Former Optus exec becomes COO at iseek

Ian Porter is the new chief operating officer of data centre and managed network services provider iseek Communications.

Porter spent the past two years as general manager for the iseek-KDC Australia, a joint venture with Keppel Corporation, a leading service provider in Southeast Asia and Europe.

In fact, Porter started iseek-KDC and oversaw the building of the new iseek data centre in Gore Hill, under the new venture.

Porter will implement iseek's strategic plan and as well as manage all operational aspects of iseek’s business across Australia. He reports directly to CEO Jason Gomersall.

Gomersall said: "Ian’s leadership skills and industry experience are great assets to the business, and I am delighted he is joining iseek at such an important time in both the company’s growth phase, and the industry’s increasing shift to the as-a-service business model."

Porter is a 20-year telecommunications industry veteran having worked in operational, project management, pre sales, and marketing roles during his career. He was formelry broadband products GM for Optus, where he looked after the fixed and mobile broadband products and he also spent time in management at that company's wholesale division.