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Posted on Feb 19, 2008 - 1:53am by John P. in Work
Plano, TX (February 18, 2008) – Layered Technologies, a leading worldwide provider of “on demand†IT infrastructure, continues its rapid growth by announcing the appointment of John Pozadzides as Chief Marketing Officer. Pozadzides will be responsible for leading Layered Technologies’ branding, as well as driving the company’s sales and product marketing initiatives. He will oversee all enterprise and partner marketing initiatives, from product planning and positioning, to the execution of customer acquisition and retention strategies. Pozadzides will report to President and COO Todd Abrams.
“John brings a wealth of experience and a customer-centric attitude that make him a strategic asset for Layered Technologies,†said Abrams. “He has a proven track record of building successful sales organizations, as well as a deep understanding of the hosting marketplace. In addition to his expertise and leadership in the IP services arena, John has a well documented background of innovation and integrity, having founded HTMLHelp.com, the leading Web authoring reference site; and later building a loyal following with his personal site OneMansBlog.com.“
Pozadzides, 37, is a sales and marketing professional with over a decade of experience within the IP and applications hosting industry. Prior to joining Layered Technologies, he served as Vice President of SAVVIS Communications in Herndon, VA and was responsible for the company’s sales and customer service staff. Before SAVVIS, John held positions as Director of North American Telesales and Director of Strategic Alliances for Cable & Wireless. He also held management positions at GTE Internet Solutions.
“Layered Technologies has built a brand based on technology leadership, integrity and superior service,†said Pozadzides. “I feel privileged to join the dedicated team members who have laid a fantastic foundation upon which to build our sales and marketing efforts. Layered Technologies is poised to expand its leadership in the rapidly evolving Grid hosting marketplace and I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to the company’s growth.â€
Layered Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of on-demand hosting, utility computing solutions and Web services. By providing high quality technology, infrastructure and support we enable customers to forego capital expenses and save on operating costs while focusing on core business issues. Layered Technologies’ scalable infrastructure powers millions of sites and Internet enabled applications including e-Commerce, Software as a Service (”SaaS”), content distribution and more. Our clients range from leading-edge Web 2.0 startups, successful mid-sized enterprises and some the world’s largest consultancy and integration firms. For more information about Layered Technologies, please visit: http://www.LayeredTech.com or call 1-866-584-6784.
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Congratulations!
Hats off, congratulations John
Congrats John!
Congrats John….So what cost Layered Tech more? Getting you out of retirement or getting you to pose for a picture in a suit?
Haha! That’s a good one – the picture definitely struck me as a ‘different John’ than we’re used to around here!!
Do you have to wear that thing every day?
Lisa,
What a couple of the guys commenting here aren’t telling you is that they used to work with me, and they KNOW how much I hate suits and ties.
I did pose for this photo because we needed head-shots of the execs at work, but luckily I don’t have to wear a suit unless I’m visiting with a client. We’re strictly business casual!
As far as how my job will affect OMB… well, I’ve actually been working there in stealth mode for almost 3 months now, so if you guys haven’t noticed yet then hopefully that is a good sign that be blog hasn’t degraded too noticeably yet. Though I must say that the added burden of working has left me writing the blog at very odd hours and severely cut into my down time.
But that’s Ok! There will be plenty of time for sleeping when I’m dead! Until then we’ll keep on rockin’.
John
Very exciting, John – congratulations!
Are you going to encourage them to blog on their own domain?
Congrats! Akin to Lisa’s comment, curious how this will affect OMB?
Congrats! Nice suit!
Congrats John… Smart move for Layered Tech!
Congrats John… We’re proud of you!
Congrats John
Now can I have a discount on my 2 servers there?
Kim:)
Great stuff John,
Hope it does not effect “our” favourite OMB that much, as I guess they might keep you busy for some hours.
cheers
Rhoody
When I read here (http://dallas.wordcamp.org/attendees/) your name and beside it the company name, I did expect that you will announce that you started a new company… thats just yesterday…
Any way, congratulations..
P.S: I am looking forward to receive discounts on their dedicated servers, I am not looking for 10% or 20%, I am looking for far higher
, otherwise I would stay using my shared hosting at dreamhost…
Good Luck!
Adi
First of all, thanks to everyone for the congrats. It’s a lot of responsibility and a lot of hard work, but I’m going to do everything I can to ensure that I meet my obligations to my new colleagues at work while also continuing to maintain my blog.
Now, I must point out that my family must have been really happy to see me get off my lazy butt and go back to work because my brother and both of my sister-in-laws all dropped comments here! And that was the first time any two of them ever commented on the same article, much less all three of them!
Now – for those of you wanting to get some hosting over at Layered tech, unfortunately we don’t have an “OMB Reader” discount. I don’t think our investors would quite appreciate the relationship as much as I do. However, it’s always good to know someone high up in the company in case you ever have problems, and I’ll definitely alway be happy to help serve your needs in any way I can!
Oh, and PS – in a few days we’re going to be rolling out a brand new Affiliate program, so if you want to help me out and also make some money for referring people who purchase our services, I’d be really pleased to sign you all up!
Thanks again,
John
Hello John,
I may be interested in promoting affiliate program if I am convinced that It is going to converge.
I am currently promoting dreamhost, they give us a promo code that I make my site visitors use it. I am one of their premium affiliates. I would really like to take a look to your company affiliate, if it is attractive and there is a chance to get convergence, I will consider it.
I feel the easiest way for me to make convergence is coupons. Since users do a search for the company coupons directly, and I can utilize my SEM/SEO skills to rank for that keyword and get visitors. But if the affiliate without coupons, it gets harder to converge.. Then i need to bid on generic hosting keywords, which really hard…
I hope you get my point regarding coupons and affiliate marketing..
Good luck…
Wow, that’s a really big deal. Good things happen to people who help others. You have helped a lot of people (pay it forward) and now it’s your turn. Ok, that was philosophical, I’m sure you worked your ass off and earned it big guy. Congrats.
Will they leave you any time to keep up the good work with OMB?
Nice tie by the way.
Well all I can say, if this is a labor of love for you, you must do very well indeed when you work for others. The work involved at OMB is impressive in itself.
Congrats on the outstanding news. You will do great!
Oh hadn’t even seen this. So this is quite belated, but congratulations. It’s always good to be wanted, I’m sure!
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