Our Team

Najaf Husain – Chief Executive Officer, President

Najaf has over 20 years experience developing and managing software companies, particularly in the Windows environment. He founded AppAssure Software to address the need to protect mission-critical applications, starting with e-mail, that run on the Microsoft Windows Server Platform. Prior to AppAssure Software, Najaf was a Senior Executive and Vice President of the Microsoft Windows Strategy for Veritas Software (VRTS). Previously, he served as President and General Manager of Precise SRM, the Windows division of Precise Software Solutions. As President and General Manager of Precise SRM, Najaf grew the business by over 80% in 18 months, prior to the Company’s sale to Veritas in June 2003.

Najaf was the co-founder and CEO of WQuinn Associates; the leading provider of Windows based SRM solutions. The products were widely adopted with over 5,000 customers and hundreds of thousands of copies sold prior to its sale to Precise Software (PRSE). The WQuinn technology was licensed by Microsoft for inclusion in its NAS appliance and as an OEM for inclusion in the Longhorn operating system.

Najaf graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Computer Science. He participates in multiple charitable organizations and enjoys sports and spending time with his family.

Todd Fredrick – Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Todd Fredrick has over 15 years of experience in managing sales, channels, and technical organizations, specializing in Windows storage and Exchange-based messaging solutions. As Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Todd is responsible for all aspects of AppAssure’s sales and marketing efforts.

Prior to AppAssure, Todd served as Sales VP for Symantec Inc, focusing on the market leading email archiving product Enterprise Vault and driving its 100% annual growth rate. Todd also served as a Sales VP at Veritas, focusing on developing Windows sales programs and strategies for both channels and enterprise sales. Before that Todd also served as Precise-SRM’s Sr. Vice President, where he oversaw all aspects of the SRM division’s world wide sales and marketing activities including the direct sales force in North America, EMEA, distribution channels, and strategic OEM relationships. These partnerships included building relationships with Microsoft, Dell, EDS, Techdata, and Ingram Micro.

Todd was also a Principal and SVP of Worldwide Sales of W. Quinn Associates, the leader in the Windows SRM Space.

Todd holds a M.S. in Information Management from Marymount University and a B.S. in Marketing from Virginia Tech.

Jack Codde – Vice President of Sales

Jack Codde brings nearly 30 years of experience in building and managing sales, channel, OEM and technical organizations in commercial, government and international marketplaces. As the vice president of sales, Jack is responsible for driving revenue growth and creating high customer satisfaction for AppAssure. Jack has a keen ability to understanding the true value of the client-customer relationship by understanding each client’s unique pain points and specifically helping organizations run their systems in a smarter manner.

Prior to AppAssure, Jack served as a sales executive for several high growth organizations including Veritas, Andataco, Sybase and KnowledgeWare, where he was instrumental in growing market share, profit and customer satisfaction. Jack also brings to AppAssure his experience in building high-producing teams that scale to support the dynamics of growing markets, vertical market development, and technology integration within existing production frameworks. In addition to his sales management expertise, Jack is a noted author on the subject of integrating disparate systems.

Jack currently resides in Northern Virginia and is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Economics.

Steven Toole – Chief Marketing Officer

A 20 year veteran in technology marketing, Steven is passionate about delivering compelling, high value technology messages to markets that are underserved through the status quo.  His background in software technologies spanning storage, security, ERP and web-based content has helped fuel triple digit annual growth rates for several VC-backed emerging technology companies including WQuinn, AXENT, iCode and Jobfox.

Steven holds a BS in Communications from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School as well as an MBA and a Master of International Management from University of Maryland University College.

Dan Kyler – Chief Architect

Prior to founding AppAssure Software, Dan was a Senior Windows Kernel Engineer for Veritas Software. Previously, he was Chief Kernel Architect for PreciseSRM, the Windows division of Precise Software Solutions, and helped expand its market for the award- winning StorageCentral product line prior to its sale to Veritas Software in June 2003.

Dan was one of the early employees of W. Quinn Associates, and he was Chief Kernel Architect for its top selling lines, QuotaAdvisor and StorageCentral prior to its sale to Precise Software in September of 2001. Dan holds a patent for Windows based kernel driver implementations. Earlier Dan was a Principal Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation and developed multiple kernel-level drivers for the data protection market.

Dan graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from Kent State University and a M.S. in Software Engineering from Colorado Technical College.

Joshua Hoffman – Lead Geek/ Chief Content Strategist

Joshua Hoffman is a veteran author, consultant and IT professional, specializing in IT communication and systems management. Prior to his work with AppAssure Software, Joshua spent 8 years with Microsoft. Joshua joined Microsoft in 2001 as a consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services. After spending four years advising large commercial, university, and government clients on IT infrastructure design and engineering, Joshua helped to launch TechNet Magazine, where he spent four years as editor-in-chief , guiding the magazine through a period of record audience growth and industry acclaim. Prior to joining Microsoft, Joshua held positions in the IT departments of Bristol-Myers Squibb and General Electric. He has authored dozens of articles and moderated numerous industry panel discussions on a variety of IT and marketing topics.

He holds a BS in Information Technology and Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is currently conducting his graduate studies at Columbia University in New York City. In 2009, Joshua left Microsoft and joined AppAssure. Today, Joshua focuses on helping IT professionals connect across industry and geographic boundaries to share experiences and realize the greatest possible value from their IT investments.