James F. Pinzino - President
As founder of International Computerware, Inc. (ICI) in 1985, Mr. Pinzino possesses 30 years of experience in the I.T. Industry. Commencing his career in 1976 with the Burroughs Corporation as a Sales Representative, Mr. Pinzino was quickly promoted to Zones Sales Manager.

After 5 years he left the Burroughs Corporation to sell Manufacturing Software Solutions before entering the Software Services field. Eight years after starting ICI, he partnered with Jamie Shepard to further develop the breadth of solutions offered by the company.

Today, as President of ICI, Mr. Pinzino's unique combination of Sales and Marketing background along with his Business Administration skills, provide the company with the strong Business Management direction required to effectively compete and succeed as a Professional Services and Systems Integration firm.

Jim can be contacted directly at 508-630-1611 or jimpinzino@iciamerica.com.


Jamie Shepard - Executive Vice President - Technology Solutions
As Executive Vice President of Technology Solutions for ICI since 1993, Jamie has been instrumental in shaping the direction, strategy and focus of ICI as it has grown to be one of the leading consulting firms in the North America, specializing in Virtual Infrastructure Consulting, Development and Cloud Enablement.

Jamie's daily responsibilities include the overall strategy for ICI and the ICI Brand of providing excellence within Infrastructure and Cloud initiatives. He is a featured speaker for EMC, RSA, BROCADE, VMWARE and sits on the Global EMC, RSA and Brocade Advisory boards where he is helping shape both internal and external programs that are focused on customer adoption and successful infrastructure architecture.

Jamie has been developing and managing Strategic Infrastructre Solutions for over 20 years; first in New York City working on Wall Street developing and supporting investment trading and funds transfer applications and systems for the global financial community.

Jamie holds several industry certifications and awards, and was inducted into the Cambridge Who's Who 2K10, A Prestigious honor recognizing Jamie Shepard for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in technology through innovation.

Jamie and Brad Maltz CTO are co-developers of the nCubed methodology that is at the forefront of ICI's value to customers trying to effectively manage global infrastructure standards and technologies.

Jamie can be contacted directly at 508-630-1620, cell: 617-710-4225 or jshepard@iciamerica.com.


Eric Ransden - Managing Director - gCubed Division
Eric Ransden’s role as gCubed Division Lead is to expand and deliver ICI’s global award winning gCubed (Gather, Guide, Govern) solutions and methodology to our customers, enhancing their compliance, eDiscovery, security, and archiving practices.  Since his arrival at ICI in 2003, Eric has transformed ICI from a pure professional services model to a comprehensive consulting, solutions and integration organization. Eric has expanded the company's marketplace beyond the enterprise to commercial and small-medium businesses, broadened the company's industry alliances, and established new selling and partnership opportunities.

Before joining ICI, Eric directed the technical services, business development, and marketing activities during three years as Director of Technical Services for a New England based network security company. While there he developed their Network Security Audit program which became their fastest growing and most profitable program.

Prior to Eric's transition to Professional Services and technical sales, Eric was the IT Director of Technical Services for several organizations including Ceridian Corporation, Storability, and Work/Family Directions. During his 15 years in IT he was recognized for transforming IT departments into highly efficient and business centric partners to the organization. ICI's customers benefit and continue to leverage Eric's IT experience to improve their own organizations and developing long term goals and objectives.

Eric can be contacted directly at 508-630-1601 or eransden@iciamerica.com.

Ali Bliss - Vice President Business Development and Marketing
Ali Bliss joined ICI in 2006 as an Account Executive where he rose to lead ICI’s viPER (virtual Information Protection Enablement and Recovery) Team as Parctice Lead for sales and vendor execution. Ali's role as VP of Business Development and Marketing since 2009 has propelled ICI's brand to one of excellence, aligned with the unique ICI culture of dominance in the Infrastructure Solutions Consulting and Integration space.  Ali's focus is on vendor market penetration and development, solutions acceptance in the field, TSAM managment and development. 

Prior to joining ICI, he held various sales, marketing, and management positions at Fortune 200 companies such as IBM, Lotus, and EMC. Ali’s Military background has driven him to succeed in a process oriented environment which translates perfectly into solutions oriented I.T. initiatives.

Ali is engaged at all levels of ICI, having direct influence from both a tactical and strategic perspective for all ICI offerings and divisions. Ali is the face of ICI reporting to Jamie Shepard EVP - Technology Solutions.

Ali can be contacted directly at 508-630-1618 or abliss@iciamerica.com.


Brad Maltz - Chief Technology Officer - cCubed (Consult, Configure, Consume)
Brad joined ICI in 2002 after more than 6 years of designing and implementing both EMC and Data General CLARiiON SAN solutions. Prior to joining ICI, Brad was a consultant for EMC Corporation where he was the most sought after CLARiiON implementation consultant and solutions architect in the New England area.


Industry Certifications and Achievements

• VMWare VCDX #36 Globally
• vExpert
• ICI VICE Certified
• nCubed Grand Master
• EMC Technology Architect - Expert
• VMware VAC Consultant
• VMware Capacity Planning Certified
• CISCO MDS/McData/Brocade Design Certified
• AVAMAR Backup Certified
• Featured Presenter at VMWorld 2006 (Virtualization and DR)
• ICI Technical Solutions Mentor Certified
• Founding Member of EMC's CTO Council