Andy Lewis CIO, Kovarus

Kovarus
Inc. has appointed Andy Lewis as CIO.

Lewis brings technology leadership
experience from more than 20 years with companies such as EMC, Visa,
Barclays Bank, Lloyds TSB and Galileo International. He will be
responsible for Kovarus’ technology direction.

He comes to Kovarus from EMC’s
office of the CIO where he served as the CTO/CIO for the western
region. Lewis provided experience-based advisory and advocacy
services to EMC’s customers as they embarked on their journey to the
cloud and shared best practices from EMC IT’s internal initiatives.
He also led customer-facing CIO discussions on strategy and
direction and trained the EMC sales teams on topics such as ITaaS.

"Andy Lewis is an
accomplished technologist and thought leader, and we are very pleased
to welcome him to the Kovarus team," said Patrick Cronin,
principal and co-founder of Kovarus."As the deployment of
ITaaS matures, there is an increasing need for IT departments to
accommodate new technology. At Kovarus, we are committed to serving
as change agents for our customers, enabling them to realize true
business value. Andy’s proven expertise will play an integral role in
our ongoing support for this type of transformation."

Before that Lewis served as
SVP/head of global infrastructure and engineering for Visa where he
managed all aspects of transforming their IT organization, from
mainframe to desktop technologies, along with the IT fiduciary
responsibilities of infrastructure and personnel. While at Visa,
Lewis’ thought leadership served as the basis for the design and
delivery of the company’s cloud strategy.

He also served as CEO and
president of an IT consulting company that focused on process
excellence and executive gap analysis. He has co-authored books on
the topic of SAN and has been an active participant in many CIO/CTO
councils.

"Kovarus is committed to
creating value-based partnerships with its customers," said
Lewis."The team of Kovarus
experts cuts through the hype associated with emerging technologies
and guides customers towards solutions that deliver the utmost
benefit for their business. With its solid customer base, strong
alliances with industry leaders, and deep technical expertise,
Kovarus is rapidly establishing a leadership position in the delivery
of business-aligned IT solutions."