OTTAWA, Jan. 12, 2018 /CNW/ - Leonovus Inc.
("Leonovus") (TSXV: LTV) is pleased to announce that
Peter Hundal formerly of Hewlett
Packard Enterprises ("HPE") will start on January 15, as Vice President, Strategy and
Solutions.
Peter has a record of success in the management of global
corporate technology operations. Strategy, planning, architecture
and delivering technology programs for the financial services
industry is his forte. He has a consistent history of improving
efficiency, delivering innovative solutions to meet changing
business needs, and guiding transformation efforts for large
enterprise companies.
As Account Chief Technologist at HPE, Peter oversaw technology
innovation for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ("CIBC"),
HPE's 3rd-largest banking client globally. He developed
a technology vision and led critical implementations for CIBC. He
was responsible for DevOps, Security, Workplace and Application
Transformation, Roadmapping, and more. Created strategies,
re-organized practices, guided deployments, and evaluated new
technologies and managed vendor and client relations.
Prior to this, Peter was an Executive Consultant at CIBC and
directed the Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) implementation
and developed the strategy and business case for the data center
migration programs at this $501B
financial institution.
Between 2004 and 2013, Peter was at CGI Group as Director of
Consulting, Banking and Investment. In this role, he led a data
center assessment of offshore operations for CIBC and determined
its feasibility. Managed the build, integration, and migration of
CIBC's Cash Management Online (CMO) solution. Oversaw architecting,
design, delivery, and support of multiple services. Responsible for
vendor relations, support, architecture, issue escalation, and
performance.
Prior to CGI, he has worked at a number of smaller Canadian
software development companies leading both development and
infrastructure teams.
Peter has his MBA from Rotman
School of Business at the University of
Toronto.
"I joined the Leonovus team because of their 'future of data
storage' vision. The Leonovus 3.0 blockchain-hardened ultra-secure
method of distributed data storage for the enterprise customer is
unique in the industry. Large enterprises need the Leonovus 3.0
solution with its ROI, ultra-secure data and a powerful compliance
engine", said Peter Hundal.
"Just over a month ago we closed our financing and hiring Peter
is an important step on our goal to acquire large enterprise
clients in 2018 and beyond. Peter's expertise and contacts at the
'C-Suite' level across Canada and
the USA will help us accelerate
new customer acquisition.
Over the next three weeks, we have a sales and engineering team
demonstrating our technology and the benefits of Leonovus 3.0 to
large fortune 1,000 firms from the mid-west to Florida. I am very pleased, only one month
after the close of our financing, that we were able to activate
significant initial sales activity across the USA. We look forward to Peter's contribution
to helping us market and solve technical problems for all these
large customer prospects", said Michael
Gaffney, CEO.
About Leonovus
Leonovus is a software solutions
provider that offers the leading blockchain hardened
software-defined object storage solution (SDOSS) and governance,
risk management and compliance ('GRC') solution for the modern
enterprise. Designed with the IT manager in mind, Leonovus'
patented algorithms virtualize, transform, slice and disperse data
across a network of on-premises, hybrid or multi-cloud storage
nodes – allowing for the most secure yet internally accessible form
of object-based data storage that provides governance,
risk-management, and compliance across the entire
solution. The advanced geo-distributed architecture minimizes
latency, optimizes geo-availability, reduces remote backup costs
and meets data sovereignty requirements. With its software and
hardware agnostic design, Leonovus provides Petabyte
scalability and allows the enterprise to utilize its existing
idle storage resources, extend the useable lifespan of depreciated
resources and improve the enterprise's overall ROI. To learn
more, please visit www.leonovus.com.
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SOURCE LeoNovus Inc.