IT services and outsourcing firm, Brennan IT and its telecommunications company, SecureTelecom, have appointed Geoffrey Dirago as general manager, client relationships, in a move that indicates a convergence customer outlook.

Storage vendor, Network Appliance, has promoted the Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand, Simon Green, to area director, South Asia.

Perth-based email and web monitoring software developer, WebSpy (ASX: WSY), has appointed Lagis Zavros as chief operating officer. Zavros will replace Julia Andrys who will remain with the company until the end of the year to assist Zavros and oversee the completion of a software development cycle. Zavros has worked in Europe and the US and has held key positions in information technology companies in Australia over the past ten years including, regional general manager KAZ Group, director of business development Fundi Group, and others. His last 12 months has been spent moving a local technology operator overseas to its new headquarters in Orange County USA.

Legacy systems access software provider, AttachmateWRQ, has appointed Wendy Hamson as channel sales manager, Australia and New Zealand. Hamson, who is based in Melbourne, joins AttachmateWRQ after four years as senior account manager for Serena, a software configuration and web content management specialist. Prior to her role at Serena, Hamson was account manager for the southern region at Attachmate after moving from her native Canada. While in Canada, Hamson spent three years with Hummingbird Communications as sales account manager and marketing communications manager.

Management services provider, SMS Management & Technology Limited (ASX:SMX) announced today that it has appointed Pat Turner to head up its Technology Services division in Brisbane, with the company poised for a major recruitment drive.

Name recognition software developer, Language Analysis Systems, has appointed Frank Jensen as managing director, Australia and Asia Pacific. The appointment is the first to be made under the company’s new international expansion plan to extend its reach beyond the US into Australia and Asia-Pacific. Jensen will be responsible for establishing LAS in Australia, managing the company’s Canberra office, driving sales and coordinating the company’s entrance into other Asia Pacific markets, including Singapore and New Zealand. Prior to joining LAS, Jensen held a global channel and partner management role with The Distillery, a company involved in intelligence and investigations management applications. In his 15 year career, Jensen has held a number of business development and management roles with companies including: Viewlocity, Frontec, Global One, and First Data Integrator.

ISP Pacific Internet (Australia) has appointed Louisa Gregory as its new Human Resources Manager. As a member of the company’s senior management team, she directs the national human resource function that caters for 135 employees spread across four sites. Gregory has been with the company since 2002 and previously headed up Pacific Internet’s customer accounts team. She has substantial call centre management experience and prior to joining Pacific Internet she spent eight years at SingTel Optus.

Enterprise applications provider, SSA Global has appointed Jeremy Goddard as regional vice president for the South Asia & Pacific region. Goddard has been with SSA global since January 2001 and was formerly the general manager, Pacific. During his tenure, Goddard doubled revenues and the customer base for SSA Global in the Pacific region, according to the company.

Printers and imaging vendor Lexmark today announced that it has appointed Roy Brady as general manager, enterprise, corporate and government (ECG) for Australia and New Zealand. Brady was formerly head of marketing for Lexmark ECG.  He brings to Lexmark extensive experience in enterprise solutions marketing from his previous roles at HP, Compaq and Microsoft.  He will report directly to Graham Kittle, Lexmark’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand.  Brady’s appointment is effective immediately.

Telstra owned IT services company, KAZ, has announced the appointment of financial services industry specialist Tony Gold as the company's new CIO.

Global technology consultant Capgemini has appointed three senior staff in its Australian office. Craig Glindemann, Brian Wharton and Stephen McGuinness have joined the technology services practice. Glindemann joins Capgemini as a vice president, following a long stint with Capgemini in the UK. Melbourne-born Glindemann returns to Victoria to work in supply chain management within the manufacturing, retail and distribution sectors. Wharton joins Capgemini as a director, also based in Melbourne. He has worked as a consultant with many of Australia's largest corporations including Telstra, BHP Billiton and Orica.  Wharton specialises in the development of information systems strategy and the management and delivery of complex technical solutions. McGuinness joins Capgemini's Sydney office as a director.  Most recently a director at a boutique, consulting firm, Odessey Group Consulting, McGuinness previously worked at Coca-Cola Amatil and Reckitt & Colman.  His areas of expertise include IT strategy development and supply chain and program management.

Network and security solutions developer, Centennial Software, has appointed Howard Waterson as regional manager for its APAC operation. Waterson replaces Phil Hare, who established Centennial Software’s presence in the region over the past three years. Based in Sydney, Mr Waterson has over 20 years experience in the IT industry, having worked with PeopleSoft, Sun, Netscape iPlanet and IBM in the areas of security and identity management. Hare has decided to pursue other business opportunities.

Business technology optimisation software vendor, Mercury Interactive, has appointed David De Laine as sales director for Australia and New Zealand. He has 20 years' experience working for global IT companies in senior sales and management positions, most recently with IBM Software.