With over eight years experience as a key member of the leadership team that scales up AWS, Cloudsoft will seek to leverage McCann’s expertise in line with the company’s projected global enterprise customer base growth.

After joining AWS in 2014 as VP of AWS Marketplace, McCann and his team helped build and manage a collection of AWS services including Marketplace, Control Services, Migration Services, Data Exchange and more, with the team bringing in around 12,000 software products from over 3,000 suppliers, and then to millions of worldwide buyers.

McCann, who’s originally from Airdrie but now lives in Seattle, first became aware of Cloudsoft in 2018, when the firm was brought on as an official AWS launch partner to deliver the AWS Service Management Connector.

“Cloudsoft was on my radar, initially as a talented AWS engineering partner but then as a lighthouse example of a Scottish scale-up with big potential,” McCann said. “Scotland has a strong history of innovation in tech since the 1980’s.

“Cloudsoft, with its Edinburgh roots, its open source software and trusted partner status of AWS, is a direct result of Ross Gray, CEO, and Alex Heneveld, CTO, assembling a world-class team of innovators.”

Cloudsoft’s flagship software, Cloudsoft AMP, uses autonomic computing principles and automation to help mitigate the risk of technological failure.

AMP can also orchestrate application resources described in AWS CloudFormation, Hashicorp Terraform and Azure ARM templates. This digital reliability that AMP provides is critical, considering the squandered revenue and enduring reputational damage that business downtime can incur.

Additionally, the Edinburgh-based company also recently launched Cloudsoft Fusion — an integration-as-a-service solution providing tailored integration between AWS and IT service management tooling (ITSM).

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On McCann’s appointment, Ross Gray added: “We are delighted that Dave has selected Cloudsoft as one of his first board engagements after leaving AWS.

“He brings an enviable track record of nurturing businesses to reach and exceed their potential. His guidance will continue to accelerate Cloudsoft’s success and further drive our growth”.