Aaron is a veteran of the cloud hosting industry. Prior to joining Anaconda, he served as Chief Financial Officer for ClearDATA, where he was responsible for overall financial operations, including corporate finance, treasury, financial planning and analysis, tax, accounting and other administrative functions including Human Resources, Supply Chain. and IT.. Prior to that, Aaron served as Vice President of Finance for Rackspace (RAX) during the company’s six-year period of significant growth and success in the marketplace. His strategic planning and initiatives helped grow revenue from $362M in 2007 to $1.5B in 2013 while also driving better margins and improving capital returns. He played a key role in acquisitions, provided financial support during the company’s $188M IPO, and developed several financial planning systems to maximize resources and staffing.. Before his term at Rackspace, Aaron held senior positions within finance and human resources at USAA, Transocean Offshore and Continental Airlines.