Unisys has appointed a Sydney-based new head of its global outsourcing and infrastructure services for the Asia Pacific region.
Scott Whyman has been elevated to the position of vice president and general manager, Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services (GOIS), Asia Pacific reporting to Tony Doye, who is the senior vice president and president, GOIS. In the role, Whyman has full accountability for the Unisys outsourcing business in Asia Pacific.
Whyman takes on the job with 25 years of IT and outsourcing experience including 15 years with Unisys. Most recently he was based in Singapore as vice president and general manager for Unisys Asia covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, The Philippines, and Singapore.
Previously Whyman held sales and general management roles within Unisys Australia and New Zealand, and prior to joining Unisys he was managing director of the PCS Group, a private Australian technology and services firm, and divisional chief marketing officer for Australian Consolidated Press (ACP).
Whyman replaces Tony Henshaw, who has stepped down from his GOIS leadership role, effective at the beginning of this month, to take on a new part-time position at Unisys involving programs to improve client service delivery quality, client satisfaction and governance. Whyman e will continue to support Unisys relationships with Asia Pacific customers.
In another senior appointment, Unisys has appointed Sydney-based Phil Heggie to the newly-created role of vice president, GOIS Global Sales, Asia Pacific, responsible for all outsourcing and infrastructure services sales to new and existing clients. Heggie has 20 years experience in the IT industry, 16 of which have been in outsourcing. Heggie’s appointment marks his return to Unisys. He was formerly the head of global outsourcing for the Unisys Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region before leaving the company in 2004, and prior to that he was the vice president and general manager of the Unisys outsourcing business in Asia Pacific. He has previously worked for at EDS, Accenture and Siemens, and managed his own IT consulting firm.
Unisys’ vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific, Andrew Barkla said the “two senior leadership appointments will help ensure we continue to deliver great success in Asia Pacific focused on our areas of strength, end user outsourcing and support services, application modernisation and outsourcing, data centre transformation and outsourcing, and security.”
Source:http://www.itwire.com/it-people-news/people/37460-unisys-appoints-new-chief-for-apac-outsourcing
