The Bureau of Meteorology's replacement of its critical supercomputer, on time and on budget, has earned its CIO the top Federal Government prize in the 2017 iTnews Benchmark Awards.

BoM tech chief Lesley Seebeck was named the federal government CIO of the year for managing to deliver a world-class supercomputer - a foundation stone of her agency's data crunching abilities - without any overspend or delays.

Seebeck's team correctly predicted several years ago that the agency's high performance computing system would no longer be up to the task of processing BoM's complex climate modelling by 2016.

The switch to a new Cray XC40 facility last September was seamless, and the power offered by the kit cements the bureau within the top ten meteorological agencies in the world.

Seebeck rose to the top of a competitive category that included the establishment ofGovCMS by John Sheridan at the Department of Finance, and the creation of myTax by the Australian Taxation Office and CIO Ramez Katf.

Winners were announced at the iTnews Benchmark Awards held as part of Adapt Venture'sCIO Edge Experienceat the Grand Hyatt Melbourne.

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