Mr Dawson was the Founder of AUCloud and previously a Co-Founder of several technology and mobile start-ups, including two of the UK's 100 fastest growing technology companies between 2012-2015. Phil is an elected Board member of the ACT/Federal Council of the AIIA and has participated in both the ACSC Industry Forum on Cloud Security Guidance, the Federal Government's Digital Task Force and recently as a witness to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. In the UK, he was a Board member of TechUK, and a member of the UK's Information Economy Council and co-author with Professor Nigel Shadbolt, of the UK's Data Capability Strategy.