Tom lounibos gave up an opportunity to play major league baseball in order to pursue a career in silicon valley. View tom lounibos profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. As ceo of soasta, the leader in the field of performance analytics, he is an expert in cloud application development and advocate of quality. Cio s seat on board reflects its move to agile, devops cio. Tom lounibos is a six time successful silicon valley entrepreneur, investor, board member, and advisor to corporations and technology startups in the us and europe. Acn has appointed silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to lead accenture ventures as its new managing director. Interesting to note recent reports where latency is now being measured in lost sales. Soasta launches digital operations center to maximize organizational performance.
The mobile user space differs from that of traditional web apps, said tom lounibos, soasta s ceo, and so requires new types of tools. Lounibos joins accenture ventures following a decadeslong. He took two of those companies public knowledgeware and sagent technology and sold the other four to larger software companies. Soasta ceo tom lounibos to speak at leading financial. Ceo tom lounibos has more than 30 years of building early stage software companies, with two successful ipos, and was named one of. Soasta, the leader in cloud and mobile testing, today announced that cofounder and ceo tom lounibos news alert has been selected to lead a technology presentation at the 9 th annual sierra ventures cio summit. Accenture appointed veteran silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to lead accenture ventures as. What the akamai acquisition of soasta means for software. Accenture ventures was an investor in his most recent company, soasta, which was later acquired by akamai. The invitationonly cio event gathers the worlds most sophisticated technology companies to discuss the future of global. Soasta was founded by ken gardner and is based in mountain view, california. Mar 05, 2020 accenture brings on silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to lead accenture ventures. Soasta unwraps browserfarm for cloud testing computerworld. Lounibos joins accenture ventures following a decadeslong career as a highly successful technology entrepreneur and founder of six different software startups.
Lounibos joins accenture ventures following a decades. Prior to soasta, tom served as president and ceo of kenamea. Tom lounibos, soasta, at oreilly velocity conference 20, with john furrier and dave vellante tom lounibos, ceo of soasta, discussed performance testing in. Why understanding data science and ai will change everything everyone wants faster software development, but how to get there. Soasta ceo tom lounibos to present at sierra ventures cio summit. When it was acquired, soasta had become the leading global test platform for web and mobile applications used.
Jul 21, 2009 ninety percent of companies dont put their web applications or sites through performance tests, according to tom lounibos, ceo of cloud testing specialist soasta. Prior to kenamea, he was ceo of dorado corporation, a financial services software provider. Soasta unwraps browserfarm for cloud testing a little less than one month after revealing its service for web applications, cloud testing provider soasta announces browserfarm for loadtesting. Accenture brings on silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to lead accenture ventures. Website tests include load testing, software performance testing, functional. Lounibos has been helping grow early stage companies into market leaders for the last 20 years. Tom is talking about consequences of reliability issues. This acquisition will provide akamai customers, many of whom are already soasta customers.
Tom lounibos currently the ceo of kenamea, a provider of nextgeneration notification solutions and services for managing the resolution of businesscritical and revenuegenerating tasks, mr. There havent been many revolutions in the performance testing space since its inception more than 20 years ago, said tom lounibos, founder and ceo of soasta. Mar 30, 2017 ceo tom lounibos has more than 30 years of building early stage software companies, with two successful ipos, and was named one of silicon valley business journals power executives in 2016. Soasta launches digital operations center to maximize. Akamai buys mountain view analytics startup soasta for. Soasta appoints jive software cfo and former mercury.
Tom lounibos joins accenture ventures as managing director. See soasta s revenue, employees, and funding info on owler, the worlds largest communitybased business insights platform. About tom lounibos as ceo of soasta, the leader in performance analytics, tom has more than 30 years of experience building early stage software companies, leading. Soasta is a mountain viewbased company founded in 2006. Apr 03, 2017 soasta is one of several in the apm space to build data science into monitoring tools.
Ceo tom lounibos has more than 30 years of building early stage software companies, with two successful ipos, and was named one of silicon valley. Soasta cloud platform tests web apps globally computerworld. Soasta s new touchtest platform, which allows for test automation on a large number of devices and accounts for new user interfaces like jester. It gives them a more realworld feel to how traffic is coming in, he said. Mountain view, ca headquartered soasta, a cloudbased testing provider, through its platform.
Jun 18, 20 his background and expertise are enormous assets and will greatly benefit the burgeoning soasta team at a key time in our rapid growth cycle, said tom lounibos, soasta ceo. Acn has appointed veteran silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to lead accenture ventures as its new managing director. He cofounded soasta in 2006 and served as ceo until akamai acquired the company in 2017. Acn has appointed silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to lead accenture ventures as its new managing director mr. Its where users connect, where digital life is experienced, where clouds, devices, and vast streams of data come together. Saasbased application performance management apm provider new relic has teamed with web app testing specialist soasta to deliver a combined solution that. Tom is an entrepreneur, corporate entrepreneur, investor, board member, and advisor to corporations and technology startups in the us and europe. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover tom s connections. Accenture names this serial entrepreneur to lead its. Accenture appointed veteran silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to lead accenture ventures as its new managing director. Soasta cloud platform tests web apps globally infoworld. Tom lounibos, ceo for soasta, brings more than 30 years of experience building early stage software companies, leading two companies to succ. Soasta competitors, revenue and employees owler company. About tom lounibos as ceo of soasta, the leader in performance analytics, tom has more than 30 years of experience building early stagesoftware companies, leading.
