CloudSmartz Appoints New Board Member

Rochester, New York, December 22, 2015 (Newswire.com) - ​​​​​CloudSmartz, Inc., Global IT Services company providing a full spectrum of IT services for mid-enterprise customers and strategic partners in the communication industry, today announced that Mark Shirman, former President and CEO of RiverMeadow Software and Founder and former CEO of GlassHouse Technologies, has been appointed to join the company's board of directors.

"Mark’s 30 years of broad experience brings a wealth of knowledge in operations and strategies for growing a technology consulting organization," said Dan Wagner, CloudSmartz CEO. "We appreciate his willingness to serve as a director and look forward to benefiting from his judgment and counsel.”

Mark's 30 years of broad experience brings a wealth of knowledge in operations and strategies for growing a technology consulting organization.

Dan Wagner, CEO, Founder at CloudSmartz

With a focus on Northbound Innovations in Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization for the Communications Industry, CloudSmartz is in a period of strong gro​wth and the trend will continue with the market into 2016. CloudSmartz’ key product offering includes innovative solutions to both Service Providers and Strategic Manufacturers that accelerates growth within the marketplace.

"I am honored and energized to join the CloudSmartz board and work with this exceptional team," Shirman said. "CloudSmartz has a solid foundation, strong values and focus, and extraordinary IT talent. I look forward to contributing to the future direction and growth of this already award-winning company."

Mark also serves a variety of advisory positions with high growth and innovative technology companies, as well as serves as an advisor to Bulger Partners, an investment bank focused on Technology.

Mark Shirman Background

Mark Shirman has thirty years of entrepreneurial experience in the IT services and development arena and currently holds various advisory positions at high growth, innovative technology companies and currently serves as an advisor to Bulger Partners, an investment bank focused on Technology.  Before his former CEO role at RiverMeadow, Mark was the Founder and CEO of GlassHouse Technologies. At GlassHouse he was responsible for building upon the GlassHouse leadership in the storage solutions space, managing the investment community, and setting the vision for the company's solutions development. Before starting GlassHouse, Mark was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and CTO at Convergent Group where he executed a combination of operational and marketing strategies that resulted in a successful public offering and the subsequent sale of the business to Schlumberger Corporation. Prior to Convergent Group, Mark was responsible for the worldwide eBusiness and CRM lines of business for Cambridge Technology Partners. Previously, Mark ran similar units for BSG/Alliance IT. In 1985, he successfully launched a new breed IT consulting company called Innovative Information Systems Inc. (IISI), which was focused on emerging technologies and application development. Mark served as CEO of IISI until its sale to CDI Corporation in 1990, and then served as its president until 1995.

About CloudSmartz

Headquartered in Rochester, NY, CloudSmartz, Inc. is a Global IT Services company providing a full spectrum of IT services for mid-enterprise customers and strategic partners in the communication industry. We focus on delivering Software Development as a Service, SDN/NFV Solutions, IaaS, Secure Managed Services, and Business Consulting. Because of CloudSmartz’ broad range of capabilities we are able to offer superior customer experience through our innovative, agile technical solutions. We apply 20+ years of IT experience for solving unique business problems in a creative and strategic way. We make it our responsibility to have our global customers thrive by applying applications and technology to create outstanding customer experiences.