Our Team

GridApp Systems' management team is comprised of IT veterans with more than 50 years of experience delivering powerful, cost-effective, technology solutions. The GridApp team has been at the forefront in developing innovative database architectures for a wide range of customers and industries.

Robert Gardos, CEO
Kent Jarvi, Chief Financial Officer
Mike Leeolou, Vice President of Sales
Shamoun Murtza, CTO
Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist

Robert Gardos, CEO

Robert Gardos is the President and founder of GridApp Systems. Over the past fourteen years, Mr. Gardos has held numerous senior management positions in technology driven organizations. He has a wealth of experience developing efficient and cost effective technology solutions to meet the demands of customers.

Kent Jarvi, Chief Financial Officer

Kent Jarvi brings more than 20 years experience in formulating business strategies and managing finance and administration for a variety of venture-backed technology companies. Kent has successfully led several companies through profitable growth, capital acquisition, and liquidity events.

Mike Leeolou, Vice President of Sales

Mike Leeolou brings over 25 years of enterprise sales and executive management experience to GridApp Systems. As Vice President of Sales, Mike is responsible for successful sales management, sales operations and revenue growth for GridApp's direct-sales business.

Shamoun Murtza, Chief Technology Officer

Shamoun Murtza has worked in senior positions in technology and business development for more than twelve years. Prior to joining GridApp Systems, Mr. Murtza served as the Chief Architect and Director of Development at Register.com where he was responsible for managing all aspects of software development, database management and quality assurance.

Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist

Matthew Zito is an expert in large-scale infrastructures, with extensive experience in designing and deploying some of the world's largest system, network, and application architectures. Before joining GridApp, Mr. Zito worked at leading information storage company EMC.

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