Hyper9 has been developed from the ground up by a team of industry experts and thought leaders with expertise around analytics, data aggregation, search technologies, systems management and enterprise virtualization. With years of building and growing successful businesses and bringing dozens of enterprise software solutions to market, our expert team comes with the deep market insight and innovative strategic vision to ensure that Hyper9 reaches its full potential.
Brian Baker
Brian focuses on data aggregation, search, and open source technologies. He is a
seasoned entrepreneur that has over 20 years of experience creating and delivering
enterprise software solutions. Previously, he served as a principal engineer at
United Devices which was acquired by Univa. Prior to that, Brian founded Journee
Software (acquired by Initiate Systems) and played a lead role in architecting a
transactional, real-time enterprise data hub solution. He is a utility player with
broad experience across data aggregation (EAI/ETL), virtualization, grid computing,
and analytics domains. Brian has worked in technical roles across every functional
area including core development, product management, sales engineering, professional
services, and customer support. Finally, he has extensive experience converting
pure-proprietary solutions into mixed proprietary / open source solutions.
Zahid Ghauri
With more than 15 years in enterprise software sales and a history of exceeding sales goals, Zahid is well qualified to lead Hyper9’s technical sales organization and drive aggressive revenue growth. As one of it’s first employees, Zahid was fundamental in setting Hyper9’s vision and product direction. More recently, Zahid is executing that vision and driving market share to create a world class virtualization management company. Zahid came to Hyper9 from Sun Microsystems where he was the Manager of Global Technical Enablement, supporting Identity Management sales worldwide. Prior to Sun, Zahid was a Director of Systems Engineering at SupportSoft, the market leader in support automation software, where he was responsible for technical sales for the Eastern United States and EMEA. Before joining SupportSoft, Zahid worked extensively in the Enterprise Systems Management space as a Principal Systems Engineer for Tivoli Systems, the multi-billion dollar management software division of IBM, and Focal Point Software, a solutions provider for BMC Software’s Performance Assurance products. Zahid earned a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston and his bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
David Marshall
David is the director of technical marketing and social media strategist at Hyper9, focusing on product marketing, social media and community development. He is an industry recognized virtualization expert and a two-time recipient of the VMware vExpert distinction. He has been in the industry for more than 15 years and has been working with virtualization and management software for the past 10 years. Prior to starting Hyper9, David was a Senior Architect at Surgient and a Deployment Manager at ProTier where he helped invent the core technologies used at both companies, and was responsible for creating and implementing a number of complex virtualization solutions for a number of Fortune 1000 clients. Before joining ProTier, he enjoyed a very successful 7-year career working in and managing a number of departments within BankOne. David is an author of two popular virtualization books, writes for InfoWorld magazine, and is the author of numerous technical articles for a number of well known publications. He is also the founder of one of the oldest operating virtualization news sites, VMblog.com. David graduated with a bachelor's degree in Finance and an Information Technology Certification from the University of New Orleans.
Jonathan Reeve
Jonathan Reeve has built a career integrating hands-on technical development with senior-level strategic management. As vice president of product strategy for Hyper9, Jonathan is responsible for the company’s flagship product, Virtual Environment Optimization suite. Jonathan’s experience spans computer networking, systems management and virtualization technologies, helping numerous start-ups and established companies generate market traction. Prior to joining Hyper9, Jonathan drove product management for the network management product line at Smarts, which was acquired by EMC in 2005. Jonathan has a degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computer Networking from the University of Durham (UK).
