Ian Rae

Ian Rae is the newly appointed CEO and President of Aptum, a Toronto-based cloud managed services and consulting firm.124 He assumed this role on September 1, 2023, succeeding Susan Bowen after Aptum acquired his company CloudOps in January 2023.156

Professional Background

Key Professional Highlights::

• Founder of CloudOps in 2005, a cloud consulting and managed services company2
• Founder of cloud.ca (now Hypertec Cloud), a Canadian cloud infrastructure-as-a-service platform2
• Previously served as CIO at Canderel Management and VP of Engineering at Coradiant2

Leadership and Community Involvement

Board Memberships and Affiliations::

• Board member of Genome Canada and Air Transat2
• Member of the Digital Industries Table for the Government of Canada2
• Member of the Canadian Council of Innovators2
• Active advisor and angel investor in the Montreal startup community25

Education and Expertise

Rae holds a B.Sc. Hon. in Biology from McGill University, specializing in Evolutionary Genetics.2 He brings over 25 years of experience in software development, cloud operations, and managed services.1

At Aptum, Rae aims to build on the company's multi-cloud and cloud networking expertise, focusing on helping customers drive cloud transformation and modernize their digital infrastructure.35