FireHost is involved in protecting data and brand reputations for companies while providing HIPAA and PCI compliant hosting.
FireHost is the leader in secure cloud hosting, protecting critical data and brand reputations for companies with significant security, compliance, performance and managed services needs. Since 2009, it has made hacker awareness, management and prevention a standard part of every customers secure cloud hosting environment, blocking more than 60 million attacks on behalf of its customers in 2012 alone. The company offers the most comprehensive fully managed cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) available today, built specifically for the needs of companies governed by PCI and HIPAA compliance regulations. Some of the largest healthcare, payments and SaaS companies in the world subscribe to FireHosts secure cloud to ensure their data is safe and always available. FireHost provides services from Dallas, Phoenix, London and Amsterdam.
Chris Drake is the founder and CEO of FireHost, a secure managed hosting company.
Prior to founding FireHost, Drake was the founder of and partner in an interactive marketing and web development company, TargetScope, which oversaw hundreds of websites containing critical data, applications and ecommerce. He was also previously a paratrooper in the storied 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army. Since June 2009, FireHost has grown an average of 40 percent each quarter and been recognized as a major player in the Web security space.
Bruce MacFadyen is the COO of FireHost.
Previously, MacFadyen served as director of operations at Guardian Healthcare Holdings, where he helped to more than double the companys revenue.
Prior to that, he was a principal of private investment firm Atlas Capital, where he managed the companys investments in the technology and consumer sectors.
He has also served as a senior portfolio consultant for HOLT Value Associates, now a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, where he consulted with buy-side investment firms.