Tony Greenberg and RampRate Join Syntropy
Syntropy is excited to announce that it is partnering with RampRate, the top global sourcing advisory for IT infrastructure, to lead its strategy and business development efforts. Tony Greenberg, CEO of RampRate, is joining as a Special Advisor to the Board.
“As sourcing advisors to some of the world’s innovative buyers, we see a lot of new products come and go. Only a select few have transformative potential of a global software-defined network like the one Syntropy is building” said Greenberg. “Having worked with both peer-to-peer CDN ventures and infrastructure-related blockchains since the earliest days of each technology, we have seen a maturation of both to enable a near-term convergence into a low cost and high-performing solution.”
RampRate’s 20 years of experience working and transforming how IT infrastructure is bought and sold, saving millions, improving flexibility, and optimizing supplier relationships for more than 200 top brands such as Microsoft, eBay, CBS, Riot Games, Intel, Nike, and Hearst.
Tony Greenberg is personally involved in Blockchain industry as an investor and/or advisor in more than a dozen transformational firms focused on maximizing social impact in blockchain, health care, and emerging markets, supply chain RampRate and Tony will be working with Syntropy to discover the optimal usage scenarios for Syntropy’s Programmable Internet technology in the enterprise as well as working with Syntropy on strategy, social impact and ecosystem development.
RampRate
RampRate is the world’s top IT infrastructure sourcing advisor, working with firms like eBay, Verizon, Sony, Nike, AON to help CIOs and CFOs get more out of their technology spend and build long term roadmaps for technology-driven innovation and social impact. Specializing in cloud, CDN, managed hosting, colocation, network/telecom, and software services, over the last 20 years, RampRate has sourced billions of dollars of infrastructure, saved hundreds of millions of dollars for more than 200 global enterprises. Its strategic research division has built long-term product roadmaps and strategies for market leaders including Verizon, AT&T, Microsoft, Sony, and Intel as well as a host of innovative startups in the blockchain arena.
Tony Greenberg
As RampRate’s founder and CEO, Tony Greenberg has spent more than 20 years building companies, developing go-to-market strategies, and driving partnerships within the internet and technology industry.
Prior to founding RampRate Tony helped early Internet services pioneer Exodus Internet Data Centers become one of the fastest-growing companies during the Internet’s formation, and played a pivotal role in preparing the company for a successful IPO. For Raindance, Tony successfully delivered the first revenue contracts while scaling up sales and the marketing branch of the organization in the process to eventually enable another IPO and acquisition.
Tony is an early backer of blockchain technology and is deeply involved in the mining field as well as participating in blockchain startups, including being one of the first investors in block.one (the creator of EOS). He is an advisor to more than a dozen firms in the blockchain / mining, social responsibility, OTT video digital media, and wellness arena on strategic issues as product planning, competitive analysis, and global pricing.
RampRate and Syntropy
Together, Syntropy and RampRate will work to find the optimal role for Syntropy for select enterprise clients and global Internet infrastructure.
RampRate’s main areas of engagement:
- Identifying areas of product-market fit and defining the best target audience.
- Building use-cases of Syntropy’s Programmable Internet for large enterprise customers.
- Assist in establishing Syntropy’s pricing model.
- Connect Syntropy with partners for go-to-market strategies.
- Assist in converting capital into a scalable and well-connected business engaged with the broader entrepreneurial community and ecosystem, backed by proven business support services, and working with the best fit partners on all fronts: technology, marketing, social impact, government / regulatory, and others.
