Experienced Energy Industry Executive to Support Company Growth in IT and Supply Chain Operations
Strengthens Executive Team with the Addition of John Truschinger as Chief Information Officer
Sydney, Jan 17, 2018 AEST (ABN Newswire) - SpeedCast International Limited (
ASX:SDA), the world's most trusted provider of highly-reliable, fully-managed, remote communication and IT solutions, today announced the appointment of John Truschinger as Chief Information Officer (CIO), reporting to Chief Executive Officer Pierre-Jean Beylier.
Mr. Truschinger is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps where he served as a Sergeant until being honorably discharged in 1981. He has 35 years' experience working in IT and Supply Chain, and most recently held the position of SVP and CIO for Transocean until 2015. Over the past two years John has worked as a private consultant, providing IT, executive coaching, and team-building related services to corporations. As Speedcast's CIO, he will be based in Houston and will assume global responsibility for IT, Supply Chain, QHSE and Facilities, which were functions previously under the COO. He will also be in charge of a new department, Digital Transformation, which is being created as the Group intends to further enhance its customers' experience.
"I am thoroughly impressed with Speedcast's growth, leadership, and overall business strategy, and am excited to join such a dynamic company where I believe I can truly make a difference," says Truschinger. "The company's investments in people and its core C.A.S.T. values strongly correlate to my personal ideologies, using a 'people-focused' approach to build great teams that provide great service. I think the similarities in our approaches will help us to significantly advance this organization."
"I am excited to add John to our Executive team in this new CIO role, which entails some key areas of responsibility," says CEO PJ Beylier. "His expertise and leadership in developing global IT and Supply Chain functions will be key to the success of Speedcast's vision moving forward. In addition, John's experience as a leader in charge, among other things, of key IT and communications activities at one of the top global Energy organizations will prove very valuable as Speedcast continues to build its leadership position in the Energy sector."
Truschinger will begin his role at Speedcast on January 15, as the organization increases its focus in 2018 on streamlining operations and providing an exceptional customer experience.
About Speedcast International Ltd
Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:SDA) is the world's most trusted communications and IT services provider, delivering critical communications solutions to the Maritime, Energy, Mining, Media, Telecom, Cruise, NGO, Government, and Enterprise sectors. With more satellite capacity than any other provider, Speedcast enables faster, seamless pole-to-pole coverage from a global hybrid satellite, fiber, cellular, microwave, MPLS, and IP transport network with direct access to public cloud platforms. The company also integrates differentiated technology offerings that provide smarter ways to communicate and distribute content, manage network and remote operations, protect and secure investments, and improve the crew and guest experience. With a passionate customer focus and a strong safety culture, Speedcast serves more than 3,200 customers in over 140 countries. Learn more at www.speedcast.com.
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