IT firm appoints new head of finance and administration

TAMPA — Syniverse, a Tampa IT firm whose communications platform processes more than $35 billion in transactions every year, has hired Andrew Davies as its chief financial and administrative officer. 

Davies, according to a press release, has more than 30 years of experience in the telecom industry and previously served as CFO of Sprint. He has also held executive leadership roles at Amsterdam-based VEON and Vodafone Group in Japan, Turkey and India. He will report to Syniverse President and CEO Dean Douglas when he starts work in July.