Products2007
Genius.com Appoints Michael Myers, Former MSN Lead Network Architect, As VP of Technical Operations
Genius.com Scales Operations and Customer Service to Support Growing Customer Base
San Mateo, CA - January 30, 2007 - Genius.com, the leading on-demand provider of 1-to-1 interactive marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, is expanding its network infrastructure to meet increased customer demand and announces the appointment of Michael Myers, formerly of Netli and Microsoft MSN (MSFT), to lead the effort. Myers joins Genius.com as vice president of technical operations.
“Michael is a network-technology wizard who has scaled operations and built successful teams to support some of the Web’s biggest brands,” said David Thompson, CEO of Genius.com. “His experience and acumen will be invaluable as we grow to meet the high level of service and uptime our expanding customer base requires.”
Myers joins Genius.com from Netli, the fastest growing service provider of network infrastructure, where he served as director of operations and was responsible for assembling their entire operations team and overseeing the deployment of 37 global datacenters. Prior to Netli, Myers served as senior director of network operations and lead architect at Microsoft MSN, where he managed a 67-person network operations team. While at Microsoft, Myers was responsible for developing MSN’s network of nearly 16,000 servers, which processed more than 18 gigabits of content per second with better than 99.78% yearly availability.
Myers is also credited with building Microsoft’s Hotmail network team and expanding the team to support MSN and all other Microsoft web properties. Previously, Myers has also held network and system management positions at Exodus Communications, Escalade, Inc. and Suntrips, Inc.
“Since launching their first on-demand service just nine months ago, Genius.com has already enjoyed huge customer success,” said Michael Myers, vice president of technical operations at Genius.com. “I welcome the tremendous opportunity to scale the operations and service organization of a company with such huge growth potential to ensure the high level of service that current and future customers expect.”
About Genius.com® Incorporated
Genius.com, creator of SalesGenius®, is the leading on-demand provider of real-time 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, empowering them to connect with prospects and close deals through their corporate Web sites. SalesGenius instantly delivers individual Web visit and e-mail open data directly to frontline sales professionals so they can offer informed, personalized customer service and close more deals, more quickly.