Cloud Sherpas


Cloud Sherpas was a cloud computing advisory and technology services company. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, it was acquired by Accenture in 2015.

History

Cloud Sherpas was founded by Michael Cohn, Eran Gil, and David Hoff in May 2008. Cloud Sherpas was a Google Enterprise partner and the leading reseller and implementation partner for Google Apps from 2010-2015. The firm raised a series of Angel investments in 2010 and 2011, led by Hallett Capital, and used the funds to acquire four competing Google Apps partners: Omnetic, Beloit, WaveAdept and Devnet.
In March 2012, led by a $20 million investment by Columbia Capital, Cloud Sherpas merged with GlobalOne, a Salesforce.com partner. The combined entity went forward with the name Cloud Sherpas, which became a platform upon which additional cloud advisory boutiques and brokerage firms were later added. Global One was founded by John Orrock, Dennis Wall, and Toan Huynh. The same year, the company received a $40 million Series B Venture Capital financing from Greenspring Associates, Queensland Investment Corporation, Columbia Capital and Delta-V Capital. In 2013, Cloud Sherpas ranked #68 on the Inc magazine Hire Power Awards 2013 list. According to Inc, the firm created over 50,000 jobs in a span of 18 months.
Other notable Cloud Sherpas acquisitions include: