Paul Giobbi

CHAIRMAN

As co-founder of Zumasys, Inc., Paul Giobbi led the company to become one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the US, appearing on the Inc. 5000 seven times. His innovative employee programs, such as the Zumasys International Travel Incentive and Happyness Is a Choice, have garnered the company numerous awards and nominations, including being named Fortune magazine’s #1 Best Workplace for Giving Back.

Paul was born into the midrange computing market. He started his career at age 11 in a family business that produced tradeshows and magazines for PICK MultiValue databases.

After graduating college, Paul relocated to Houston to join Jones Business Systems (JBS), a two-tier distributor of Unix/Linux hardware and software technologies.

In 2000, Paul and his partner split from JBS to form Zumasys in San Clemente, California. Paul soon saw an opportunity to drive higher value for customers by hosting custom applications and homegrown ERP systems. In 2006, Paul launched the Zumasys Cloud, and the company eventually grew to $30M in revenue with nearly 100 employees.

Zumasys ultimately sold its cloud and IT infrastructure business to NexusTek in 2018, retaining its database and tools division.

In 2019, Zumasys began acquiring Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), helping them enhance their vertical market applications and moving them to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model.

Zumasys sold its database business to Rocket Software in 2021 and today the company focuses exclusively on acquiring and developing vertical application software packages.