Soasta competitors, revenue and employees owler company profile. Accenture announces tom lounibos as managing director. As ceo of soasta, the leader in the field of performance analytics, he is an. Tom lounibos oreilly velocity conference 20 youtube. Tom lounibos global managing director of accenture. Accenture brings on silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos to. About tom lounibos as ceo of soasta, the leader in performance analytics, tom has more than 30 years of experience building early stage software companies, leading two companies to successful ipos. Akamai technologies to acquire software testing company soasta. Lounibos has four decades of experience serving in.
Ninety percent of companies dont put their web applications or sites through performance tests, according to tom lounibos, ceo of cloud testing specialist soasta. About akamai the pioneering leader of the intelligent edge the edge its the next frontier of digital business. Soasta adds seleniumbased functional testing to its. Ceo tom lounibos cofounded mountain viewbased soasta to build a platform that enables digital business owners to gain performance insights into their mobile and web efforts. As important as web and mobile site and application optimization is to online businesses, the ability to truly understand the result of those optimization strategies is crucial to continued success, stated tom lounibos, ceo, cofounder of soasta. The montgomery summit and the 27th annual roth conference. Soasta is introducing a certification program to sort out the testers from the nontesters.
Soasta is hosting a webinar called, soasta s new functional testing capabilities on tuesday, october 11 from 10am11am pt, in which soasta s ceo tom lounibos and vice president of. Soastas new touchtest platform, which allows for test automation on a large number of devices and accounts for new user interfaces like jester, is designed to increase the availability of mobile test. As ceo of soasta, the leader in performance analytics, tom has more than 30 years of experience building early stagesoftware. Oct 04, 2011 soasta is hosting a webinar called, soasta s new functional testing capabilities on tuesday, october 11 from 10am11am pt, in which soasta s ceo tom lounibos and vice president of engineering. The company says that customers simply provide the url to be tested and soasta provides them hourly loadtesting along with the necessary software, hardware in the cloud, and provisions, as well. Akamai said it plans to integrate soastas technology into its web. See soastas revenue, employees, and funding info on owler, the worlds largest communitybased business insights platform. It is a provider of cloudbased testing services, and created a browserbased website testing product. Soastas lounibos talks ios6, mobile predictions software. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover toms connections.
Soasta extends digital performance management platform. Lounibos is the ceo of soasta, a test automation company that is focused heavily in mobile app development. New relic and soasta team to deliver web app testing and. Soasta serves mobile application testing needs through its product touchtest, which provides functional mobile app testing automation for multitouch, gesturebased mobile applications. Accenture brings on silicon valley entrepreneur tom lounibos. In the wake of demand for performance analytics, tom lounibos, ceo and cofounder soasta, says that, its a world where milliseconds can add up to millions and a one where performance is everything. Tom lounibos, ceo of soasta, will present at two prestigious financial conferences in march of 2015.
With more than 30 years of building early stage software companies, lounibos has two successful ipos sagent and knowledgeware and is a pro at growing. Accenture brings on silicon valley entrepreneur tom. Soasta tom lounibos, ceo for soasta, brings more than 30 years of experience building early stage software companies, leading two companies to successful ipos. Why understanding data science and ai will change everything. On the mobile side, customers are looking at the difference between mobile apps and web apps.
Prior to kenamea, he was the ceo of dorado corporation, a financial services software provider, and served. Apr 21, 2009 tom lounibos is the president and ceo of soasta, the company behind cloudtest. Soasta s ceo, tom lounibos, has an extensive track record in the tech industry, having led two previous. Heres how soasta evangelists are selling the world on data science one customer at a time.
Tom lounibos is the president and ceo of soasta, the company behind cloudtest. His background and expertise are enormous assets and will greatly benefit the burgeoning soasta team at a key time in our rapid growth cycle, said tom lounibos, soasta ceo. Tom lounibos named one of silicon valley business journals. Apr 27, 2016 adjusting to his abrupt loss of sight gave this entrepreneur new perspective on his future. Mar 25, 2016 tom lounibos ceo and cofounder, soasta. It gives them a more realworld feel to how traffic is coming in, he. Tom lounibos global advisory board member, international iot. Tom lounibos, founder and ceo of soasta web performance matters more today than ever before part one. Cio s seat on board reflects its move to agile, devops former tmobile cio gary king says he joined the board of directors at soasta, a maker of performance monitoring software that is hitting.
Soasta s ceo, tom lounibos, has an extensive track record in. Tom lounibos is the cofounder, president, and ceo of soasta, which provides cloud based web testing to optimize the functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability of websites and web applications. May 28, 2015 soasta launches digital operations center to maximize organizational performance. Amazon loses up to 1% of sales with 100ms of latency on site.
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