GlassHouse Technologies, Inc., a leading data center consulting and managed services firm, today announced Yoel Yaskerovitch is the company’s new general manager for it’s Israel and Turkey operations. The Taldor and former Microsoft executive brings to GlassHouse more than 20 years of business management and sales experience.
Yaskerovitch will be responsible for all GlassHouse operations in the Israel and Turkey, as well as emerging markets. He will oversee consulting strategy, sales management, and service delivery and execution. His focus will be helping GlassHouse expand its data center service offerings in the region. GlassHouse established its Israel and Turkey operations with the acquisition of MBI and Integrity in 2007.
“The market opportunity for data center services in this market is significant,” Yaskerovitch said. “GlassHouse has a unique approach to help CIOs achieve their goals, whether they need to manage a data center migration, deploy desktop virtualization or need help operating their backup environment. I am very excited to be joining a great team.”
Yaskerovitch is Chief Business Officer and Senior Vice President of Taldor, a provider of business and IT solutions, and one of the top three systems integrators in Israel. In his tenure there, he has also served as CEO of Taldor Managed Services. He has been responsible for driving significant deals and enterprise projects in all verticals of the public and private sector, as well as guiding the senior management team to meet aggressive goals for growth and accountability. Prior to Taldor, Yaskerovitch held roles at Microsoft and Magic Software Corporation.
“From his management of a successful growth strategy and his hands on experience working with partners and customers, Yoel brings incredible leadership and operational expertise that will be extremely valuable to our clients’ experience,” said Mark Shirman, CEO of GlassHouse Technologies. “He will take GlassHouse to a new level as we continue our investment in this important market and expand the services we can provide our customers across their data centers.”