MrHerve Harvard

Hervé Harvard is an accomplished technology leader and intrapreneur with 25 years working and leading teams in the digital innovation space for large multi-nationals such as Canon, Siemens and Philips, working across Europe, Australia and Japan.

Hervé has a deep technical background and started his R&D career in Software Engineering following completion of a Masters of Research in Mathematics from the University of Rennes (France), as well as a Masters of Computer Science at the French Grandes Ecoles of engineering.

In 2016, Hervé joined UTS, the University of Technology Sydney, and founded UTS Rapido to change the way universities support industry with engineering and technology R&D innovation strategies. UTS Rapido is now well established as a unique model for industry to engage with the university, recognised by several awards over the years, and has had many significant technology development collaborations with partners such as Transgrid, Zurich Insurance, NSW Revenue, NSW Health, Navantia, Thales, Stryker, Sydney Trains and Nokia to name a few.

Hervé also launched UTS ProtoSpace, a $10M facility providing advanced 3D printing capabilities for the university and its external partners. He has also been the driving force in establishing Marintec, the Navantia UTS Joint Institute, that launched in May 2022 to drive R&D in digital technologies for the maritime sector and where he currently sits on the steering committee. He also established the UTS Rapido Social Impact program to deliver technology innovations to the NFP sector.

UTS Rapido’s awards include;
• Dwell Track - Winner, Excellence in Innovation Award, Cooperative Research Centre
• Winner - 2023 Australian NFP Technology Award for Best Use of Technology for Community Impact, by a Private Sector Organisation (StreetKind project).
• Finalist - 2022 UTS Vice Chancellor Research Awards for Research Excellence through Collaboration (NDA Project)
• Finalist - 2021 IoT Awards from IoT Alliance Australia in the Manufacturing Category.
• Finalists in the 2021 Australian NFP Technology Award for Best Use of Technology for Community Impact, by a Private Sector Organisation.
• RPIS - 2018 UTS Vice Chancellor Research Awards for Research Excellence through Collaboration for RPIS (Responsive Passenger Information
Systems)

Hervé is currently the Executive Director of UTS Engineering and IT Solutions and UTS Rapido, member of Standards’ Australia Additive Manufacturing committee (MB028) and named inventors for 5 US Patents and 7 Australian Patents.