Leadership Team.
Mark BennettLinkedIn
Mark brings over 30 years of experience to the table. He helps companies navigate and implement cloud architectures that drive value from both existing investments and new technologies, such as Generative AI, IoT, automation, and more. Throughout his career, Mark has embraced the challenge of seamlessly integrating these diverse elements into a cohesive whole.
Mark believes in the transformative power of enabling diverse teams to thrive in an ever-evolving technological landscape. He is committed to ensuring that individuals and organizations keep pace with innovation and lead the way in shaping the future of cloud solutions.
Thomas BausLinkedIn
Having been part of Nordcloud for most of the company’s lifespan, Thomas has dedicated heart and mind to nurturing our brand, expanding our customer base, fostering our team, and enriching our culture within our German-speaking regions. After holding various global positions, he now returns to focus on our ongoing growth and success journey in the DACH region.
Nilay MardikarLinkedIn
Starting his career as a software developer, Nilay has been in the IT realm since 1994, having worked for the likes of Atos, Tietoevry, Capgemini, and Birlasoft previously. He’s committed to working closely with clients to define cloud success. Extensive experience in sales, solutions and delivery helps Nilay support individuals in various teams to thrive. In his current role, Our ambition is to broaden migration and post migration modernization delivery to foster growth, reliability, predictability with reuse and profitability for Nordcloud and IBM. Nilay has strong experience in critical delivery and sales, solutions roles including strategic engagements with different customers in Nordics, EMEA.
Indrayudh Ghosh
Indra brings extensive experience in sales and delivery across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. As a tech evangelist and growth-oriented professional, Indra specializes in orchestrating large end-to-end deliveries while maintaining a steadfast focus on people. In the constantly evolving tech landscape, Indra spearheads the expansion of Nordcloud’s platform engineering services through AI and automation, driven by the collective efforts of our people.
Lysa Banks
Lysa is a technologist who puts client value at the heart of every endeavor. She comes to Nordcloud from parent company IBM where she is a Distinguished Engineer who has captained teams and provided technical thought leadership in all manners of tech … Cloud, SaaS, AI even mainframe. Over her career, she came to realize a universal truth … With the right team you can solve any problem. As Nordcloud’s CTO, Lysa stands at the ready together with the collective brain trust of our engineers to solve your business and IT challenges. Lysa will deploy the right team, the right approach and the right technology custom tailored to deliver you value.
Maria Ihamuotila
Bringing expertise in strategy consulting, international expansion, and operational project management within dynamic, high-growth environments, Maria spearheads the development of Nordcloud’s group strategy and operations. She is driven by a passion for multidisciplinary topics and excels in translating strategy into actionable plans through clear communication, robust cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven problem-solving.
Ram Kumar
Customer value focus
How do you make great things happen in the cloud? By having a crack team of cloud ninjas leading and supporting you. Which is where Ram comes in. He has the perfect combination of cloud/tech and HR experience, honed over decades working with the likes of IBM, Wipro, Nokia, Microsoft and Cloudator. His leadership helps ensure our customers and our colleagues benefit from strategies, processes and development opportunities that put them at the cutting edge of cloud.
Talent focus
Our purpose as a company is to accelerate the world to a more equal, greener and sustainable digital society. And that requires a team of uniquely talented people working together to achieve greatness. That’s where Ram comes in. He helps us build and nurture our team of digital builders born in the cloud – drawing on deep cloud/tech and people experience honed over decades working with the likes of IBM, Wipro, Nokia, Microsoft and Cloudator.
Mette Lemming Christensen
Mette is an accomplished CFO with extensive international experience in the IT and services industry. She is a strong finance professional with expertise in financial management, strategy and planning, IT strategies, analytics and reporting, always looking for value creation in every part of a company. Mette joins Nordcloud from its parent company, IBM, where she held multiple finance roles.
Edwin van Voorbergen
Edwin is an experienced delivery and operations lead with a passion for digital transformation, public cloud, and working with teams and people. He is dedicated to making Nordcloud the leading public cloud transformation agency in Europe. As the leader accountable for Nordcloud’s global Professional Services delivery, Edwin oversees an organization of around 700 amazing cloud professionals across 10 countries.
Antero Vuorio
Antero is an experienced executive with a strong background in the information technology and services industry. He has successfully led some of the most complex and high-value opportunities in Europe, earning top recognition from both customers and employers. Antero has held several leadership positions at IBM and Nordcloud. Currently, he serves as the Country Manager for Finland, driving the growth and success of cloud solutions in the region.