Executive Management Team
Bob McCarthy
President
Bob McCarthy has served as our President since June 2010, and from October 2009 served as Co-President. From May 2008 to October 2009, Mr. McCarthy served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Previously, he served as the President, CEO, and board member of Ring 9, Inc., a provider of voice over IP and business collaboration services, since 2006. From 2004 until 2006 he served as Vice President for the Florida and Caribbean markets for CA, Inc. (formerly Computer Associates), leading a sales organization serving enterprise business customers. Prior to CA he had a 16 year career at AT&T, where he held a variety of positions in sales, marketing, and operations, most recently as a Sales Center Vice President in Florida. Mr. McCarthy holds a bachelors degree and masters in electrical engineering, as well as an MBA, all from Cornell University. He has also completed executive education courses at Stanford University.
Karen S. Bertaux
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Karen S. Bertaux — a Business Leader Media 2009 Triangle Top CFO — has served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since December 2008. Prior to this role, Ms. Bertaux served as our Vice President of Business Operations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Human Resources and Investor Relations since January 22, 2007, and effective as of November 2007, Ms. Bertaux has served as our Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, Investor Relations and Shared Services. Prior to the merger of Consonus and Strategic Technologies, Inc in January 2007, Ms. Bertaux served as the Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Technologies, Inc since 2003, where she directed numerous support groups including finance and accounting, operations, human resources, contract administration and information technology. Ms. Bertaux also served as Vice-President of Finance and Controller of BuildNet, Inc. from 1996 to 2003. Ms. Bertaux has over twenty-one years of extensive experience in finance and operations, of which seventeen years were in the technology industry. Ms. Bertaux has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Frostburg State University in Maryland and is currently a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.
Daniel S. Milburn
Senior Vice President of Hosting and Managed Services
Daniel S. Milburn has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hosting and Infrastructure Services since January 22, 2007. Mr. Milburn previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of CAC since June 2005. Mr. Milburn also served as the Director of Operations and the Director of Information Technology & Security for Consonus, Inc. from 2001 to 2005, served as the Director of Information Technology for Vision International from 1996 to 2001 and was a network integration systems consultant for Norstan Communications Inc. from 1994 to 1996. Mr. Milburn has over twenty years of experience in information technology risk management, complex network design and security, and systems architecture. Mr. Milburn has a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University and has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2002 and served as the President of the Utah Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) in 2006.
Robert Muir
Vice President of Western Operations and Corporate Treasurer
Robert Muir has served as our Vice President of Western Operations and Corporate Treasurer since January 1, 2009. Mr Muir previously served as our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since December 15, 2006 until December 31, 2008. Mr. Muir previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of CAC since June 2005. Mr. Muir also served as the Vice-President of Financial Reporting with American Skiing Company from August 2002 to June 2005, as the Controller of Consonus, Inc. from April 2001 to August 2002 and as Controller of Pliant Corporation from 1998 to 2001. Mr. Muir is a Certified Public Accountant with over eighteen years experience in accounting. Mr. Muir began his career with Arthur Andersen and also worked for Deloitte and Touche. Mr. Muir has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Utah.
Michael Overton
Vice President of Consulting and Technology Solutions
A tenured member of the Consonus staff, Michael Overton oversees the company's Consulting Practice focused on virtualization, data protection, disaster recovery, and data center optimization. Previously, Mr. Overton served as Director of Delivery Operations for Consonus. In his senior leadership role, Mr. Overton assists Consonus customers in making business decisions, deploying technology solutions, and optimizing technology environments. Mr. Overton is a frequent speaker at industry events on the topics of eDiscovery, IT optimization, data center efficiency, and data protection.
