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60 seconds with … Jacques Steyn

19 March 2008

Name: Jacques Steyn
Org. Unit: School of IT, Monash South Africa
Title: Head of School

How long have you been with Monash University?

Four years

Prior to working at Monash, where were you located and what was your role?

Johannesburg. I worked as a consultant in web technologies

What exciting challenges are ahead in your current role?

Establishing credibility for Monash, which is very much unknown in South Africa, as well as getting our research program off the ground.

What is it about your job that holds your interest or is particularly satisfying?

We are a young campus with teething problems, combined with the challenges of a developing economy. Marrying high-tech and low-tech solutions successfully is very satisfying.

Of all the places in the world you would like to visit/re-visit, where is your favourite destination and why?

Anywhere, and nowhere in particular; as long as there's an ocean, a mountain, forest and a river. And if there is good food and company, it is heaven.

What is the best piece of advice you have received?

If something's worth doing, it is worth doing well.

What is something about yourself that most of your colleagues wouldn’t know?

I have done professional music theatre and am a closet architect.

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