Sheryle Moon

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Sheryle Moon is the Director Australia & New Zealand for the Ross and Julia Ross brands, one of Australia's premiere ASX listed recruitment companies. Together Ross and Julia Ross deliver the people, process and technology solutions that help organisations achieve their potential.

She has worked for more than 25 years in the professional services sector split almost equally between the ICT and recruitment industries. Previous roles include CEO of the Australian Information Industry Association, Vice President of Computer Sciences Corporation, and a managing partner with Accenture. Sheryle's last senior recruitment role was as Director of Recruitment and Staffing Solutions, Australasia for employment services provider, Manpower Services Australia. Her expertise and experience in the ICT sector is recognised by her inclusion on multiple boards advising the Australian government on attraction and retention strategies for young people to the ICT industry, the retention of women in the indsutry sector and the ICT priorities for Australia.

In 1999, Sheryle was named Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year[1], and a year later was inducted into the Business Women's Hall of Fame. She sits on a number of private sector and Australian Government advisory boards. She has a Bachelor of Economics and a number of postgraduate qualifications, including a Masters of Management in Technology. She was recently inducted into the ANU Hall of Fame for her contribution to Australian Business prosperity and the ICT industry.

Sheryle is an author and has published two books. The first in 2001 is a treatise on the attitudes of young Australians towards careers and jobs in the Science Engineering and Technology sectors. Called SET for Life it provided a number of recommendations to government and industry to develop solutions to the attraction of young people into these industries which underpin proposperity in Australia.

Her second book, SelfScape, describes practical strategies for achieving success and life/work balance in todays hectic world.

Sheryle also has a blog, Talking Talent [2]

Sheryle is widely considered a role model for women and particularly women in ICT and has spoken for over a decade on this subject. In 2001 she was recognised by Prime Minister Howard as one of the twenty most influential women in Australia and included in the Foundation program for Honoring Women.

Sheryle recently spoke at the Sol Trujillo: creating the future event in Sydney on July 31st 2007.