Former PepsiCo Australia and New Zealand technology boss, Ursula Phillips, will join The Real Pet Food Company in August as its Sydney-based chief information officer. Phillips, who departed PepsiCo last month, has taken the reins from Pitcher Partners’ Krist Davood who was employed as the company’s interim CIO. Phillips joined PepsiCo since 2012 and became CIO in 2014. She previously worked at IBM as a consultant, at digital advisory Oakton, and food and beverage firm Lion. Phillips was part of the 2017 CIO50 list off the back of a transformation which has seen the company’s Chatswood headquarters undergo a complete overhaul. Its traditional siloed office was replaced with a more agile working environment. Office walls were replaced with open workspaces where staff can collaborate at hot desks, in meeting rooms, chat spaces, and purpose-built video conferencing rooms. Over the past 12 months, Phillips and her team led 40 initiatives across analytics, automation, ERP, EUC, IoT, mobile, networks, security, and web. The Real Pet Food Company is one of Australia’s largest private pet food manufacturers. CIO Australia has reached 0ut to the company for comment. Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebookhellip;Twitter: @CIO_Australia,Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation onLinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter:@ByronConnolly Related content brandpost Sponsored by NTT Ltd. Transform your technology and accelerate business outcomes with NTT DATA’s Technology Solutions By Miriam Murphy, Chief Executive Officer at NTT, Europe Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by SAP How the cloud and AI will help more companies become future proof In a world where macroeconomic uncertainty has become the new normal, being future-proof is no longer a ‘nice to have’. It’s a must have. By Scott Russell, Customer Success at SAP Dec 06, 2023 4 mins IT Leadership feature 6 generative AI hazards IT leaders should avoid The opportunities to use generative AI will greatly vary for each organization, but the ways it can go wrong are turning out to be fairly universal. By Mary Branscombe Dec 06, 2023 11 mins CIO Application Performance Management Generative AI interview Delivering value through IT at Village Roadshow During a recent CIO Leadership Live session, Michael Fagan, chief transformation officer of Australian cinema and theme park company Village Roadshow, spoke with CIO’s editor in chief for APAC Cathy O'Sullivan about delivering value, colla By CIO staff Dec 06, 2023 8 mins CIO CIO Leadership Live Change Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe