{"id":86477,"date":"2022-11-04T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=86477"},"modified":"2022-11-04T11:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:48:29","slug":"tom-pires-appointed-as-vice-president-at-aligned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/tom-pires-appointed-as-vice-president-at-aligned\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Pires Appointed as Vice President at Aligned"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 4, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Aligned Technology Solutions<\/a>, an IT and security service partner that provides highly customized solutions for small to medium-sized businesses, expanded their leadership talent by bringing on the innovative Tom Pires to be the company vice president on October 3, 2022.<\/p>\n

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Image Caption: Aligned Technology Solutions.<\/em><\/p>\n

Innovation & Personal Drive<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2003, Pires graduated with an associate degree in networking technologies from Southwestern College<\/a> in Chula Vista, California. He spent the last 18 years with a leading organization that focuses on retail point of sale.<\/p>\n

After starting with this company, he made it his personal goal to help move the company into a managed service provider (MSP). He effectively did \u2013 taking the company from a single-hosted customer to over 30 hosted and 175 standard support customers.<\/p>\n

His drive and accomplishments during his early years with this company culminated with his promotion to president. For five years, he implemented changes that led to remarkable success. One of his first focuses included moving the organization away from a break\/fix MSP approach to one that dedicated to recurring revenue. By executing this approach, Pires increased the organization\u2019s recurring revenue by 276% \u2013 year over year \u2013 following his promotion.<\/p>\n

Strengthening Aligned with a New Perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gar Whaley, Aligned Principal and Cofounder, and Don Sauer, Aligned Cofounder, worked with Pires in an IT peer group over the last year. The three quickly realized that they shared similar professional values and goals. Whaley is thrilled to have Pires join the company. He stated he is confident that adding Pires to the team will help strengthen and grow the company\u2019s processes and procedures.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have seen the amazing results he has driven in the recent past,\u201d said Whaley. \u201cBoth Don and I have always admired Tom, his vision, leadership, and the business he ran prior. There\u2019s absolutely no doubt that his innovative ideas will help drive efficiencies at Aligned, and that his exceptional interpersonal skills will provide a major boost to the World-Class Concierge Care that our clients receive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exceptional Leadership Built with Core Values & Mission Alignment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aligned provides the best services to its clients through proper alignment of customized services, unparalleled customer service, and competent leaders. The latter of which is crucial to their success. Leaders at Aligned demonstrate this alignment, in part, by exemplifying the organization\u2019s core values which guide the team to follow their example.<\/p>\n

Whaley shared that Pires is an empathetic leader who shares in these important values.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom is a direct and forthright leader,\u201d said Whaley. \u201cI have seen firsthand that he is a go-giver to employees, clients, and others around him. We\u2019re elated that Tom is joining our team. His previous experience will help us build an even stronger organization that\u2019s ready to meet our clients\u2019 needs in the everchanging technology sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to his value alignment, Pires has many strengths that he is excited to bring to the organization; however, there are two that he believes are cornerstones as he takes his position.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my greatest strengths is the ability to separate emotion from my decision-making process,\u201d said Pires. \u201cSo, you\u2019ll notice that I tend to approach issues analytically. Additionally, I have a strong technical background in both business and cybersecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being in alignment with an organization\u2019s mission is especially important to Pires. That is one reason he joined Aligned \u2013 because the business is security-focused and investing in cybersecurity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to thank Don and Gar for this opportunity to invest my time with an organization heading in this direction,\u201d said Pires. \u201cI\u2019m excited about the future here at Aligned Technology Solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skills & Certifications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the years, Pires attained a variety of IT and computer certifications which have helped him progress in his career, including:<\/p>\n