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Appointment News: Unisys Appoints New Executives for Asia Pacific Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services Business


SYDNEY, 9 March, 2010 – Unisys has appointed Scott Whyman to the role of vice president and general manager, Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services (GOIS), Asia Pacific reporting to Tony Doye, senior vice president and president, GOIS.  In the role, Scott will have full accountability for the Unisys outsourcing business in Asia Pacific. 

 

Scott brings to the role 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.  He previously held sales and general management roles within Unisys Australia and New Zealand.  Prior to joining Unisys his roles included managing director of the PCS Group, a private Australian technology and services firm; and divisional chief marketing officer for Australian Consolidated Press (ACP).  Scott will be based in Sydney, Australia.

 

Scott replaces Tony Henshaw, who has stepped down from his GOIS leadership role effective March 1, 2010 to take on a new part-time position at Unisys involving programs to improve client service delivery quality, client satisfaction and governance.  In this position, he will continue to support Unisys relationships with many Asia Pacific customers.

 

In addition, Unisys has appointed Phil Heggie to the newly-created role of vice president, GOIS Global Sales, Asia Pacific.  In this role Phil is responsible for all outsourcing and infrastructure services sales to new and existing clients. He brings 20 years of experience in the IT industry, 16 of which have been in outsourcing.  This role marks Phil’s returns to Unisys.  He was the head of global outsourcing for the Unisys Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region before leaving the company in 2004. Prior to his EMEA assignment, he was the vice president and general manager of the Unisys outsourcing business in Asia Pacific.  After leaving Unisys in 2004, Phil held several challenging executive positions at EDS, Accenture and Siemens, and managed his own IT consulting firm. He is based in Sydney, Australia.

 

Andrew Barkla, vice president and general manager, Unisys Asia Pacific said: “These 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 center transformation and outsourcing; and security.”

 

About Unisys Asia Pacific

 

In Asia Pacific, Unisys delivers services and solutions through subsidiaries in Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, The Philippines, and Singapore  and through distributors or resellers in other countries in the region.  For more information, visit www.unisys.com.   Follow us on www.twitter.com/UnisysAPAC.

 

About Unisys

 

Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. We provide a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology that solves critical problems for clients.  We specialise in helping clients secure their operations, increase the efficiency and utilisation of their data centers, enhance support to their end users and constituents, and modernise their enterprise applications.  To provide these services and solutions, we bring together offerings and capabilities in outsourcing services, systems integration and consulting services, infrastructure services, maintenance services, and high-end server technology.  With more than 25,000 employees, Unisys serves commercial organizations and government agencies throughout the world.  For more information, visit www.unisys.com .

 

Contacts 

 

Claire Hosegood, Unisys, +61 411 253 663
claire.hosegood@au.unisys.com