National ICT Australia, Sydney
Carl Middlehurst is the General Counsel and Company Secretary for National ICT Australia and recently assumed responsibility for the HR function. He was formerly Sun’s local general counsel for Australasia, Asia South (interim) and also the lawyer responsible for Sun’s distribution model in APAC. Prior to that, Carl lived in northern California (Palo Alto) and worked for Sun in the US for almost 10 years in both legal and business roles. At one stage, he was the manager of Sun’s international investment program targeting high-growth emerging markets. Prior to Sun, Carl was the general counsel and patent manager for a startup pharmaceutical company in northern California, a licensing counsel for The Salk Institute in La Jolla and a solicitor at Baker & McKenzie (in Sydney and San Diego). Carl has spoken at numerous conferences on internet/ecommerce/privacy law (particularly the international aspects of law on the internet) and the use of intranets in legal departments. Carl was an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University Law School where he taught Internet and Privacy law. Prior to becoming a lawyer Carl was a research biochemist and was published in a number academic journals.