The wholesale company behind the National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN Co, has scored another hiring coup, nicking senior talent from Westpac to bulk out its skills in dealing with technology vendors.
Until June this year Roscoe Fay had been Westpac’s head of Commercial Engagement, a position he had held since only November last year, after being promoted a spot as the top-tier bank’s head of IT sourcing and contracts. However, Westpac today confirmed the executive has now left the business.
Like a large amount of other senior executives in Australia’s technology sector, his resume has now been updated to read “NBN Co”. Fay’s title is ‘consultant’, with details publicly available online at social networking site LinkedIn.
Fay has a strong history of dealing with technology suppliers. He has also, according to his profile, spent two years as director of Major Partnerships at Westpac. Prior to working at Westpac, Fay appears to have been an IT sourcing, legal and contract negotiator at SingTel subsidiary, Optus.
Fay is the latest in a long line of Australian technology executives to be welcomed by NBN Co’s friendly arms over the past year since its first employee – chief executive Mike Quigley – stepped on board.
Recently it was revealed the telco had picked up Telstra’s online chief, for example, as well as former CEO Sol Trujillo’s speechwriter. Jim Hassell, the former chief of Sun Microsystems Australia, Optus’ managing director of its Networks division, Steve Christian, and noted analyst, Tim Smeallie, are just some of the big names to join Quigley on deck.
The company has already seen its first wave of internal promotions, and some staff have already left the business.
NBN Co has already inked deals with a number of technology companies and IT services groups in Australia for products and services. For example, Oracle is supplying the company's ERP software and it has a deal with Data#3 to maintain its office technology systems, such as desktop PCs and email.