Tom Fedro
President, Paragon Software Group Corp. – Mr. Fedro developed the business strategy and operations plan for the company and hired the team for its execution. The company specializes in disaster recovery and backup software solutions for small business and mid market enterprises along with particular embedded file system driver technologies used by large manufacturers of consumer devices including; Cisco, Seagate, Western Digital, ASUS, Toshiba, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi and many others. Currently recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work” by OC Metro magazine, Paragon is the 3rd fastest growing private company in Orange County California. For more information about Paragon, visit www.paragon-software.com. You may also wish to download white papers, case studies, and data protection software.
Prior to joining Paragon, Fedro was Vice President EVP Sales, Marketing and Operations at FarStone Technologies where he was responsible for all revenue generation activity and support operations. Prior to FarStone, Fedro was Vice President and General Manager at Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF). Prior to FNF, Tom served as VP of Sales and Marketing for Micro General Corporation, (Nasdaq: MGEN), a technology firm focused on financial services software development and IT outsourcing. At the time of its acquisition by FNF, MGEN was the fastest growing public technology company in Orange County. Prior to these roles Fedro spent five years in senior executive positions with software companies focused on the wireless space selling multimillion dollar licenses to major mobile operators worldwide for fraud detection, churn management and billing. Tom has taken one company through the Initial Public Offering process and has been an officer / key contributor in 6 mergers and acquisitions that represent over $700M in value. Fedro earned his Bachelor’s Degree in finance and marketing from the University of Denver.
Tom manages two blogs. Inside the Drive focuses on storage technology, specifically how issues related to data storage impact business continuity and business procedures. In addition, he manages tomfedro.com, which focuses on the entrepreneurial challenges faced by technology start-ups and ongoing analysis of channel issues.
Latest Articles
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How Much Does Capital Cost You?
This article discusses appropriate capitalization of independently founded start-up companies.
Oct 13, 2011
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The Importance of the Recovery Point
This article discusses the importance of business consideration of the recovery point, the time-frame for backup of essential systems and data.
Sep 30, 2011
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Thinking of Technology as a Business Tool
One of the problems technology professionals often face is the tendency to think of technology as an end in and of itself.
Sep 12, 2011
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Technology Resources Are Still Resources
This article discusses the tendency in organizations to forget that resources spent inefficiently on information technology impact the bottom-line.
Sep 8, 2011
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The Losses Created by Data Loss
This article examines the consequences of data loss and the problems it creates.
Sep 7, 2011
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Using the Bare-Metal Restore for Better Data Migration
This article discusses using bare-metal system restore techniques for company hardware migration.
Sep 7, 2011
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The Vital Importance of Data Protection
This article discusses the impacts of data loss and the need for data protection in business today.
Sep 7, 2011
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Choosing Between a File Based or an Image Based Backup
This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the two data backup procedures, image-based and file-based.
Sep 7, 2011
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The Unknown and Unknowable Costs of Data Loss
This article explores the ways data loss and system disaster can create unquantifiable impacts on business success, profitability, and survival.
Jun 15, 2011
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