independenceIT®(iIT), the software company, today announced a strong new leadership team with MSP cloud services pioneer Jim Lippie promoted to CEO and corporate development veteran Seth Bostock as president and COO. iIT’s flagship offering, the Cloud Workspace Suite, is widely recognized as the industry’s most comprehensive channel-only Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution, delivering recurring revenue for VARs, ISPs and MSPs.
Lippie previously served as iIT’s executive vice president of business development and is well respected throughout the channel community. Bostock, who recently served as iIT’s executive vice president of corporate development, is also a seasoned and recognized leader in the cloud channel marketplace. Together they have led an integrated channel-only sales model that has shown a year over year partner growth of more than 200 percent for iIT.
Lippie joined iIT in 2013 from Thrive Networks, where he served as CEO and president. He successfully built Thrive to a top 30 MSP company and later brokered its sale to Staples. Bostock joined iIT in 2011 following a successful consulting career in designing and implementing business improvement strategies and positioning. Shortly after arriving at iIT, Bostock led the product development of the Cloud Workspace® Suite, the acquisition of Veddio and forged significant partner agreements with EarthLink and TeamLogic IT.
“As co-founder of iIT, a cloud software business that we began in 1999, I am very excited to have Jim Lippie succeed me as CEO, he is the right leader with the energy, vision and experience to drive our company forward,” said Charles ‘Chip’ Buck, who will now lead iIT’s software development team as chief technology officer. “I also couldn’t be more delighted to have Seth Bostock advance to president and COO. Seth has built a rock-solid foundation for our company, positioned us for significant growth and this combination has attracted ‘A’ players like Jim to share in our bright future,” added Buck.
“I want to thank the iIT Board of Directors for its confidence in our leadership and vision for the company. I believe that iIT is uniquely positioned to rapidly expand in line with industry projections for the DaaS market, and be a positive leader for the channel and a disruptive force that will help shape the market in the future,” said Lippie.
Lippie also outlined the advantages that iIT provides its partners:
