2015 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition
 


Title
Deputy Director, Postal Technology Center
Company
Universal Postal Union
Bio

With 20 years of experience in the IT industry, David Avsec serves as the deputy director, and manages the account relationships of the UPU’s Postal Technology Centre (PTC) since July 2010. Previous to this position he was successively product manager during 3 years and then IT manager of the PTC during 4 years. He led the software development of various products in the PTC and in particular the IPS (for international mail services) and IFS (for international postal financial services): systems that are now used by nearly 170 postal operators in world. He has a strong international experience, with direct responsibility of on-site projects in more than 50 countries.


He owns an Engineering degree in computer science and electronics from “l’école des Mines” in France, and an MBA from the Polytechnic School of Lausanne (Switzerland).


The Postal Technology Center of the UPU serves Designated Operators of UPU member countries and their partners (e.g. Customs, Airlines) in the postal supply chain. It runs an EDI Network linking postal operators and provides standard software for International Mail Management and Postal Money Order services used in nearly 170 countries. In 2012, a Customs Declaration System has been released for both postal and customs use.