Fujitsu Australia Appoints New CEO
Fujitsu Australia Limited
Sydney, August 25, 2003
Fujitsu Australia Limited today announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Rod Vawdrey, effective 27 August 2003.
Mr Nori Karasuda, current CEO of Fujitsu Australia and Group Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific Global Business Development Group, Fujitsu Limited, welcomed Mr Vawdrey to the Fujitsu Group.
"Rod has more than 15 years of senior executive management experience with NCR Corporation and a proven track record in strategic leadership and delivering results. Rod is able to bring both regional and global knowledge to the position together with valuable experience in building, leading and motivating successful teams," Mr Karasuda said.
Mr Vawdrey returns home to Australia after four years in the US in senior executive sales and marketing roles at NCR Corporation headquarters. In his most recent role as Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing - Retail at NCR, Rod was responsible for sales and professional services in four regions: Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific.
"The Australian ICT industry continues to experience what is still a tough and challenging market," commented Mr Karasuda. "Rod's experience in developing strategy, defining product portfolios and industry solutions, and developing successful sales teams will provide an excellent platform to continue to build Fujitsu's strong and highly successful track record in delivering IT and telecommunications infrastructure products and services for the enterprise."
Mr Vawdrey said: "Fujitsu is, without doubt, one of the most formidable players in the global ICT market. I'm looking forward to working with the Fujitsu team, our partners and our channel to leverage the global resources of the Fujitsu group to deliver innovative solutions for our customers."
This article features in the August 2003 issue of interaction, Fujitsu's electronic customer magazine. Other major stories in this issue:
From the CEO - Convergence arrives with IP telephony
National R&D summit heralds new era of collaboration
Outsourced PBX solutions help VoIP find its calling
'Do It Now' the mantra for e-government, says Fujitsu expert
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Fujitsu is a global leader in information and communications technology solutions. Throughout Australia and New Zealand, Fujitsu is recognised as a leading systems integrator and services provider. We deliver complex infrastructure systems and services, and business and telecommunications solutions, as well as offering access to a wide network of partners. From the desktop to the data centre; multivendor procurement to prime contracting; consulting to systems integration, Fujitsu has earned a reputation as the single supplier of choice for leading corporate and government organisations. Fujitsu Australia Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited of Japan.
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Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.
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Date: 25 August, 2003
City: Sydney
Company:
Fujitsu Australia Limited
Phone: +61 (02) 9776 4799 
E-mail: gillian.lamrock@fujitsu.com.au
