Media advisory: Tata Communications Appoints Global Head of Managed Services

Published 10th December 2009

10 December, 2009

Tata Communications today announced that it has appointed David Wirt as its Global Head of Managed Services. The fast growing Managed Services business is strategically important to Tata Communications as the company expands from its traditional wholesale voice and IP business into enterprise solutions.

Based in Singapore, David will take charge of Managed Services’ commercial business and data center engineering and operations, as well as the outsourcing business of Tata Communications.. He will report to Vinod Kumar, President and Chief Operating Officer of Tata Communications.

David joins Tata Communications with more than 23 years of experience in the Systems Integration and Managed Services domains, and brings a strong background in business process consulting, outsourcing, application and infrastructure management across industries.

Recently as the Vice President & Managing Director of Greater China & Korea with EDS, David had full P&L responsibility for the business in Greater China & Korea. Prior to this, David held the position of COO and Vice President of Global Services for Asia, where he oversaw a large organization and had responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and quality assurance for EDS operations and services across Asia. David has also worked as Business Development Director, Applications & Infrastructure Manager and Systems Engineering Manager at EDS USA’s hi-tech manufacturing business.