SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2015) - 2nd Watch , a public cloud management and software-enabled services company, announces the appointment of Scott Parrish as the company's CFO. Parrish has 20 years of senior finance and accounting experience in the high-tech industry, most recently as CFO of Azaleos Corporation, a managed services provider for Microsoft technologies, now owned by Avanade. While with Azaleos, Parrish helped raise $17 million in venture capital and managed the company's growth from $1 million to more than $100 million in annual sales.
In related news, 2nd Watch has added former internet and telecom executive Justin Jaschke to its Board of Directors. Jaschke founded Verio, a leading global ISP and hosting company, and served as its CEO and Director until 2004 following the company's 2000 acquisition by Japan's NTT Communications. Previously, he served as president of OneComm Corporation (which later merged with Nextel Communications) and as COO of Nextel, along with executive roles at other major wireless carriers. He currently also serves on the boards of Lytx, Extenet Systems and the Denver School of Science and Technology.
"We're thrilled to add two extremely talented individuals to our leadership team this month," says Doug Schneider, CEO of 2nd Watch. "Scott's experience with scaling businesses and generating positive returns for fast-growing companies will be critical as we execute our aggressive expansion plans. Justin is a savvy and seasoned executive who has raised over $2 billion and acquired over 60 companies in his career. 2nd Watch will benefit greatly from his strategic insights as we propel our business forward."
2nd Watch is an original AWS Premier Partner and AWS Managed Service Parnter. Its enterprise clients include Conde' Nast, Diane von Furstenberg, Lenovo and Yamaha. For large and midsize companies, 2nd Watch offers a wide range of software-enabled services including Cloud Factory, which combines assessment, planning, design, migration and management of workloads or entire data centers for a fixed price. Meanwhile, 2nd Watch Managed Cloud solutions guarantee uptime, reduce complexities and mitigate risks associated with operating public cloud deployments.
"I love building high-growth companies and 2nd Watch is an exciting player in the public cloud migration and managed services markets," says Parrish. "The company's reputation as an expert in AWS and related technologies puts 2nd Watch in a prime position to grow its share of the enterprise public cloud management market this year and ongoing."
"Enterprises are reaching a tipping point when it comes to the public cloud and 2nd Watch is a leader in helping large companies not only move and deploy a variety of workloads to the cloud, but also in achieving successful business outcomes for its clients," Jaschke says. "I'm looking forward to working with the 2nd Watch team as they evaluate new opportunities and determine how they can best meet customer needs in the cloud revolution."
About 2nd Watch 2nd Watch is a public cloud management company that helps enterprises accelerate adoption of the public cloud. The company's unique suite of services and software extend and automate critical workload management processes for the public cloud, including governance, procurement, migration and administration. By combining proven methodologies, industry experts, and patent-pending automation tools, 2nd Watch is currently delivering public cloud workload automation across more than 100 enterprise customers and tens of thousands of Amazon EC2 instances. The venture-backed company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. To learn more about 2nd Watch, visit www.2ndwatch.com or call 1-888-317-7920.
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