Bangkok--26 Jan--DC Consultants and Marketing Communications
Summit Capital Leasing Co Ltd, the motorcycle hire-purchase subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corporation, continues strengthening its executive team to be aligned with its policy that focuses on expanding business growth and partner network. The company recently announced the appointment of Thamasak Upaphattavanij as Senior Vice President - Information Technology Division. He will be responsible for the developments and support of the information technology system, including networking and IT infrastructure.
Thamasak has over 20 years of experience in IT industry, especially IT Outsourcing, where he has been managing both IT system and teams of IT personnel. He first started his career in this area at Electric Data Systems Co Ltd, (EDS), which is the American multinational information technology and the world's largest IT outsourcing provider. The company provides end-to-end IT management services to key clients that include Sahaviriya Steel, Bumrungrad International Hospital, UBC Cable TV, Thanulak and so on. After that, he went on to join with Frontstep, a leading company who develops Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to serve the customers in the manufacturing sector. Key customers include Strong Pack, Komatsu, Siam Sanitary and so on.
Prior to joining Summit Capital, he has worked for Hewlett-Packard (HP) and played a key role in managing IT outsourcingteams. It was HP's the biggest deal in Asia where he led his team to provide IT management services to Hutch / True. The 10-year deal covers the developments and support of IT system, IT application, IT infrastructure management, IT costs management and business process management and team management.
"To join Summit Capital in this position is really a challenging task. I am really glad and excited to have the opportunity to work with the chief executive officer who is proactive and so energetic like Mr.Wichit Phayuhanaveechai. He is so visionary. He gives importance to implementing new technologies to develop business. This has resulted in Summit Capital's leap growth. It gives me confidence that to employ IT strategy as the brains of the organization will allow us to work without limit and provide customer service more quickly. This is the most important contribution to the CEO vision that will take Summit Capital to the top position as the market leader in the hire purchase business within the next five years," Thamasak said.
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