--- title: Introductions to the team description: We have been working hard since our founding in 2008 to deliver secure cloud resources to what we call ‘risk intolerant industries’. These are customers who see compelling benefits in cloud services, but are looking for a something more than – the lowest common denominator in infrastructure – cost. Customers like major law firms, financial institutions, health care and the like. Customers with confidential data that needs protecting. Those that value a commitment to service and a vendor that understands their business problems. We are making good progress too with leading institutions from around the world signing as enterprise clients. Its an exciting time time, and we are just getting started. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/introductions-team/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) # Introductions to the team We have been working hard since our founding in 2008 to deliver secure cloud resources to what we call ‘risk intolerant industries’. These are customers who see compelling benefits in cloud services, but are looking for a something more than – the lowest common denominator in infrastructure – cost. Customers like major law firms, financial institutions, health care and the like. Customers with confidential data that needs protecting. Those that value a commitment to service and a vendor that understands their business problems. We are making good progress too with leading institutions from around the world signing as enterprise clients. Its an exciting time time, and we are just getting started. [![Image 2: Mark Hadfield](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/4ebd2c6ab90855a20d45286557169382.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/mark-hadfield/ "Mark Hadfield") [Mark Hadfield](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/mark-hadfield/) 1 min read Last updated 05 December 2014 Since this is our first post, I will start by introducing the nScaled team: Mark Hadfield – founder and CEO Kent Langley – founder and CTO Ilya Beyer – VP Engineering Dan Bass – Director Sales Modi Ronen – Director Customer Services James Neiper – Senior Systems Engineer Truc Hoang – Financial Controller Mikhail Stepura – Engineer Alexander Pokotilo – Engineer Andrey Trofimov – Engineer We have been working hard since our founding in 2008 to deliver secure cloud resources to what we call ‘risk intolerant industries’. These are customers who see compelling benefits in cloud services, but are looking for a something more than – the lowest common denominator in infrastructure – cost. Customers like major law firms, financial institutions, health care and the like. Customers with confidential data that needs protecting. Those that value a commitment to service and a vendor that understands their business problems. We are making good progress too with leading institutions from around the world signing as enterprise clients. Its an exciting time time, and we are just getting started. 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