Friday's Last Word: Boundary CEO Gary Read
Boundary CEO Gary Read focuses on SaaS-based cloud and on-premises server monitoring. But what does Read do outside of work? Talkin' Cloud has the answers in Friday's Last Word.
November 16, 2012
Who is Boundary CEO Gary Read, and what makes the cloud-based monitoring executive tick? Here's a look at life -- outside the office.
Before joining Boundary as CEO, Read built Nimsoft — a remote monitoring and management (RMM) software company that CA Technologies acquired in 2010 for roughly 10X revenues.
READ: Justin Bieber with my 12 year old daughter. I have never heard a sound so deafening…..thousands of screaming teenage and younger girls. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: We’ve got a few dozen witty comebacks but we’ll withhold comment because this is a family blog.
READ: Skyfall of course. James Bond is my hero…..love everything about it especially his taste in cars – DB5 – wow. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Life in the blog world is a bit less glamorous. I’m still driving a 1998 Maxima as my primary car…
READ: Starting my own business. Best thing that I ever did, and not because of the financial rewards but of the personal rewards of building something meaningful that customers and employees love. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Few people have the talent to build a $30M+ business (Nimsoft)…
READ: Entourage – love the Aston Martins that they drive (there’s a trend here). TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: You’re correct. The trend includes that I’m still driving that ’98 Maxima…
READ: To use Big Data to solve the problem of IT management in a totally new and different way. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Big Data. A big deal indeed…
READ: Fitbit scales and pedometer….I carry the pedometer with me and use the connected scales. I also bought one for my brother so that I can compete with him for weight loss. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: You? Competitive about nearly everything? We would have never guessed.
READ: Weight Watchers Mobile (there’s a trend here….) TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Hey, at least it’s a really thin, light app.
READ: Apart from using Gmail to reply to you, then it would be Boundary. I was on it about 30 minutes ago. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Okay, we should have seen that one coming.
READ: Apart from using Gmail to reply to you, then it would be Boundary. I was on it about 30 minutes ago. TALKIN’ CLOUD’s SPIN: Okay, we should have seen that one coming.
By samdizzy
Boundary CEO Gary Read has bet his career on cloud-based monitoring, with a healthy dose of Big Data expertise mixed in. Read previously built Nimsoft, a mid-market MSP software provider that CA Technologies acquired in 2010. So what makes Read tick? Scroll through our slideshow for answers.
Note: Friday's Last Word is open to cloud-centric CEOs who want to pull back the curtains a bit on their lives. Click on each photo and check out the caption further above-right. To raise your hand and potentially be featured in Friday's Last Word, send email to Talkin' Cloud Associate Editor CJ Arlotta, [email protected].
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