM Australia, helping enterprise customers adopt and scale AI while driving IBM's own use of best-of-breed solutions internally.
A veteran AI Engineer with more than a decade of experience, Adam has delivered production AI outcomes across Australia's leading organisations, including applying agentic AI to governance, risk and compliance, driving measurable improvements in risk management and operational efficiency.
His Generative AI roots stretch back to 2020, notably colorising and remastering historical footage for Qantas' centenary celebrations.
Today, Adam is focused on helping organisations build the operational foundations to deliver trusted, governed agentic AI products at scale, moving beyond experimentation to AI that is scalable, accountable, and production-ready.
Aligning cyber intelligence with Australia's national resilience
Following the Slay Review, a panel debates whether mandatory threat sharing can turn critical infrastructure defence into a legislated sovereign capability.
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