Certus makes senior ANZ line of business appointment
20 November 2012. Certus Solutions – the
region’s largest specialist IBM systems integration
company – has appointed former Digital Post Australia
chief technology officer Gerard Roberts to the new position
of Director, Enabling Solutions, based in
Sydney.
Certus
Managing Director Brian Allen says Gerard (Ged) Roberts will
head up a key ‘line of business’ unit across Certus
offices at major centres around Australia and New Zealand.
He says the Certus Enabling Solutions line of business unit
combines specialist Certus sales and consulting expertise
around IBM’s web applications including mobility,
enterprise collaboration, social business and middleware and
IBM’s Rational software development environment.
“The Certus LOBs are the IBM technology centres of excellence within Certus. Together the LOBs provide end-to-end services across the IBM solutions portfolio and are a critical element in our ability to deliver a sophisticated solutions capability to our customers,” Allen says.
“Ged Roberts is an important addition to the Certus team, bringing great depth and breadth of experience, both as a senior manager and a leading Enterprise Architect with international experience in key market sectors such as banking and finance, telecommunications and the public sector. He has deep technical knowledge across all architecture layers coupled with excellent consulting, business and project management skills.”
Prior to joining Certus, Ged Roberts was
chief technology officer for Digital Post Australia – a
technology start up that brought a game changing digital
postal mail service to consumers and businesses in
Australia. He is a former practice manager of the Systems
Integration practice for SMS Management and Technology where
he managed a team of 70 project managers, architects and
integration specialists. In the UK, career experience
included senior enterprise architecture and technical roles
with Marsh (one of the world’s largest insurance broking
firms), Cap Gemini and Lloyds Register of Shipping. He
began his career as an Engineer Officer in the British
Merchant Navy before working as a Naval Architect for Lloyds
Register of Shipping in London. Ged is a Chartered Engineer
and has an MSc in Computing.
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About
Certus: An IBM Premier Business Partner, Certus
Solutions is the largest specialist IBM solutions company
across Australia and New Zealand. Certus combines a total
focus on IBM with full end-to-end services right across the
IBM solutions portfolio. Owned and operated by its senior
management team, Certus employs around 200 people servicing
over 500 clients from seven offices across the region. http://www.certussolutions.com
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