Zerto, an award-winning provider of cloud IT resilience solutions, today
announced Avi Raichel as its new chief information officer (CIO) at Zerto. Based
in Zerto's headquarters in Israel, Raichel will lead the company's IT team
tasked with ensuring that the internal systems and processes continue to thrive
alongside Zerto's strong business growth.
"Zerto is growing rapidly - both
in terms of team members and customer base - and as we continue to scale our
global organization, it is imperative that we build the right processes and
leverage technology to support the business needs and enable Zerto's growth,"
said Ziv Kedem, CEO, Zerto. "With the track record of implementing efficient,
productive IT solutions that Avi brings, I have no doubt that he is the right
CIO to support Zerto's large goals, fast work environment and exceptional
product development cycle."
Raichel spent the last 17 years at
Amdocs. While there, he rose from MIS team leader to vice president of
information systems. In his last role at Amdocs, Raichel led an excellence
transformation program that saw the IT maturity level of the company improve by
30 percent in just one year. Additionally, he led a group of 350 IT
professionals and brings expertise in initiating, planning and executing major
technology transformations that meet measurable business goals.
"I am very excited about the
opportunity presented to me at Zerto. Not only is the company providing a vital
IT resilience solution to its customers, but it is also constantly looking to
improve the way its own IT works and supports business needs," said Avi
Raichel, CIO, Zerto. "I look forward to engaging with the individual business
units, understanding their unique requirement and creating programs and
processes to ensure success."
Zerto achieved its fifth
consecutive year of at or near triple-digit sales growth in 2016. The increased
sales were driven by noteworthy key vertical and geography expansions, channel
partner recruitment gains, a significant growth financing round and new hybrid
cloud product innovations.