BIOGRAPHY - Gregory John Humphries
Greg Humphries is the founder and
director of High Jingo Consulting Pty Ltd which he
established in June 2008. Greg has an extensive and diverse
background in IT executive management, systems development,
technology infrastructure and ICT service delivery, both
domestically and internationally.
Greg initially joined Philip Morris Limited in Melbourne in
July 1986 as Systems Manager, Finance and Administration.
He subsequently held the positions of Senior Systems
Manager, Technical Services Manager and Systems Development
Manager.
In 1990 he was seconded to Japan for eighteen months as MIS
Manager for the Philip Morris business, based in Tokyo. In
mid 1991, he returned to Australia to establish the Asia
Pacific Systems Centre, an applications development
organisation which he managed until 1994 when he was
subsequently appointed General Manager of Philip Morris
Information Services Ltd based in Melbourne with
responsibility for systems development and IT
infrastructure delivery to Philip Morris businesses across
Asia Pacific.
In April 1999, Greg transferred to Philip Morris Management
Corp. in New York where he held the position of Director,
Global Information Systems and Shared Services responsible
for ICT service delivery to the Corporate Headquarters
functions. In December 2001, he returned to Australia to
take up his current position Director, Information
Technology Service Centre – Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, Altria
Corporate Services, Inc, based in Melbourne. The purpose of
the ITSC is to deliver shared IT services to all Altria
companies across the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to joining Philip Morris, Greg was Assistant Manager,
Systems Development for Australia Post from 1981, Senior
Systems Analyst with Caterpillar (Australia) Ltd from 1978
and earlier was MIS Manager for Stokes (Australasia)
Limited from 1974.
Following his secondary education at Ivanhoe Grammar
School, Greg completed a Graduate Diploma in Computing and
Information Systems at Chisholm Institute of Technology and
holds the grade of Member of the Australian Computer
Society. He is also an alumnus of the Advanced Management
Program, from INSEAD, Fontainebleau Campus, France. Greg
has held directorships in PMIS Limited and ITSC-AP Pty Ltd,
and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors.
Greg lives on the Mornington Peninsula out of Melbourne
with his wife, Robin. He is an active member of the Porsche
Club of Victoria and the The National Golf Club.