GlobalOne CEO David Northington
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud services provider GlobalOne (www.globalone.com) announced on Wednesday it has secured an initial funding commitment of more than $25 million from Columbia Capital.
The investment will be used to fuel a rapid expansion of the company’s capabilities and market coverage.
The company also appointed industry veteran David Northington to the postion of CEO. Northington has more than 25 years of professional services leadership, most recently served as chief operating officer of Capgemini in North America.
He will be responsible for helping GlobalOne capitalize on market opportunities in target verticals, embark on global expansion, develop key partnerships and identify strategic acquisitions, according to the press release.
“GlobalOne is a vibrant organization with a track record of providing innovative consulting services and solutions to enterprises,” said Northington. “After collaborating with the management team and its investors, I am excited to join GlobalOne. Our leadership team shares a common vision, and we are well positioned to take advantage of this growth opportunity in cloud computing.”
GlobalOne executive management, Dennis Wall, John Orrock and Ken Struthers are looking forward to the accelerated growth that the Columbia Capital funding will enable.
Prior to Capgemini, Northington was Executive Vice President of Kanbay International, which was acquired by Capgemini in 2007.
Prior to Kanbay, he served as COO of Adjoined Consulting which was acquired by Kanbay in 2006, as well as CEO of technology consulting services provider Plaut Consulting.
GlobalOne provides strategy, implementation, and support services with focus on client management, cloud computing (development and strategy), managed services and social business.
The company has offices in New York, Sydney and Makati, Philippines.
