Fred Tanzella
CEO
Fred is a veteran technology executive with a track record of starting and growing companies to successful acquisitions. Fred has led strategy, development and operations of large scale enterprise and commercial applications across multiple industries. Fred's experience in software development gives Cirracore a distinct advantage over other managed hosting companies in the ability to understand the requirements of managing and scaling applications at the application layer.

In addition to heading up Cirracore, Fred also founded and oversees Glick Interactive, an award-winning software development firm that provides development resources and expertise to Cirracore.

Prior to Cirracore and Glick, Fred was the EVP at Kaneva, a Massively Multiplayer Online Game platform and video distribution company, and has been successful in a wide variety of senior management positions at EAS, Critical Logic, i2Go, Air2Web, BEA Systems and AirDefense in roles that included CEO, COO, CTO, Chief Security Officer, VP of Engineering, and VP of Product Management.

Fred was the Chief Security Officer and founding member of AirDefense, the industry leading wireless monitoring and protection provider, and helped define their technology strategy and built relationships with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. AirDefense was acquired by Motorola.

Fred was a founding member of WysDM, a global data protection and backup management company, and helped lead product strategy and software.  In addition to Fortune 500 and global enterprises as customers, WysDM was an OEM provider to both NetApp and EMC.  WysDM was acquired by EMC.

At BEA Systems, Fred was a key contributor to the formation of the SaaS Expert Group and helped develop a roadmap for Pervasive Computing for WebLogic . BEA Systems was acquired by Oracle.

Prior to BEA Systems, Fred helped define strategy and direction of the Air2Web Mobile Internet Platform that is the leading enterprise wireless enabler and handles traffic for 500+ carriers in 170 countries.

Fred was a founding member of i2Go, and led the engineering team in the design and development of the world's first interactive MP3 player, the eGo.  In addition to being the leading player on the market,  I2Go provided MP3 player functionality to both Motorola and Audiovox for use in their mobile phones.   i2Go was acquired by Audiovox.  

As an industry expert, Fred is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences both nationally and abroad and has appeared on ZDnet TV, CNN, The Money Channel and ESPN Radio. Fred is often quoted in national publications and considered a trusted source for both analysts and media available via any search engine. He has authored technology patents in the areas of Internet security, wireless security, wireless technology, mobile commerce, and multi-media as well as numerous white papers published on these subjects.

Fred serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Telecom Professionals (ATP) organization (www.atpconnect.org).

Fred serves on the Board of Directors for the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Education Collaborative organization (www.tagedonline.org).

Fred's proven track record can be attributed to a hands-on management style while always focusing on company success and developing key customer and partner relationships. Fred holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Tech.

Matthew Elkourie
CTO
Matthew is an HPC (high performance computing) specialist with 16 years of experience in running global data center operations for high-transaction web and gaming sites as well as designing complex high transaction networks for several of the worlds largest datacenters and data center customers.

Prior to co-founding Cirracore, Matthew was the HPC Architect and Designer for Penguin Computing and helped design networks for customers such as the Department of Defense (DoD), US National Laboratories Los Alamos Energy Research Supercomputer Center, AOL, and Oracle.

At Rackable Systems, Matthew was the Enterprise HPC Architect and was responsible for large scale network design and deployments for customers such as Microsoft, Yahoo, YouTube, Oracle, EA Games, Vonage, Lawrence Livermore, Raytheon and Orbitz. Matthew managed complex 10,000+ node deployments involving details ranging from servers, to the cooling and power requirements, and down to the data center provisioning required to support very large complex computing clusters.

Matthew served as Vice President, Operations for Super Computer, Inc that was acquired by EA Games. Matthew designed and deployed data centers for Super Computer in London, UK and Seoul, South Korea for EA Games, Atari, and the US Army, which scaled to over 11,100 servers in one and a half years. Mathew served as CTO for Gaming Host, the third largest online game hosting provider in the US for first-person shooter games.

Matthew is a sought after and well-respected authority on high performance networks and is frequently invited to speak and consult on various data center architecture and operations topics.

Abhi Goel
VP Professional Services
Abhi leads the professional services organization and works closely with clients and developers to ensure projects are delivered on time and exceed client expectations. Abhi has extensive experience managing complex enterprise projects in a wide variety of technology environments and platforms for major solutions integrators. His broad experience and deep understanding of leading edge technologies gives him the ability to quickly understand client environments and requirements to recommend innovative solutions.

In addition to co-founding Cirracore, Abhi has held senior professional services positions at Accenture, IBM Global Services, Axelerant, and Core Concept. Abhi has managed large projects for clients that include MCI / Verizon, General Electric Power Systems, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Sikorsky Aircraft, Cousins Properties, BellSouth, and Roche Pharmaceuticals.

Abhi holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Georgia.

Ankur Gupta
Chief Architect
Ankur serves as chief architect and oversees the development team that is responsible for designing, documenting, developing, optimizing, and maintaining software frameworks and development processes for clients.

In addition to co-founding Cirracore, Ankur has held lead architect and management positions on numerous projects for both product-based and professional services organizations such as McKinsey & Co., Core Concept, Owens Group International, Axelerant, Air2Web, US General Services Administration, Roche Pharmaceuticals and ECS. Ankur is active in the Open Source community and well respected in the development community.

Ankur holds an MBA from the College of Management at Georgia Institute of Technology, holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Certificate in Economics from the Ivan Allen College at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Manuel Elkourie
CFO

Manuel Elkourie is an experienced management consultant with over 25 years of consulting experience and six years of corporate management experience working with clients to produce successful results in strategic and tactical planning; profit improvement planning and implementation; project development and management; cost management and control; process improvement; management and financial reporting; and managerial and general accounting.

Manuel has completed several planning and process improvement projects for a fast-growing wholesale bank with $150 billion in assets including directing and facilitating the strategic planning process at the executive management, division, and department levels; improving the internal systems development process (involving the business units and IT); conducting process improvement analyses in two divisions of the bank; directing and facilitating process redesign in a major division of the bank; and identifying improvement opportunities and preparing improvement implementation plans.

Manuel developed, managed, and implemented systems and transaction processing analyses and improvements for a very high transaction volume $3 billion prepaid wireless and gift card processing company to resolve underpayment issues with two of its major retail customers resulting in collection of $3,500,000 and identification of and correction of underlying causes of the underpayments. 

Manuel is an Adjunct Professor at the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University. Prior to his consulting career, Manuel served as the Chief Financial Officer for Atlanta Center Limited, was a Manager in Consulting at KPMG Peat Marwick, and was a Captain in the US Army where he managed consulting and process improvement teams of 20 officers in the HQ Combat Development Command and was a Project Officer on the Staff of the Commanding General, HQ US Army, Vietnam. 

Manuel has an MBA from Georgia State University, a BS in Accounting from Spring Hill College, and a BS in Mathematics from Spring Hill College.  Professional credits Include:  Certified Public Accountant, Member of American Institute of CPAs, Georgia Society of CPAs, and Financial Executives International.