Management Team

Tyrone Pike

Tyrone Pike, President and CEO

With over 30 years experience in the high-tech sector, Tyrone F. Pike has held numerous top executive positions in software, software systems integration, and networking infrastructure companies.  As founder, CEO and President of Cemaphore Systems, Tyrone lead it from a traditional enterprise software company to an innovative cloud services vendor. His Web 2.0 experience includes serving as Chairman of the Board for HotOrNot Inc., one of the first social networking companies, which reached 2 million page views per day.  As a Director, he helped to re-launch and take Citrix Systems public.   As founder and Chairman of LAN Systems, he guided the company's successful software product line and systems integration operations, then negotiated the sale of LAN Systems' software division to Intel Corporation and its systems integration division to RR Donnelly & Sons. Tyrone's expertise spans domain areas: software, systems integration , messaging, disaster recovery, networking and Software as a Service.

Tyrone has a AB from Princeton University.

Ashley Leonard

Ashley Leonard, Chairman and COO

Ashley Leonard, previously President and CEO of NetworkD Group, is an experienced, successful, senior corporate executive who has provided leadership during critical high-growth stages of well-known technology industry pioneers. NetworkD, founded in 1996 by Ashley Leonard, was the first company to be acquired by Sparxent. NetworkD is the number one provider of infrastructure management software and business process solutions, designed and delivered on a global platform, with over 5000 clients globally. NetworkD is a leading information technology support provider with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. Under Ashley’s leadership, NetworkD has made a number of strategic acquisitions and partnerships that have enhanced its ability to serve rapidly evolving customer requirements. Previously, Ashley was President and CEO of Miami-based Genisys Computer Services Inc., which provided comprehensive IT service consulting to the banking community. In 2006, Ashley was named as a finalist for both Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur Of The Year" and AeA's "Outstanding Private Company CEO" Awards. He studied at Exeter University in the United Kingdom and later taught at Massachusetts’s Boston University.

Andrew Hyde

Andrew Hyde, Chief Financial Officer

Andrew Hyde is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of financial expertise with high-growth firms. Most recently he served as CFO at Speakeasy where he oversaw the company’s growth and eventual sale to BestBuy. From 2000 to 2002, he was CFO for Salesforce.com where he was instrumental in creating the startup software company's infrastructure and go-to-market strategy and securing nearly $50 million in private equity. Prior to this, he oversaw finance and sales for Snap, Inc. during its launch as an independent portal entity (and its spin-off from CNET)and led worldwide strategy development as CFO for MiTek Industries, Inc., now part of Berkshire Hathaway. Andrew began his career with General Electric, eventually managing finance for the company's Lighting Systems division.

Andrew has been President of the San Francisco Chapter of Financial Executives International and holds an Executive MBA from Columbia University.