Graeme Philipson

Graeme Philipson is a writer, public speaker, poet and historian. He had a long career as one of the world's leading technology journalists, and in recent years has written books on history, travel and financial management.

He is author of travel book 'The Top 100 Countries – And Why You Should Visit Them', which uses a unique rating system he has devised to rank countries by the factors most important to travelers.

He is also author of the definitive history of the Australian IT industry, 'A Vision Splendid: The History of Australian Computing', and corporate histories of Fujitsu ANZ and TechnologyOne. His book of original poems, 'Social Cricket, the Universe and Everything', was published in 2015.

Previous credits include: founding editor of MIS Magazine and co-founder of Strategic Publishing Group, IT columnist in The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Research Director for Gartner Asia Pacific, Editor of Computerworld Australia, Research Manager for Yankee Group Australia.