Mr. Eric McVey
In a world where there's a major shortage in sound strategy and IT talent, Eric adds a wealth of IT infrastructure and enterprise architectural experience to Tier4.
Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) September 21, 2016
Tier 4 Advisors, LLC (Tier4), an industry leader in the procurement of data centers and telecom, managed services, IT security, and other “game changing IT solutions”; announces the hiring of Eric McVey as the company’s Chief Information Officer. As a member of the Tier4 executive team, Eric will assume leadership over Senior Practice Directors, manage the IT strategy for major projects, expand the Tier4 partner database, and ensure that the company continues to deliver expedited, industry leading IT strategies and solutions.
In announcing the hiring, Jake Sherrill, Tier4’s founder and CEO, said, “In a world where there's a major shortage in sound strategy and IT talent, Eric adds a wealth of IT infrastructure and enterprise architectural experience to Tier4. His honesty, business acumen, and work ethic fit perfectly into Tier4’s mission, ongoing vision, and future growth plans. Eric is a very exciting win for our leadership team and the Tier4 family.”
"I am excited to embark on this journey with the Tier4 family. Growing our partner base and expanding professional services will allow us to offer a wider range of services to current and future clients. Having worked with a number of national companies to build and lead IT teams, I recognize that this opportunity is unique, because Tier4 has a tried and true procurement strategy, hundreds of partners, and a deep bench of IT talent,” McVey said.
Prior to joining Tier 4, McVey led IT-Data Center Operations for Verizon Telematics as well as The Home Depot and McKesson. He has also been actively involved in the Atlanta IT community through his work as a member of the Health Advisory Board at the Technology Association of Georgia, TechBridge and Women in Technology. McVey is married to Lisa McVey, another well-known IT leader in the Atlanta IT community.
About Tier 4 Advisors, LLC - Founded in 2013 by Jake Sherrill, Tier4 has changed the way IT professionals procure new IT services by optimizing the procurement cycle with expedited timelines and assistance throughout every step of the project, including: price negotiation and service level agreements (SLA) from industry leading vendors.
Tier4 has created a proprietary global network of hundreds of partners and service providers in the data center (colo/cloud), telecom (connectivity/calling), managed services (MSP), and IT security spaces. The company’s services are free to clients, and are used by companies ranging from tech start-ups to global Fortune 100 enterprises for normal and mission critical procurement projects. Tier4 has played a critical role in hundreds of IT procurement projects since it's founding, and has dozens of "brand name" reference-able clients.