(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Industry-veteran Edward Buck has returned to colocation and managed infrastructure services provider UnitedLayer (www.unitedlayer.com) as director of system architecture, where he will be responsible for designing, deploying and managing all systems at the company.
Prior to joining UnitedLayer today, Buck was founder and chief executive officer of Aptimon, the developer of a next-generation management platform for systems management, monitoring and patch management, according to UnitedLayer’s Tuesday announcement.
Before launching Aptimon, Buck served as vice president of managed services at UnitedLayer. His original tenure at UnitedLayer was the result of UnitedLayer’s acquisition of managed hosting provider ASPextra in 2006, which Buck co-founded. In building ASPextra, Buck created a homegrown network and services delivery infrastructure, comprising multiple, geographically dispersed data centers serving customers in the US, Europe and Asia.
Buck has also previously served as director of business development at Nehanet (www.nehanet.com), which provides on-demand CRM solutions to component manufacturers. He also served as senior manager at Oracle, where his responsibilities included corporate business development, technology acquisitions, new business development and strategic alliances, as well as being deeply involved in the evaluation, acquisition and implementation of Internet and e-commerce technology business deals that shaped much of how theInternet evolved in its early years.
“Edward Buck is an enormous asset to the UnitedLayer team,” UnitedLayer founder and CEO Arman Khalili said in a statement. “As a seasoned entrepreneur, Edward brings a mix of business acumen and technical competence to all of his pursuits. He embodies the culture and values upon which UnitedLayer is built. We are thrilled that Edward decided to come back to UnitedLayer.”
Buck is also a regular contributor to a number of open source projects and has created both the OpenOffice Forum (www.oooforum.org) and LinuxSelfhelp.com (www.linuxselfhelp.com).
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