Pater quits Synergy post
- 20 November, 2009 09:14
- Comments 8
Synergy's managed services director, Roy Pater, has quit his post after just under two years with the ASX-listed integrator.
Pater attributed his decision to a company restructure following the acquisitions of Synergy Plus in March and embattled rival, Leading Solutions, on November 13. Prior to joining ComputerCorp, Pater was Leading Solutions’ NSW general manager.
“There has been a lot of turmoil and changes. It’s a new chapter in Synergy’s life and it was either get on-board or not,” he said. “The course has changed and it’s not the direction I wanted to take.
“I want to be in control of my own destiny, not through a public board,” Pater said.
Pater plans to either start-up his own company, or join a smaller organisation looking to build up a managed services practice. His first step though, will be to take a month off.
Synergy, which is already hunting for a national services director, is now also looking to replace Pater. In the interim, Damon Cameron will take over managed services duties from his Perth base.
Pater stressed he left Synergy’s services business in good shape.
“I think we have done well – we grew our services business 35 per cent last year, and the managed services grew by 24 per cent with healthy profit,” he said.
Pater’s departure is one of several from the Synergy/ComputerCorp business over the past month. ComputerCorp’s eastern sales director, Tony Heywood, was made redundant in late October after the company brought on former IBM division manager, Joe Arcuri, as national sales director.
It is understood Synergy’s marketing director, Janine Harvey, has also resigned.
ASX-listed ComputerCorp acquired Synergy Plus in March this year. The combined group is being rebranded to Synergy Plus Operations this month.
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Comments
In Shock
WHAT HAPPENED!
The only person that should crawl under a rock should be MISS BUSINESS WOMAN. One has to think what TYPE of business woman she pertains to be. People who work under talent like Roy know, if you dont do your job properly look out! is that what happened to you MISS BUSINESS WOMAN! never mind I am sure there will always be a position for you to hide in and draw your weekly wage. The fact you post your comment under MISS BUSINESS WOMAN tells it all, insecurity in ones character is sooooo boring.
Anonymous
Interesting
Wow! Where to start. All the ComputerCORP (aka Friends of Robin) are going. Fantastic for the company. A fresh start with mostly new management from acquired companies. Pete C seems to have the goods as well which is comforting.
Looking at the response from "In Shock" It is quite obvious that this is Roy himself. After 20 months of "Successmails" his writting style (Particularly the fully capitalised words) give it away. Should have thrown in a few GOALS or SLAM DUNKS, maybe a WIN or a TEAM even.
This is positive news for the Synergy group.
spectator
Which one?
Sacked or resigned??
Roy Pater
Reply to "Interesting"
In reply to your allegations and observations:
1. You are right a good fresh start for the business is good and I wish the business every success.
2. Let me say that if it wasnt for the "Friends of Robin" and the rest of the CORP management team who worked together tirelessly, this business would have also been on the junk pile with all the other spat of liquidations going on. So dont knock the people who have helped a company succeed and kept YOU in a job.
3. I also challenge you to tell us what have you done for CORP/Synergy? Or are you one of those people who just make sideline comments, frustrate management initiatives, talk behind peoples backs and never actually achieve anything? My results are clear and speak for themselves.
4. I always put my name behind what I say or do, regardless whether I succeed or fail and I say what I have to say to people directly. I dont hide behind these forums or do it via 3rd parties. So, how about you reveal yourself?
I hope you keep supporting your management and dont turn on them, which is clearly your style as evidenced in your comments.
And if you are going to post any comments put your name to it and have the courage of your convictions!
Anonymous
I don't understand what restructure follwing the acquisition of Leading Solutions. There has been no restructure - so how could his decision to quit be based on that?
Shared Observer
Reply to - I don't understand what
there clearly is a restructure in progress - if you had read the Chairmans summary in the recent Annual Report it says:
the task for your board now is to complete the renewal of the senior managmement team and the Board with new industry focussed appointments.
So its happening. And Roy was a casualty . Nevertheless he did substantially contribute to the change in focus towards a more services led business, which is very neccesary in order for Corp/Synergy to avoid the "junkpile" that Roy refers to.
And Peter C may emerge as the fulltime CEO.
Whatever happens in the next few months the most important thing is for Synergy to not join LS and S Central etc on the junkpile.
Anonymous
Danger
“I think we have done well – we grew our services business 35 per cent last year, and the managed services grew by 24 per cent with healthy profit,”
I believe this is more to do with the ComputerCORP acquisitions and a merger rather than Pater's draconian management skills (or lack of any managment skills at all).
Everything this guy tackles turns to manure, from GP1 to corporate IT. I pity the next business and it's staff that he ends up at.
Nadia Cameron
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