Spireon appoints chief information officer

Oct. 31, 2013

Mobile resource management provider Spireon has named Sam Balooch chief information officer. Balooch will direct the company’s key information technology initiatives.

“Sam is a true information technology veteran, with over 20 years experience working with and leading IT departments for a broad range of companies,” said Marc Brungger, CEO. “The addition of Sam rounds out the expertise of our executive leadership team, and will propel us forward as we evolve our solutions to meet the needs of our customers across our multi-vertical markets.”

Balooch’s responsibilities include the development of Spireon’s strategic technology goals to increase and expand Spireon’s information accessibility and integrated systems management.  He oversees Spireon’s Network Operations Center (NOC), infrastructure and cloud systems, network systems, and data architecture that support the company’s NSpire M2M Business Intelligence Platform.

“My priority is to ensure the NSpire platform continues to deliver the superior service availability, speed, reliability, scalability and security our customers need to stay instantly connected to their business intelligence and to assure the right business applications and processes are in place to take the organization to its next level,” explains Balooch.

Prior to joining Spireon, Balooch served as the CIO for MIND Research Institute for six years.

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