John’s many achievements range across research and academic leadership, contributions to the Australasian computing community through CORE, the NZ community through ITP, and international community through Software Engineering and other conference leadership. John has a long history of active contribution to CORE through his service as Chair of the Chris Wallace Award Committee (2008-12), term as President (2013-2014), and member of the CORE Executive team (2015-2019). There is no doubt that John is a worthy recipient of the CORE Distinguished Service Award given the excellence and commitment that he demonstrates through his significant contributions over the years in both Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia.