GlassHouse Technologies, a global provider of independent IT infrastructure consulting services, today announced that CEO, Mark Shirman, and Vice President of Customer Support Services, Rick Cameron, were named Finalists in the 2009 American Business Awards in the categories of Executive of the Year (Services) and Customer Service Executive of the Year respectively.
“I am honored to be named a Finalist in The American Business Awards,” said Mark Shirman, CEO of GlassHouse Technologies. “At GlassHouse we’re committed to providing our customers with the highest quality data center services possible. We do this through several core principles; developing tools and intellectual property that drive efficiency and value; a maniacal adherence to process and policy generating stability and predictability; and teamwork and collaboration throughout our global organization that leverages the best talent for each customer’s environment. This recognition from the ABA validates our approach and the strength of our services.”
Shirman founded GlassHouse Technologies in 2001 and serves as President and CEO. For the past eight years he has worked to provide GlassHouse customers with high-level consulting and managed services, building GlassHouse into a leader in the storage and data center markets. GlassHouse now provides services in multiple practice areas, including storage, virtualization, IT security, disaster recovery, backup and cloud computing.
Rick Cameron, Vice President of Customer Support Services at GlassHouse Technologies, was also named a finalist in the American Business Awards’ Customer Service Executive of the Year category. Rick oversees the company’s customer support services, including the GlassHouse call center, global field service support and logistics storage and distribution support offerings.
“Customer support is an integral part of the high-level services GlassHouse provides its customers,” said Rick. “I’m pleased to receive this recognition for the exceptional work GlassHouse provides to its customers. We continually strive to deepen and improve the support services we deliver globally, and look forward to expanding into new customers and new markets over the next year.”
The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit entries to the ABAs ” public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.
Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 22 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Six-hundred executives from across the U.S.A. are expected to attend. The ceremonies will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network and hosted by Cheryl Casone of Fox Business Network.
Details about The American Business Awards and the list of finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.
About GlassHouse Technologies
GlassHouse Technologies is a global provider of IT infrastructure services enabling organizations to consolidate, virtualize and manage their IT environments. GlassHouse delivers services through TransomSM, a unique delivery framework comprised of proprietary software tools, methodologies and domain expertise. We reduce costs, decrease risk and improve service levels by providing measurable results and vendor independent solutions. GlassHouse focuses on the storage/data protection, virtualization and data center markets.
About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
