chinadotcom corporation, the integrated enterprise software and mobile applications company in China and internationally, today announced the appointment of Mr. Roger Allen as the Managing Director of its CDC Outsourcing unit in Australia, Praxa Limited ("Praxa").
Mr. Allen comes to Praxa with comprehensive international experience with over twenty years at senior management level in the IT industry encompassing both the government and commercial sectors. His most recent position was Vice President at Computer Sciences Corporation ("CSC") Australia for 4 years where he was responsible for significant revenue growth, turning around the performance and creating strong competitive advantages for CSC. Prior to CSC, Roger worked extensively for IBM for over 20 years in a number of senior management positions in Australia, New Zealand and across the Asia Pacific region in areas ranging from emerging markets infrastructure, national defense, aerospace and executive marketing.
Acquired by chinadotcom in early 2003, Praxa is expected to add significant synergies to chinadotcom's outsourcing platform and plans to use chinadotcom's outsourcing center in China, as well as its India-based joint venture with vMoksha, for elements of its workflow going forward.