HP Bulgaria General Manager To Head HP Projects in 27 Countries

Projects in the sectors of state administration, defence, public finance, health care and e-governance make over 50% of all HP projects in central and eastern Europe, HP Bulgaria General Manager Sasha Bezuhanova told a news conference.

Bezuhanova will also head HP's trade relationships with the World Bank, NATO, EU and within the U.N. development programme PROON, she said.

Russia, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Hungary, the countries of the Western Balkans and of the former Soviet Union are among those 27 countries, she said.

HP opened its Bulgarian-based Global Delivery Centre in late 2005. The centre started servicing clients in November 2006.

“In the middle of 2006 the centre employed 1,000. Currently our employees are 1,500. We will continue to expand,” Bezuhanova said.

HP’s Global Delivery Centre (hp.newpromo.net) in Bulgaria expanded its service portfolio in 2007 through the outsourcing of purchases, project and resource management and business reports, along with IT infrastructure support. The centre is working mainly with German, Austrian and Swiss clients, followed by UK, Irish and Scandinavian companies.

U.S.- based computer and printer giant Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com) operates in more than 170 countries around the world.