Modius Inc. adds new Board Members

PRLog[1] - Dec. 5, 2014 - SAN FRANCISCO -- Modius Inc.[2], a leading provider of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions, today announced that Steve Saltwick, former Director of HP/Compaq, and Tim Crawford, strategic advisor and internationally renowned though leader, were appointed to the company’s board of directors.

“Steve and Tim bring a wealth of experience related to helping companies refine their strategies for accelerated growth.  Steve was directly responsible for unprecedented sales growth during his time with Tandem, Compaq and HP, and Tim has served as CIO and has held other senior IT roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta, Stanford University, and Knight-Ridder. We are delighted that they are joining Modius’ board of directors,” said Craig Compiano, Chairman and CEO of Modius.

Steven Saltwick brings over thirty (30) years of experience in product management, marketing, and business development in both large and small companies, driving solution-marketing programs with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) in the financial, telecommunications, manufacturing and public sector spaces.

Mr. Saltwick served for 10 years at Hewlett Packard (HP) in a variety of Director roles, most recently heading HP’s Business Critical Server (BCS) Solutions division. During his tenure at HP, Saltwick was responsible for leading business development and heading HP’s Vertical Solutions team.

Prior to joining HP, Saltwick held VP of Marketing, Sales, and Business Development positions for Compaq Computers, Tandem, ClearCommerce, and Matrix NetSystems, he developed innovative partnering programs with SAP, ACI payment systems, LSI, IBM, AMDOCs and other industry-leading companies in the U.S., EMEA, and APAC markets.

Mr. Saltwick has lectured on the topic of strategic planning and product management at many global industry events.  After participating in the neuropsychology Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin, he has published several papers on brain function in medical research journals, including SCIENCE magazine.

Tim Crawford is an internationally renowned thought leader in the areas of IT transformation, innovation, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (IoT). His areas of expertise include strategy, applications, services, infrastructure and operations.

Currently, Mr. Crawford serves as an advisor to global enterprises, government agencies, venture capital firms and startups across numerous industries on a global scale including airline, financial services and healthcare, through his consulting company AVOA.

Crawford has served as CIO and other senior IT roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics and National Semiconductor. He is a regular keynote speaker at industry conferences and is well published in business and technology publications.

Mr. Crawford currently sits on the advisory board of CloudVelox[3] and is an Analyst and published contributor for Gigaom Research[4].

About Modius

Modius Inc. is the leading provider of real-time monitoring and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software for IT and facilities infrastructure. Modius’ solutions enable IT and facilities to work collaboratively to lower energy costs, expand capacity and improve availability of IT services. The Modius flagship product, OpenData, monitors, tracks, and collects data from all power-distribution and cooling equipment, environmental sensors, and IT assets, providing comprehensive Real-time Operational Intelligence (RtOI) for unified performance analysis from a single console. For more information, visit http://www.modius.com[5] or call (888) 323-0066.

References

  1. ^ PRLog (www.prlog.org)
  2. ^ Modius Inc. (www.modius.com)
  3. ^ CloudVelox (www.cloudvelox.com)
  4. ^ Gigaom Research (gigaom.com)
  5. ^ http://www.modius.com (www.modius.com)

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