Friday's Last Word: Ajubeo CEO Chuck Price — Who exactly is he?

Ajubeo CEO Chuck Price founded the privately-held cloud infrastructure services company with Tom Whitcomb in 2011. The company has several programs for the channel including its cloud partner program.

Prior to Ajubeo, Price was senior vice president of technology at CoreSite Realty Corporation (COR), a publicly traded national datacenter provider. Prior to joining CoreSite, Price was the vice president at TD Ameritrade Trust Company. He has held C-level positions for the past 12 years at Fiserv Investment Support Services, Requisite Technology, Syngistix and Net Library.

What are Price's plans for Ajubeo?

"We opened two new cloud hubs in Germany this year (Frankfurt and Dusseldorf) and added some great channel partners and customers, growing our business by 100 percent year over year," Price says. "In 2015 we'll add more great 'Ajubeo Musketeers' to the team to maintain our high quality of service and partnership, open a couple of new Cloud Hubs domestically and internationally and increase our sales momentum with existing and new channel partners. It's going to be a great year."

Who does Price challenge to sit in the hot seat?

Mark Geene, CEO at Cloud Elements.

What is "Friday's Last Word"?

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