Manjeet is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at CloudSmartz . He has built a global center of excellence team through an unwavering focus on innovation.

For more than 25 years, Manjeet has launched profitable new ventures across various Cloud and IT services business models. These companies have been ranked on fastest growing companies lists multiple times.

With a portfolio of successfully delivering 2000+ IT projects working with small companies to Fortune 500 clients, Manjeet has created IT solutions and streamlined service delivery processes.

Manjeet’s extensive experience has allowed him to establish an extraordinary network of the most talented industry professionals at the local, regional, national, and global level.

With 25 years in the telecommunications and IT industries, Mark brings to CloudSmartz a seasoned expertise in channel organization development from his tenures at notable firms like Hewlett-Packard and Oracle, and as a CRO at Nitel. His career, which began with Cincinnati Bell, Cable & Wireless, and AT&T, has been enriched by experiences in startups and major corporations alike, enabling him to meld rapid scalability strategies with established best practices in his role as Chief Revenue Officer.

Patrick is an entrepreneur and well-respected technology and connectivity executive with substantial experience in both the public and private sectors. Throughout his distinguished 30-year career, he has led or contributed to over $800m dollars in capital market transactions including an IPO which raised $240m in equity.

More recently, Mr Shutt co-founded and serves as the Managing Director of Durham Black, a merchant bank specializing in providing strategic advisory services to Communications and SaaS technology businesses at all stages of growth and transformation.

Mr. Shutt served as the CEO of Unitas Global from 2014-2023. Under his leadership, this Network as a Service (NaaS) company underwent substantial growth. Patrick successfully grew the new business division into a profitable company, posting annual revenues over $80m in 2022. During this tenure, the company also acquired INAP’s network assets and announced a merger with Packet Fabric. As a result, the company’s value reached $250m.

Prior to Unitas Global, Mr. Shutt served as Global Capacity CEO from 2002 to 2012 and later as Vice Chairman from 2012 to 2017. His strategic vision and decisive leadership drove the company to generate over $200 million in revenue. This growth was fueled organically and through the complex acquisitions of 20/20 Technologies, Magenta Netlogic, and Megapath. In 2017, Global Capacity was sold to GTT for $100m cash and 1.85m shares in publicly traded stock.

In 1997, Mr. Shutt co-founded Universal Access, where as CEO, he grew the company to $144 million in four years; an achievement that earned the organization the 2002 Deloitte and Touche Fast 500 Award as well as the premiere ranking of the fifth fastest-growing company in the US. In 2000, Mr. Shutt pioneered Universal Access’ Goldman Sachs-led IPO, with an initial market capitalization of over $3 billion, which climbed to $5.5 billion at its peak.

Mr. Shutt began his career with Sprint Communications, subsequently followed by sales management positions with Cable and Wireless PLC and Teleport Communications Group (TCG).

Robert is an accomplished investor and operator and has been involved in capital market activities that cumulatively are double-digit billions in capital market value.

He currently serves as a Partner of Durham Black, a merchant bank specializing in providing strategic advisory services to Communications and SaaS technology businesses at all stages of growth and transformation.

Most recently Mr. Pollan held several senior executive positions at Unitas Global from 2014 to 2023 where he built and grew the MSP business, then pivoted and created a leading NaaS business. The new business division grew to annual revenues over $80m in 2022. The company also acquired INAP’s network assets and announced a merger with Packet Fabric.

As a result, the company’s value reached $250m.
Mr Pollan’s extensive capital experience comes from founding, board, and leadership positions with GE Capital (1995-1998), Internet Capital Group (1998 – 2000), and ICG Commerce (1999 – 2000).

In 1998, Mr Pollan invested in Universal Access’s initial institutional investment round and served as a Board Member. Later taking on an operating role as the company grew from zero to $144M in annual revenue in four years and went public with an initial market capitalization exceeding $3bn, which reached $5.5bn at its peak.