LluÃs Font has a vision for making IT simpler. It’s about using Web technologies to automate the management of IT infrastructure, reducing the cost and carbon footprint of enterprise IT departments.
With NTRglobal’s enterprise-grade Software as a Service (SaaS) for remote systems management, he is driving revenue momentum for the SaaS industry around the globe. Under his leadership NTRglobal has increased its monthly recurring revenues (MRR) by a factor of 7x between 2005 and 2007.
“Today’s stricter regulatory environments are driving the market for solutions that help IT manage risk, satisfy compliance mandates and become more energy-efficient.â€
Since becoming CEO in 2002, LluÃs has driven a single-minded focus on customer needs, accelerated product innovation and expanded the sales effort from Spain to a dozen countries worldwide.
Today NTRglobal employs over 300 people in Europe, the US and Asia, and is European market leader and one of the top 3 vendors of remote systems management SaaS in the US.
“NTRglobal customers are telling me that we are not only making a difference but transforming the way they run their operations. It is exciting to collaborate with our customers to help simplify IT and achieve cost reductions.â€
A €22 million investment into NTRglobal in June 2008 was led by Kennet Partners, and included Atlas Venture as well as NTR’s existing investors Debaeque and Elaia Partners. NTRglobal sought the new funding to fuel sales growth among the Global 2000, & small to medium sized businesses (SME) in Europe, North America, the UK, Japan and China, as well as to accelerate the roll-out of the new generation of SaaS IT automation solutions planned.
Prior to NTRglobal, LluÃs worked with top consultancies and professional services firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, and was CEO of AGM, one of Spain’s largest internet consulting firms. He lectures in Management and Technology for Masters programs run in the engineering school of La Salle-Universidad Ramon Llull. LluÃs graduated from Manhattan College NY as Engineer in Telecommunications with International MBA.
