Michael Lawrey Appointed as DGIT Systems Chairman

DGIT Systems today announced the appointment of its new Chairman, Michael Lawrey. A former Telstra executive, Chairman and Director of the global Tele Management Forum (TM Forum).

Michael Lawrey brings considerable expertise and experience to DGIT at an exciting time in the digital services industry.

“I am extremely pleased to take on the role of Chairman of DGIT and work closely with the Board and the DGIT team in this next phase of the company’s growth.  I welcome the opportunity to lead and support DGIT in its quest to showcase its solutions to tier one service providers; an objective that is both exciting and achievable. DGIT has demonstrated agility in the market and innovation in the industry for a number of years now and is well placed to consolidate a place as a leader in the digital services industry. “ Michael  Lawrey stated.

“Michael will bring leadership through this key next phase of our growth and we are excited to have his wisdom, insight and passion at the helm of our board”. - Greg Tilton, Founder of DGIT Systems.

About Michael Lawrey:
Michael Lawrey is the CEO of Penryhol Consulting. Michael has worked in the Telecommunications industry for 46 years and prior to his semi-retirement held senior Executive Director roles at Telstra including Executive Managing Director of Network and Technology, Executive Director Operations and Executive Director Defence.
In his role as Executive Managing Director Network and Technology he was responsible for all of Telstra’s architecture, IT and network delivery including Telstra’s online capability, application development, cloud and delivery of multi-media solutions.

Michael has held a range of portfolios in Telstra in areas such as operations, construction, planning, engineering, enterprise customer unit and service. He has also worked with vendors overseas and has had the opportunity to work on the teams of two service providers in the USA.