Officers Club Inc.
representing Officers and families of
The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited
and its subsidiaries & affiliates.
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007-200 Customer Record
Automation planning involved searches world wide on best procedures so that final decisions can be made on selecting the best for implementation by CBCofS. 1951 David J Smith began 18 years in automation at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania culminating in Vice President of the Automation Division 1969 from USA David J Smith joined CBC as Administrative Officer Automation 1970 July CA Pg 1 & 2 by Administrative Officer - (Automation) - Smith David J, on proof, clearings and current account ledger functions of four Sydney city branches being centralised to Sydney Proof Centre & Sydney Posting Centre 1970s Kerr & Smith Architects designed the ten-level St Leonards Centre Building with30 space car park and four exterior towers containing passenger lift, freight lift, toilet blocks, air-conditioning ductwork. 1972 November St Leonards Centre officially opened by Sir Robert Askin 1973 Peter Dominish appointed Chief Systems Analyst 1973/4 CBC Bank could not sort out Unpostables including trace numbers etc so $30m was written off and responsibilities for Unpostables was sent back to the branches to manage so was this the reason to appoint:- 1974 DJ (Jim) Sharpe Chief Manager St Leonards Centre (NAB Group News # 5 1983 May Pg 14) 1974 David J Smith appointed Executive Chief Manager Automation 1977 Automation Research & Development Executive Chief Manager Smith, David J; Chief Manager, Systems Dominish Peter J (June 30 Annual Report). 1977 Peter Dominish appointed CM Systems & visited USA UK Europe studying banking systems resulting in NCR terminals selected for "Operation All-On" 1980 September David J Smith was appointed to AGM Data Processing Operations (Current Accounts December 1980). 1980 Nov 7 1750 AGM DP Operations David J Smith switched off the Honeywell H6048 Computer to make way for DPS8/70. (1980 December Current Accounts Pg 2) About 500 people are employed under David J Smith's administration, 300 of whom worked at St Leonards Centre, the remainder scattered around Australian Capital City Offices and branches. 1980s Merger computer planning, claims:- And through to integrations with IBM. Isn't NAB Computer operations centralised in one location in Melbourne, same as Honeywell was? --- 1983 Chief Manager St Leonards Centre Dominish Peter J (Sep 30 Annual Report)
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