New team members who joined us in July

A huge Assured welcome to our new guys – Cali, Mark, Mekha, Adam and David who have joined us to work in our technical, finance, and sales teams. Here is an introduction to them!

Leveraging a Master’s in Education and Program Development, as well as 12 plus years of sales leadership, channel management, enablement, and customer success experience in technology, with Cisco Systems, Nutanix, and Citrix, Cali is thrilled to join the Assured Data Protection team as the new Channel Development Manager for ePlus and SHI.

“My goal is to educate, motivate, and strategically assist my partners, sales teams, and customers, with creating, providing, and managing the most robust data backup and disaster recovery services available. I look forward to working alongside Chuck McEwen and the rest of our Global Channel team to make Assured Data Protection the first name our partners and customers think of when implementing or expanding their back up and DR services.
Outside of work, you will find me working on my yoga instructors license, hiking in the mountains, traveling to and exploring as many countries and cultures as I can, enjoying music with my friends, or spending time at my home along the NC coast.”

Prior to joining Assured Mark spent over 20 years working in IT focused mostly on Storage, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery. Mark began his technology career at Saint Mary of the Woods College babysitting a temperamental Novell Groupwise Email Server. After various positions at the college, he worked for companies such as Marathon Oil, and Trek Bicycle where he was the Manager of Global Infrastructure.

After Trek, Mark made the jump to Pre-Sales Engineering at EMC/Dell, with additional stops at CDW, and most recently Cohesity.

“A friend in the partner community recommended that I check out Assured Data Protection, and I’m certainly glad I did. I feel like this is a perfect fit for my career and I’m excited to be here. When I am not working you will find me at a baseball diamond somewhere in the Midwestern United States. I coach in our local high school program, our local American Legion Baseball summer program, and my son’s 14U travel team. During the baseball offseason I enjoy 3D printing, spending time at home with my wife Lucinda and my Black Labrador Retriever named Oscar.”

Mekha joins the Assured Data Protection team as a Finance Manager.

Mekha is a results-oriented finance professional with a decade of global expertise spanning financial consulting, software, energy, entertainment, investment, and retail banking, as well as a robust background in audit and assurance. Holding an MBA from Leeds University Business School, Mekha’s proven track record includes successfully transforming, managing and optimizing financial processes to align with organizational objectives.