#402 Aaron Suzuki, Founder & CEO at SmartDeploy - Desktop Management Reimagined
Aaron Suzuki returns! Today we’re talking to Aaron Suzuki, the Founder and CEO of SmartDeploy. And we discuss how companies have to provide the right compensation and mission in order to attract top talent. How old tools are getting replaced by better, simpler tech in every industry, and Joel makes a special promise: the first listener to try SmartDeploy and integrate it in their work flow has an open invitation to come on the podcast!
All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!
To learn more about SmartDeploy, check them out at http://smartdeploy.com/ModernCTO
In case you missed it: check out our first episode with Aaron Suzuki.
About Aaron Suzuki:
Aaron Suzuki is the founder and CEO of SmartDeploy, a Seattle-based IT management software company. Aaron applied his experience and vision to build software that applies mobile and cloud computing principles to PC desktop delivery. It is through this foundation that SmartDeploy addresses increasingly complex technical requirements with out-of-the-box automation and the simplicity of a consumer application for business customers of all sizes. Prior to SmartDeploy, Aaron founded and grew a successful Seattle-based consulting business called Prowess Consulting. A thriving business today, Prowess made its mark in the early 2000’s using virtual machines to massively improve the efficiency of technology sales and marketing teams. This experience in part informed the decision to start SmartDeploy in 2009. Since then, Aaron and the team have continued to adapt and expand the software to fit today’s corporate IT requirements and have grown SmartDeploy into a top-rated, leading endpoint management solution chosen by thousands of organizations worldwide to manage over 3.2 million endpoints. Earlier in his career, Aaron served as director of Business Development at Entirenet and president of Inetz Media Group. An avid cyclist and passionate alpine skier, Aaron holds a B.S. degree from Brigham Young University and an M.S. degree from the University of Iowa. Aaron is also a respected voice in the technology community. You can hear his technology insights and experiences monthly as a co-host on Petri.com’s Enterprise Dish podcast.
About SmartDeploy:
Founded in 2009, SmartDeploy allows over 3,200 customers globally to easily manage their endpoints. By providing simple yet intelligent desktop management software, SmartDeploy saves customers days and hours of their time on imaging, hardware refreshes, updates and more. In addition, SmartDeploy is one of the only providers with the flexibility of deploying via the cloud. Deploy to and from anywhere, without a VPN connection.
SmartDeploy is a leading provider of modern endpoint management software with a unique layered approach that enables centralized, single-image management of Windows and applications. SmartDeploy’s award-winning technology combines the best of progressive solutions like SCCM, centralized solutions like VDI and legacy imaging solutions like Ghost without any of the drawbacks of these solutions. More than 3,000 organizations, including Aetna, the US Department of Transportation, Nissan, Nintendo, ETRADE, and GE Healthcare, rely on SmartDeploy for endpoint management. SmartDeploy is a private company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.