Tommy degaard is appointed as Senior Vice President in the Atea Group, where he will be responsible for Group functions and projects. Tommy degaard is joining Atea from Crayon AS, where he has been CEO since 2012. Tommy brings extensive experience from the IT industry, having also held positions as Director for Partners, SMB and Corporate Accounts at Microsoft Norway and Country Manager positions for both Navision Norway ASA and Damgaard ASA.

Prior to this, Tommy has held leading positions also with IBM and Multisoft AS. Tommy will be part of the top management team and report to the CEO. He will start in his role on September 1, 2015.

The Senior Vice President role that Tommy is entering into is new, so Tommy will not be replacing anyone in Atea.