StrikeIron Inc., the leader in providing innovative solutions for delivering data over the Internet, today announced that Paul Boyer has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boyer has been a senior executive at companies such as Agion Technologies, Solicore, SwitchPoint Network and BriteSmile.
Recognized for his proven financial and operational expertise in growing and managing private and public technology companies for the last 20 years, Mr. Boyer brings an outstanding track record of delivering strong gains in revenue, profits, and global market share and making immediate improvements in operational strategic planning, cost reductions, cash flow, capital markets, financial reporting, and internal controls. Prior to StrikeIron, Boyer most recently held positions as: CFO for Agion Technologies and CFO & VP New Market Development of Solicore.
As the most advanced provider of delivering Data as a Service, StrikeIron removes the complexity involved in managing diverse data formats from multiple data sources and provides consistent and frictionless access to data that can be easily utilized by customers in their Web sites, enterprise mashups, business processes and applications.
In the first quarter of 2008, StrikeIron added more than 250 new customers bringing its total customer base to 1,500 and grew revenue by 234 percent over first quarter 2007 figures.
“As the demand for quality data continues to rise, StrikeIron is experiencing explosive growth. Paul’s history of leading high growth companies will be instrumental in helping us move to the next level,” said Dave Linthicum, CEO for StrikeIron.
“It’s an exciting time to join StrikeIron,” said Boyer. “I look forward to leveraging my experience in helping to execute and accelerate the growth momentum that StrikeIron is experiencing in the marketplace."
About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in providing innovative solutions for delivering data over the emerging Internet. The company’s innovative Web Services Marketplace provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources. This allows business users, application developers and enterprise IT professionals to customize and integrate external data sources and additional external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications. Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business functions from organizations such as Cortera, D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight Trader, Tax Data Systems, The Sports Network, and Zacks. StrikeIron also offers IronCloud™, the only comprehensive Web services delivery platform that opens up new channels for data distribution and consumption through Web Services. Enterprises of all sizes can now reduce the cost and complexity of managing the challenges of data distribution which include leveraging an existing external hardware and software architecture, controlling and metering access and usage, external monitoring for 24x7 reliability, full usage analytics, as well as multiple authentication scenarios and instead concentrate their focus on making information easier for partners, customers, and distributed business units to access and use. StrikeIron delivers value to over 1,500 customers and partners such as Avaya, BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda Europe, D&B, Siemens, Nike, Swarovski, ShoeBuy, and Exclusive Resorts. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
