Board of Directors

Ashley leonard, president and ceo


Ashley Leonard

 

Ashley Leonard is the CEO of Sparxent, the parent company of Verismic Software. With 20 years experience as a technology entrepreneur, Ashley specialises in providing leadership during critical high-growth stages of emerging technology companies. Ashley is responsible for the management of Verismic Software globally, implementing its growth plans, technology roadmap and sales and partner strategies. Verismic Software is an international software and managed services company. The product range contains an array of systems management solutions designed to extend systems management and service desk capabilities. The toolset includes solutions such as PC power management, password reset, desktop and service desk integration, and historical tracking. Ashley was previously President and CEO of NetworkD Group, which he founded in 1996, which was the first company to be acquired by Sparxent. NetworkD was the number one provider of infrastructure management software and green IT solutions, designed and delivered on a global platform, with over 5,000 clients globally. Under Ashley’s leadership, NetworkD made a number of strategic acquisitions and partnerships. Prior to NetworkD, Ashley was President and CEO of Miami-based Genisys Computer Services Inc., which provided comprehensive IT service consulting to the banking community. Ashley is on the board of the Orange County Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) and a member of the Institute of Directors. In 2006 he was named as a finalist for both Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur Of The Year" and AeA's "Outstanding Private Company CEO" Award. Originally from Devon, he studied at Exeter University in the United Kingdom and later taught at Massachusetts’s Boston University.

 

 

Ed Ekstrom, Executive Chairman


Ed Ekstrom

 

Ed is a managing partner of vSpring Capital, one of the best performing and most innovative venture capital funds found in the Mountain West region of the US. Before joining the vSpring team, Ed served as Vice President of the Intel Communications Products Group and GM of the Intel Utah Software Development Center, a post given to him after Intel acquired LANSystems where Ed was a Principal. Prior to Intel, Ed was a Vice President at CeriSyn and a founder at Cericor, which was acquired by Hewlett Packard in 1985. Ed is a Trustee at Westminster College and a director of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. Ed holds a BS in computer science from Brigham Young University and a MBA from Westminster College. Ed led vSpring's investments in Cemaphore, Fatpipe Networks, Gandiva, LANDesk Software (acquired by Avocent), Levanta, XAware, and Soronti (acquired by Avocent).

 

 

Enrico Pesatori, Board Member


Enrico Pesatori

 

Enrico Pesatori was appointed CEO and chairman of Penguin Computing, a leading provider of high performance computing clustering solutions, in 2003 where he still serves as chairman. Previously, Mr. Pesatori was CEO of BlueArc, a network attached storage company, where he successfully introduced its first generation of products and established a strong reputation for the company in the storage industry.

Prior to BlueArc, Mr. Pesatori served as senior vice president and group general manager of Compaq's enterprise solutions and services group. Enrico was also president of Tandem Computers, Inc. and joined Compaq when it acquired Tandem Computers in 1997. He also previously held several senior management positions with Digital Equipment Corporation including senior vice president and general manager of the computer systems division and personal computing division. Mr. Pesatori also spent many years working with Olivetti, now a mobile telecommunications company, where he held a variety of executive positions including CEO of Olivetti North America. He earned a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering from Polytechnic Institute in Turin, Italy.

 

 

 

Oleg Kukushkin, Board Member


Tyrone Pyke

 

Oleg Kukushkin was President and CEO of Arbyte Group, a leading IT provider with over 1000 clients in Russia and CIS, which he founded in 1991. Under Oleg leadership Arbyte has made a number of strategic acquisitions that significantly increase company's presence in the market. He earned a Master degree in Technology Commercialization Management in Academy on National Economy in Moscow.

 

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