BETFAIR APPOINTS NEW I.T. CHIEF
19 December 2008
Vodafone exec joins betting exchange management
team
In May this year, online gambling group Betfair's top IT
man, Rory Devine, handed in his notice (see previous
InfoPowa report), triggering an extensive search for a
replacement which ended this week with the announcement
that former Vodafone manager Tony McAlister is to
replace him.
With his appointment as CTO on January 19th 2009,
McAlister takes on one of the most demanding jobs in the
Internet gambling technical world, with full management
responsibility for Betfair's very advanced technologies
and computer equipment. As CTO, McAlister will report to
chief executive David Yu and will be responsible for a
team of 300 IT engineers around the world.
Betfair said McAlister will be required to enhance the
customer experience at the online betting company, to
drive technology innovation and ensure the company's
rapid profitable growth is “underpinned” by smart
technological strategies.
McAlister returns to the UK to take up the role having
spent the last three years as CTO for content management
vendor Motricity. From 2001 to 2005, he was CTO at
Vodafone.
The IT expert said he was looking forward to the Betfair
challenge, and said of the appointment, “Betfair has
demonstrated its ability to turn technology into a
strategic business advantage. I look forward to building
on this success.”
Rory Devine left Betfair in May having been with the
Hammersmith based company for four years, two as CTO.
Under his leadership the IT team, which is 25 percent of
the workforce, tripled. The move was described as by
mutual agreement, with Devine working out his period of
notice.
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