RapidScale Hires Duncan MacDonald As Director Of Product Development

IRVINE, Calif. (PRWEB) - RapidScale, a Cox Business company, welcomes Duncan MacDonald to the team as director of product development. MacDonald is based in Oklahoma City. He is responsible for RapidScale’s new product development and life cycle management.

“I am extremely excited to join the RapidScale team,” said MacDonald. “The forward-facing opportunity is extremely compelling and a big reason for my joining this team of seasoned professionals. Solution building is a team sport and one I am excited to engage in with this team. I cannot wait to apply my years of experience to drive a positive impact across RapidScale’s product strategy.”

Duncan joins RapidScale with over 20 years of IT services experience, most recently as senior product manager for Navisite. As a product manager, MacDonald was responsible for end-user cloud computing, and managing numerous vendor relationships including Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, Mimecast and Proofpoint. Prior to that, he was a programmer for various large organizations including L3 Communications and Hertz Corporation.

“Duncan brings with him a wealth of cloud-centric product experience,” says RapidScale SVP, Technology Duane Barnes. “He has illustrated a broad experience across the product life cycle, with strengths in pricing, branding, industry awareness, sales enablement, packaging and more. We are excited and look forward to his positive influence on the partner and client experience.”

MacDonald is an AIPMM certified product manager. He moved to the U.S. in 2001, where he resides in Oklahoma City with his wife and six-year-old daughter.

About RapidScale

RapidScale, a Cox Business company, is a managed and hybrid-managed cloud services provider that delivers world-class, secure, and reliable global cloud computing. Businesses choose RapidScale as their cloud provider of choice because of its state-of-the-art managed Desktop as a Service platform and other market-leading cloud solutions. RapidScale’s award-winning 24x7x365 global support and help desk team ensure that organizations receive the most innovative technology backed up by the most highly responsive and knowledgeable service technicians in the industry, freeing up IT leaders to focus on strategy and driving their businesses forward with technology. RapidScale’s innovative solutions include CloudDesktop, CloudServer, CloudSecurity, CloudRecovery, CloudMail, CloudApps, SD WAN and more. For more information on RapidScale, visit http://www.rapidscale.net. Cox Business is owned by Cox Communications and is a facilities-based provider of voice, video and data solutions for commercial customers. More information about Cox Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is available at http://www.cox.com.