Andrew Cruise

Andrew Cruise is the co-founder and managing director of Routed. Routed is a specialist VMware cloud operator. Secure, robust and reliable, the Routed cloud platform is vendor neutral and offers scalable, full or hybrid cloud hosting. Engaging directly or within a channel, Routed delivers cloud and infrastructure solutions to enterprise customers, wholesale partners, resellers and affiliates. A Cape Town native, Andrew has spent the majority of his working life in London where, after a short stint in investment banking he co-founded and grew a successful boutique Managed IT Services company. Following its sale, Andrew took senior positions in larger Managed IT Services businesses which focused on Private Cloud solutions, managing relationships with medium to large enterprises. On his return to South Africa, Andrew was responsible for all cloud products and managing the Cloud division of a leading South African ISP.