Pythian appoints Brooks Borcherding as new Chief Executive Officer

Pythian Services Inc, a leading data, analytics, and AI services provider, announced today that Brooks Borcherding (pictured) will take over as Chief Executive Officer and join the board, building on the organization’s strong foundation of excellence and innovation. Keith Angell will transition from his role as CEO back to a full-time Mill Point Capital operating partner and remain an active Pythian board member.

Borcherding comes to Pythian with an outstanding record of building and leading high-growth technology and services organizations. He previously held senior roles at prominent companies, including Navisite, Datto, and Cloudreach, and his expertise spans the full spectrum of cloud solutions, enterprise software, data protection, and managed services. He successfully navigated three transactions including the sales of Navisite to Time Warner Cable, Datto to Vista Equity Partners, and Cloudreach to Atos.

“I am excited to take Pythian to the next level of growth and success as CEO,” Brooks Borcherding said. “Pythian has a strong history as a Google Cloud Premier services, resale, and managed service provider (MSP). We also have extensive data, analytics, cloud, and AI expertise that enables us to deliver transformative business value for our customers. Leveraging these strengths, we aim to further enhance our relevance to Google, our clients, and the industry. I look forward to collaborating with Pythian’s talented team to support our customers on their data transformation journey.”

Pythian thanked Keith Angell who served as Pythian’s CEO for the past four years. Keith initially stepped in as the interim CEO to help stand-up Pythian as an independent company. Keith decided to stay on full-time and led Pythian to be recognized as an industry leader and an outstanding workplace in Canada, India, and around the world.