Fronde welcomes principal consultants

Leading technology company Fronde announces the appointment of two highly experienced principal consultants.

Joining the company’s Wellington team is Cheryl Chapman. Cheryl has 18 years’ experience in the technology sector, working for well-known technology brands including security specialists Optimation, Microsoft specialist and digital platform solutions company Intergen, Microsoft and HP.

Her most recent role was with IBM, where she worked with a team of specialists to deliver digital platform solutions to streamline, simplify and transform clients’ businesses.  Cheryl has experience across many sectors including public sector, utilities, infrastructure and financial services.

Paul Armstrong, GM Business Technology Products at Fronde says that Cheryl has an impressive portfolio of experience.

“We are delighted to have Cheryl join the team. Fronde has invested into a portfolio of technologies and partnerships which we know can help clients digitally transform their business. We also know that some clients need help to understand strategically how they can achieve that and where Fronde can help them. I believe Cheryl will be an asset to our clients and Fronde in her ability to help clients shape their strategy and be successful.”

Also joining Fronde is Doug Johnstone. Based in Auckland, Doug has 25 years’ experience in the technology sector with companies such as Unisys, EDS New Zealand, Gen-i and Spark Digital.

Doug spent more than six years at Gen-i in a series of increasingly senior roles, including Head of Delivery Practices and Head of Service Delivery, Franchise and Transitions for the company’s corporate client segment. His most recent role, prior to joining Fronde, was at Spark Digital where he was responsible for the ongoing delivery of projects for the company’s enterprise clients.

Paul Armstrong says that Doug has a strong track record of success in delivering outcomes for his clients.

Doug is another very strong hire for Fronde. He has a fantastic track record and a great leadership style that gets the best out of high performing teams. Fronde has had excellent success in bringing clients to the Cloud. Doug’s appointment is intended to help those clients that are still grappling with how to take best advantage and best run their business on top of cloud platforms, in particular AWS and AWS MSP.”