Mark Bazzacco is an experienced senior leader across the research and innovation, government, higher education, aviation, defence and professional services sectors.
Mr Bazzacco has been the chief of research technology & operations of the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) at the Department of Defence since January 2022 where he is responsible for research engineering, workforce and culture, and digital research infrastructure including high performance computing. Prior to joining the Department of Defence, Mr Bazzacco worked in the university and government sectors, and was head of strategy and chief of staff at CSIRO.