ICONZ-Webvisions appoints new Country Manager
Thu 13 Jun 2013
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ICONZ-Webvisions, the cloud and managed hosting provider, has promoted Deidre Steyn to Country Manager for New Zealand and Australia, based in Auckland.
Formerly Head of Marketing for ICONZ-Webvisions in New Zealand and Australia, Deidre joined the company in December 2011. She has more than 16 years of management, marketing and consulting experience in the engineering, finance and IT industries across South Africa, UK, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Prior to ICONZ-Webvisions, Deidre worked for MPA NZ and UGL in channel marketing and commercial roles.
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