Industry Veterans Add Expertise to Advance Sales & Customer Support
LoadSpring Solutions today announced two additions to its sales and technical operations departments. Michael Thompson has joined LoadSpring as director of corporate sales and Michael Kennedy has been appointed to vice president of technical operations. The company’s additions come as a direct response to its continued customer growth, both long term and newly acquired. “We’ve experienced increased customer growth over the last year and recognized the need to be better equipped to answer each of our customer’s needs by providing detailed, timely and personalized service and support,” said Eric Leighton, President and CEO, LoadSpring Solutions. “We have confidence that Mike Thompson and Michael Kennedy’s respective professional experience and expertise will help meet our goal of delivering first-class support to our customers.”
Corporate Sales
Joining as the new director of corporate sales, Michael Thompson brings significant territory sales and key account management experience to LoadSpring. Prior to LoadSpring, Thompson was sales manager for the New England territory of Insight Enterprises, a Fortune 500 company that addresses the IT needs of small- and medium-sized businesses around the world. Additionally, Thompson was a senior executive account manager at PC Connection, where he worked directly with upper management and IT departments to meet the technology needs of companies like Whirlpool, Sports Authority, BCE Emergis and others. Thompson comes to LoadSpring with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology and Chemistry from the University of Maine, Farmington.
Technical Operations
Michael Kennedy has been appointed to vice president of technical operations after working as LoadSpring’s senior systems administrator. With more than eight years of management and technical experience in computer and network security related fields, Kennedy will be responsible for managing operations of LoadSpring’s two data centers, upgrades to the CAM Console and maintenance of existing technical contracts. Prior to joining LoadSpring, Kennedy was the project leader for systems administration at SunGard BSR. While reporting to the vice president of support, he managed a team dedicated to network security, server implementation and availability, along with help desk operations. Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Bentley College in Waltham, MA.
About LoadSpring Solutions
LoadSpring Solutions delivers application hosting services that provide reliable access for project teams through its sophisticated security, proactive support and intuitive user interface known as the CAM Console™. Founded in 1999, LoadSpring supports Fortune 500 companies and Engineering News-Record (ENR) top firms in the fields of construction, heavy equipment manufacturing, real estate services, engineering and energy/utilities. For more information, please visit www.loadspring.com.