Simon Taylor, CEO of HYCU, Inc., discusses his experience securing $87 million in funding. HYCU is an enterprise software company specializing in data.
Simon Taylor, CEO of HYCU, Inc., discusses his experience securing $87 million in funding. HYCU is an enterprise software company specializing in data backup, recovery, and monitoring for multi-cloud environments.
Simon Taylor has more than 15 year’s experience in go-to-market strategy development, product marketing and channel sales management for the tech industry. An MBA graduate, Simon Taylor has worked with leading companies such as Comtrade Group, Forrester Research, Putnam Investments and Omgeo. Currently, Simon Taylor is the CEO, HYCU, Inc., a pioneering enterprise software company specializing in data backup, recovery and monitoring for multi-cloud environments. Prior to HYCU, held several senior executive leadership positions within Comtrade Software and Comtrade Group. In Jan. 2016, Simon Taylor led the Citrix acquisition of Comtrade’s management packs for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). The MPs provide Citrix users with comprehensive, end-to-end monitoring, delivering single pane of glass visibility into the entire Citrix desktop virtualization, network and mobility
environment. Comtrade and Citrix also signed an on-going product development and support agreement. Simon Taylor received an MBA in international business from IE (Instituto de Empresa) Business School and an undergraduate degree in operations technology from Northeastern University. Simon Taylor held both Series 6 and 63 licenses and is the author of “John’s Book,” an acclaimed full length novel published in 2004. Simon Taylor is a world traveler, interested in unique business opportunities around the globe. Areas of expertise include: market expansion, marketing and business plan design, marketing strategy, new business development, international expansion, emerging markets, public sector, private sector, go-to-market strategy, digital marketing, above the line marketing, below the line marketing, product management, marketing communications, product strategy, sales and marketing
alignment, consulting, people management, lead generation, lead development, driving revenue, strategic alliance building, government liaison, rebranding, direct marketing and direct sales.