Source: GlobeNewswire (original announcement dated July 2019)
Gulf Coast DevOps Appoints Mark Thompson as Chief Technology Officer
Gulf Coast DevOps, Inc. (GCDO) has announced the appointment of Mark Thompson as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. Thompson joins the company during its launch phase and will be responsible for driving GCDO’s core technical strategy: delivering proven automation and service assurance solutions designed to support complex digital transformation initiatives under the company’s DevOps for ITOps framework.
Leadership Perspective
Scott Kimmelman, Founder and CEO of Gulf Coast DevOps, expressed confidence in the appointment: “Mark is a long-time associate of ours so we are confident that he is an ideal fit for our growing technical organization. He is a proven CTO/CIO and world-class product developer with the commitment to build teams and products that create new markets and opportunities for IT organizations. He has already hit the ground running.”
Thompson commented on joining the organization: “I’m thrilled to be joining this outstanding engineering-oriented organization during our launch phase. I’m looking forward to working closely with our clients as they deploy the GCDO Services Methodology and build blueprints for revenue-generating services. We will have a laser-like focus on empowering IT organizations to achieve operational continuity and efficiency.”
Thompson’s Background
A serial entrepreneur, Thompson brings more than 20 years of experience working with technology startups in the IT Operations and enterprise software sectors. Among his prior roles, he was a co-founder of WhyFly, an Internet Service Provider focused on delivering low-cost, high-performance broadband services.
Thompson holds a degree in Economics (Quantitative Analysis) from San Diego State University and served in the United States Marine Corps for six years while completing his education.
About Gulf Coast DevOps and the DevOps for ITOps Approach
GCDO is built around agile principles and a methodology it calls DevOps for ITOps. The approach is intended to remove traditional barriers between software development and IT operations by aligning technology decisions with broader organizational and operational goals.
Key elements of the GCDO model include:
- Reduced complexity: Streamlining IT operations so teams can focus on innovation rather than routine maintenance overhead.
- Digital transformation support: Integrated business assurance services designed to help IT Operations teams manage transformation projects with minimal service disruption.
- Service blueprinting: Helping clients build structured blueprints for revenue-generating managed services using the GCDO Services Methodology.
- Operational continuity: A focus on maintaining uptime and efficiency throughout periods of organizational change.
GCDO launched operations shortly before this announcement, and its services were made generally available at the time of Thompson’s appointment.