Persbericht
20 oktober, 2008
Avanade presenteert groeiplan voor komende drie jaar
~ Nieuw management team aangesteld voor versterking marktpositie ~
Avanade, een internationaal consultancybureau voor IT-oplossingen, heeft een nieuw team aangesteld voor het uitvoeren van het groeiplan voor de komende drie jaar. Het plan is ontwikkeld door Adam Warby, de nieuwe CEO van de organisatie. Hiermee zet hij een koers uit om Avanade s marktpositie in de IT-consultancy te versterken. Het nieuwe team bestaat uit Aziz Virani, vicepresident global technologies and solutions, Tyson Hartman, global chief technology officer en Mike Gilkey, vicepresident sales and marketing.
De nieuwe strategische initiatieven moeten Avanade helpen de omzet van het bedrijf te verdubbelen. Deze bedroeg 850 miljoen dollar aan het einde van het fiscale jaar in 2008. Met het plan wil Warby investeren in marktaandeel- en technologiedoelstellingen, om klanten in de toekomst nog beter van dienst te zijn.
Hieronder volgt het volledige Engelstalige persbericht:
AVANADE LAUNCHES AGGRESSIVE THREE-YEAR GROWTH PLAN;
ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE APPOINMENTS
Avanade Inc., a global IT consultancy, announced the appointment of new key executives today to carry out a comprehensive three-year plan developed by the company s new CEO Adam Warby, setting a direction to help strengthen its global market leadership position in IT consulting.
By 2011, Avanade believes its new strategic initiatives will help it nearly double its revenue, which reached more than $850 million by the end of the company s fiscal year in 2008. Warby will execute a series of market leadership and technology investments goals that will accelerate Avanade s ability to create even greater value for customers.
I firmly believe that market leadership will be achieved in three ways, said Warby. One, continued focus on helping our customers succeed in today s challenging global economy; two, enabling greater connectedness of our employees in ways that unleash an unrivalled level of shared experience and insight; and three, growing our investment in developing innovative solutions that create competitive differentiation and help customers achieve results with less resources.
Avanade s culture is founded on a principle of passion for delivering results for our customers, Warby added. What differentiates Avanade is our relentless pursuit of providing superior solutions based on the Microsoft platform and delivery excellence through our Global Delivery Network. Delivering solutions that improve worker productivity and collaboration, improve data center operations, attract and retain customers and fine tune enterprise performance are examples of how Avanade is helping customers realize results.
As part of this initiative, Avanade also announced the appointment of a new executive and the promotion of two other executives, in a move to bolster the company s customer-centric culture and build on its track record of innovation and technology expertise on the Microsoft platform.
New Executive Appointments
Aziz Virani joins Avanade after more than 23 years at Accenture as Avanade s new Executive Vice President of Global Technologies and Solutions. In his new role, Virani oversees the direction of the company s technology vision, solution investments and alliances.
Aziz is uniquely qualified to help Avanade continue to deepen its customer-centric culture and technology innovation that help our customers do more with less, said Warby. His leadership and guidance will be a tremendous benefit as we maintain and build on our reputation for delivering solutions that create measureable results for our customers.
In addition to Virani s new appointment, Avanade also announced the promotions of Tyson Hartman to Global Chief Technology Officer and Mike Gilkey to Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
In his new role, Hartman will report to Aziz Virani and will be responsible for defining Avanade s technology vision and innovation agenda. Hartman will continue to serve as Vice President of Enterprise Technology Solutions, where he leads worldwide strategy and the team responsible for Avanade s business in Application Development, Enterprise Infrastructure and Managed Services, providing solutions across the complete enterprise IT lifecycle. Hartman joined Avanade in June 2000 and has held a variety of positions in his more than seven years with the company.
As Executive Vice President, Mike Gilkey will oversee Avanade s worldwide sales and marketing strategy and initiatives. Gilkey joined Avanade in 2000 and his responsibilities have included serving as vice president of Americas market development and general manager for Avanade s U.S. Western region. Prior to joining Avanade, Gilkey was with Accenture where he managed large customer projects primarily within the products and communications and high-tech industries. These efforts included enterprise resource planning implementations (involving products such as SAP, PeopleSoft and Baan), developing IT strategies and large custom development projects.
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