Alistair Forbes

Alistair Forbes, General Manager, LOGICnow

As General Manager of LogicNow, Alistair Forbes is responsible for the company’s engineering, marketing and support operations. Alistair was previously the General Manager of the GFI MAX business unit of GFI Software, during which time the company’s solutions for managed service providers attained a global market leading position, with more than 10,000 MSPs around the world entrusting their businesses to the company’s cloud-based monitoring and management platform. He joined GFI following the acquisition of HoundDog Technology, which he co-founded in 2004.

Alistair has extensive technology leadership experience in both SMB and large corporate environments, defining and delivering high tech solutions in a number of vertical markets. He has particular expertise in Internet and Software as a Service technologies and has been responsible for delivering a range of innovative online solutions over the last 15 years. Originally qualified as a research scientist, Alistair has also held senior roles in consulting organizations, gaining insight into a broad range of business sectors. Alistair has a B.Sc. from Aberdeen University and a Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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