Richard Scannell Board’s Director, Nine Technology

Nine Technology announced the addition of Richard Scannell to its board of directors

Scannell, co-founder and senior vice president of corporate strategy and marketing of Glasshouse Technologies, joins a Nine Technology leadership team ready to usher the company into a promising upcoming year for the company.

"Nine Technology is fortunate to have someone of Richard’s stature and industry expertise joining the board of directors," said Tom Gelson, CEO of Nine Technology. "I am personally delighted to have Richard join the board to help us strengthen our plan and strategic partnerships as we make great strides in ‘Powered by Nine’ success story."

Scannell joins Gelson, Allen Deary, Charlie Palmer, Steve Townsend and Jim Milligan on the Nine Technology board. Before assuming his current position at Glasshouse, Scannell served as COO at UpSource, a start-up that specialized in outsourced CRM services. Scannell also worked at Motorola as a senior IT infrastructure manager, and graduated from University College Cork in Ireland.

"The advantages and promise of the Nine Technology solutions were among the chief reasons I decided to get involved," said Scannell. "’Powered by Nine’ is a solid offering for channel partners, and I want to help the Nine team develop and execute on their business plan to make their company an emerging leader in the data backup and recovery marketplace."