Aussie to head HP’s global PC Business

HP Inc. starts with a great legacy - U$60 billion in annual revenue, a raft of dare we say it – sexy new models, with sub-brands like Specter, Pavilion, Envy, Sprout: and Chromebook; mobility devices; technical workstations; printers; graphics solutions; managed-print services; and internet services. It has both a consumer and business focus although it is unclear how it will operate with the Enterprise division as a separate company headed by HP’s Meg Whitman.

The split – a logical move according to analysts - allows both companies to trade on the US stock exchange. It is seen as a move to bolster its value to shareholders after losing ground to Apple’s Mac and iOS business and aggressive Chinese company Lenovo.

Apparently the new CEO is ‘obsessed with finding new ways that HPs and printers can prosper again – improve existing products; build new products for the way things are changing; and category creation (e.g. Sprout that may be a real game changer).

The author inspected HP’s amazing, new Experience Centre and saw some of its new products – it was both a new HP and it had some very innovative products.

Weisler joined HP in January 2012 and most recently served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Printing and Personal Systems, Asia Pacific and Japan. In that role, he was responsible for all aspects of the PPS business in the region.

Prior to joining HP, he was the vice president and chief operating officer of Lenovo's Product and Mobile Internet Digital Home Groups. In addition to this, Weisler led the Global Transaction Model globally. Prior to this, Weisler was the General Manager of Korea, ASEAN and ANZ where he was responsible for Lenovo's complete business in these markets.

With more than 23 years of experience in the IT industry, Weisler has held numerous key executive positions across multiple geographies in the IT and telecommunications sectors. Before joining Lenovo, as a General Manager at Telstra Corporation, Australia's leading telecommunications company, he was responsible for Telstra's Conferencing and Collaboration products and services division. He also had a successful 11-year career at Acer, where he was the Managing Director of Acer UK having previously established and operated Acer's business in Central and Eastern Europe as Managing Director of the region.