SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of
Directors of Netswitch Technology Management today announced the
appointment of Flip Filipowski as a
director of the firm, effective immediately.
Netswitch Technology Management, Inc. is ranked among the top
10% of the world's best 501 managed service providers (MSPs) for
2015 and is a leading next generation Managed Security Services
company with offices in San
Francisco, Chicago,
Hongkong, Beijing and Shanghai. Netswitch's security services are
delivered through their innovative cyber-security platform called
MADROCĀ® which uses best-in-breed analytics and detection software
to help businesses defend against advanced cyber-attacks and
prevent breaches.
"Flip's experience, entrepreneurship and success will bring
invaluable guidance and counsel to our company and we are very
fortunate to have him on board," said Stanley Li, CEO and President. "This period of
explosive growth will benefit from seasoned leadership and we
appreciate his willingness to serve as a director."
Mr. Filipowski is one of the world's most successful high-tech
entrepreneurs, philanthropists and industry visionaries. Mr.
Filipowski is the founder of Tally Capital, a venture capital firm
focused on investing in Bitcoin, the digital currency ecosystem and
is co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of SilkRoad
Equity, a global private investment firm and is also a co-founder
and chairman of SilkRoad technology, a leading cloud-based human
capital management software company. Mr. Filipowski also serves as
chairman of InterAct911, a provider of public safety software
systems to state and federal governments worldwide.
Mr. Filipowski was the former COO of Cullinet, the largest
software company of the 1980's. He then founded and served as
Chairman and CEO of PLATINUM technology and grew PLATINUM into the
8th largest software company in the world at the time of its sale
to Computer Associates for $4 billion
- the largest such transaction for a software company at the
time.
A recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year Awards from both Ernst
& Young and Merrill Lynch, Mr. Filipowski has also been awarded
the Young President's Organization Legacy Award and the
Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty award for his work
fighting hate on the Internet.
"As we move into uncharted territories in privacy and
crypto-security, we will become increasingly dependent upon
emerging security technologies and cyber-security experts to
provide protection from attacks and Internet crime," said
Filipowski. "Companies with innovative platform solutions like
Netswitch will play increasingly important roles in deciding the
outcomes for small and medium sized businesses. I am excited to be
joining their board and look forward to working with the management
team to continue to create meaningful service offerings in this
space."
ABOUT NETSWITCH
Netswitch is a global technology solutions provider, serving
businesses of all sizes whose model for success relies upon secure,
smoothly running, and fully integrated IT systems.
Netswitch provides next generation Managed Security Services and
IT Infrastructure Support in the US and Asia with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Thailand, Beijing, Hong
Kong and Shanghai.
The MADROCĀ® Integrated Security Platform is in use at over 3,000
client sites around the world providing intrusion detection and
prevention, advanced behavioral analytics, preemptive breach
detection, monitored and managed web firewalls and gateways,
security information and event management, managed incident
response and remediation and complete audit-ready regulatory
compliance.
For more information, please visit us at
http://www.netswitch.net/
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