AVANT Hires Ron Hayman as Chief Cloud Officer
Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) July 29, 2015 -- AVANT announced today that highly accomplished IT Executive Ron Hayman has joined the team as its Chief Cloud Officer (CCO). Hayman will oversee the company’s cloud strategy, specifically to build upon AVANT’s innovative technologies as well as its approach to providing best-in-class cloud solutions to its partners.
Hayman has more than 15 years of experience in IT leadership with organizations such as the US Navy, Headhunter.net, CareerBuilder.com and Liaison Technologies. Hayman’s past professional achievements include; deploying over 20 data centers across the globe including London, Amsterdam, Singapore and Bangalore; Leading major security and compliance initiatives for Service Organization Control (SOC), Payment Card Industry (PCI) and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX); Leading major network, colocation, contact center and cloud deployments around the globe. Hayman holds over 15 certifications, including VMware VSP – CP & VCA – DCV & VOP – CP 2015, CISCO DCUCI v5.0 Data center Unified Computing, 2014, (ISC)2 CISSP, 2013, CompTIA Security +, and more.
“Our investment into the Channel’s first Chief Cloud Officer sets the tone for the explosive opportunity that sits in front of us,” said Ian Kieninger, CEO at AVANT. “Ron’s addition to the company is in line with our goal to further define this space and be the market leader in our industry. Ron will help transform AVANT into a true technology company, enabling our partners with the most powerful tools and talent to ensure their success.”
As the Chief Cloud Officer, one of Hayman’s first objectives will be launching AVANT’s security practice, bringing the best subscription-based security services to its partners. In addition to building upon AVANT’s technology innovation objectives, Hayman will also lead and manage its engineering team with the goal of strengthening the company’s overall sales enablement strategy and world class support for its partners.
AVANT is working to scale as a technology platform company that enables its partners to excel in selling cloud services in the channel. Hayman’s background and expertise in cloud technology will allow him to drive AVANT’s success in reaching its ultimate company goals.
"I’m thrilled to work for a company that has been called the 'Uber of Distribution.' AVANT is transforming sales enablement and I’m excited to be a part of the family,” Hayman remarked. “As a former buyer of cloud, colocation, and connectivity I immediately recognized the value that AVANT brings to the industry and its customers."
“In order to be the best enablement company on earth we have be the best technology company on earth,” said AVANT President Drew Lydecker, “and I think we’ve made that leap.”
To learn more about AVANT's strategy to disrupt the channel with their partner technology platform, contact:
Ian Kieninger
ian(at)avantcommunications(dot)net.
Press inquiries may be directed to:
Shawn Cordner
in2itive marketing
shawn(at)in2itivemarketing(dot)net
Shawn Cordner, AVANT Communications, http://www.avantcommunications.net, +1 (215) 839-9639, [email protected]
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