28 March 2008, 6:23pm
Colortrac UK, the leading large format scanner innovator, has further extended its commitment to Excellence with the appointment of Simon Wincott to its senior management team. He joins the British scanner manufacturer as their new International Technical Support Manager with responsibility for integrating and coordinating all elements of Colortrac's customer-facing product support activities. Simon has over 20 years public sector experience of delivering solutions and services and of managing and supporting high technology systems across international and organisational boundaries. In his last appointment, Simon was responsible for the delivery of UK MOD communications, at one time introducing the largest PFI (private finance initiative), a multi-billion pound project. As an RAF Squadron Leader Simon commanded a squadron of 120 engineers, managing, planning and deploying multi-million pound strategic communication solutions. He was the communications officer in the MOD team that evacuated British citizens from Lebanon in 2006. Simon has worked closely with major defence contractors like EADS, EDS, Harris, Raytheon and Serco.
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