Neocleus, the leading client virtualization platform provider, today announced industry veteran Chad Jones has joined the Company as Vice President, Product Management. Jones, a virtualization visionary and expert product strategist brings proven credentials in transforming innovative technologies into compelling, revenue generating solutions. Jones joins Neocleus most recently from Certeon, a network virtualization technology provider, where he was Vice President, Business Development. In his role at Neocleus, Jones becomes a key member of the Neocleus executive team, focused on the strategic direction of Neocleus’ platforms.

Jones brings a wealth of virtualization and infrastructure knowledge in designing, managing and bringing to market platforms, products and services that benefit enterprise customers. He is adept at understanding and balancing the technology and business requirements of enterprise customers. Prior to Certeon, Jones worked for Microsoft as a Senior Product Manager responsible for application virtualization strategic planning, marketing and evangelism. He joined Microsoft through its $240M acquisition of Softricity. At Softricity, Jones was one of the creators of Softricity’s SoftGrid and the company’s Senior Director of Product Strategy. While in this role, Jones developed the “Return on Virtualization Calculator” which Forrester Research approved as the first accepted return-on-investment model for virtual applications. Prior to Softricity, Jones was Senior Director, OSS Design at FutureLink where he was responsible for designing and building application-hosting data centers globally. He has provided large system design consulting services to Fortune 1000 organizations, holds ten industry certifications, and is considered a thought leader in virtualization technologies.

“Chad brings an intuitive understanding of where the market is going, strong technical credentials, and a practical understanding of what enterprises need,” said Bill Corrigan, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer for Neocleus. “This unique combination of expertise is just what is needed at this point in the Company’s evolution to enable us to bring great platforms to market. We are fortunate to have Chad on our team.”

“Recent virtualization technologies have made huge strides in alleviating cost and simplifying management; however, tremendous IT challenges still remain in managing and securing distributed client computing,” said Chad Jones, Vice President Management for Neocleus, “To address these systemic issues, a new client computing model is needed. Neocleus will be pivotal in providing this new paradigm, and I am thrilled to be a part of the team that will transform how client computing operates.”