About Blue Hill
Blue Hill Provides Customized Solutions, Flexible Services And Personalized Attention
The Service Delivery team has worked together for 25+ years, delivering the highest quality of Fully Managed Services based on diverse levels of industry experience, coupled with deep levels of technical expertise.
Mission Statement
To exceed Blue Hill’s client expectations with uncompromising quality of service by providing each client with the most flexible, cost‐effective and seamless solutions to meet their business outsourcing requirements.
Blue Hill Data Services provides 24/7 On-Shore Private Cloud solutions specializing in Mainframe, AS/400 – iSeries, and Server/Cloud Infrastructure, along with Colocation, Disaster Recovery, Applications, and Remote Support Services. We manage, improve, transform, and modernize critical business applications for clients.
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1994
Blue Hill Data Services (“Blue Hill”) was founded.
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2011
Blue Hill was purchased by Computer Technologies U.S.A. LLC (“CTUSA”). Blue Hill is a Private Cloud Hosting and Managed Service Provider delivering unparalleled multi-platform data center solutions from 100% On-Shore USA.
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2013
CTUSA purchased Computer Alternative Processing Sites, Inc. (“CAPS”), which expanded its Business Continuity services.
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2014
Enters Partnership with Gartner Research.
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2016
CTUSA acquired XyberNET, a Leading Comprehensive Insurance Processing Systems and Services Provider.
Blue Hill acquires AliComp, a division of Amalgamated
Life Insurance, to Expand Client Base. -
2018
Selected as the Mainframe, Mid-range, private cloud and
applications support provider for G2G Marketplace. -
2022
10 new client contracts awarded, Providing expanded scope
services and continuous improvements to our existing clients. -
2024
Selected in 2 Gartner Market Guides for Mainframe and Legacy Systems.
5 New Large Mainframe Contracts Awarded, Providing Mainframe Hosting & Remote Support.
Leadership
John Kamen
President & Chief Executive Officer
John Kamen
President & Chief Executive Officer
A native New Yorker, John lives and was educated in the NY metro area. John’s tenured career in IT services provided him with the knowledge, focus and the ambition to be the founder of Delta Computer Group. Since 1990 the company, through his extensive managerial and technical background, shaped Delta Computer Group into an industry-leading provider of cutting-edge technology solutions, which was focused on maintenance and business continuity. John believes that there are three basic ingredients to providing top-notch service – focus on customers, focus on our diversified expertise, and focus on its employees. John continued to maintain direct contact with most clients to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction. In addition, John oversaw the development and deployment of its diversified technology divisions.
John spearheaded the development and implementation of comprehensive IT strategies at Kefi International, that seamlessly integrated cybersecurity measures with data center solutions. John’s role involved assessing client needs, designing tailored security frameworks to protect critical assets, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. He also led initiatives to optimize data center infrastructures, enhancing operational efficiency and scalability to support business growth.
Nicholas Pidick
Executive Director, Sales and Business Development, CMO
Nicholas Pidick
Executive Director, Sales and Business Development, CMO
With over 20 awards for excellence in sales performance and sales leadership, Nick has more than 25 years’ experience in Information technology driving milestone accomplishments in sales and business development success across international and national markets. Nick is responsible for the company’s continuing growth business model and strategy to increase business opportunities in company core capabilities specializing in private cloud, multi-platform fully managed data center hosting and related services.
Prior to joining Blue Hill Data Services, Nick led Mainframe Global Business Development for CA Technologies, a Broadcom company, where he was a member of the mainframe leadership team and corporate senior leadership team. His responsibilities in this position included Global Mainframe Partner Organization, Business Analytics and Sales Enablement, Technical Team Management and Mainframe Mergers & Acquisitions. He built and led the Alpha Mainframe Development team which worked on unique products, web processes, and conversion tools for the Mainframe. While at CA Technologies, Nick also had several regional sales positions, including VP, Portfolio Management, SVP Sales, Mid-Atlantic, and Regional Vice President where he managed a sales team delivering Distributed Software products
Nick holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Maryland College Park, is active in social responsibility programs and Supporter of the American Heart Association and American Cancer Society.
Thomas Laudati
Executive Director, Service Delivery and Chief Technology Officer
Thomas Laudati
Executive Director, Service Delivery and Chief Technology Officer
Leading the Service Delivery organization for Blue HillData Services, Tomoversees all IT multi- platform data center outsourcing operations and implementation services. As Chief technology Officer, Tom architects and engineers all client mission-critical computing business systems solutions resulting in competitive-edge proposals and award successes meeting and exceeding client business objectives and service levels. Tom manages all Service Delivery departments including mainframe, mid-range and client server technical services, data center operations and service desk, production control and scheduling, network services, application services and client services which includes account management and project management
Prior to joining Blue Hill, Tom served as Senior Vice President, Service Delivery and Engineering for Infocrossing, Inc., an IT outsourcing company later acquired by WIPRO, where he managed five data centers nationally. He is an accomplished information outsourcing professional with 35 years of experience in the design, development, maintenance, and integration of business information systems. He possesses an in-depth understanding of systems and applications software and hardware across multiple vendor platforms and displays a thorough understanding of contemporary communications technology. Tom is instrumental in the development of outsourcing solutions, the implementation of outsourcing operational imperatives, and is a subject matter expert in data center migrations, having migrated hundreds of data centers over his career, all with a 100% success rate.
Tom is a business-oriented information systems executive, with the ability to design practical, cost-efficient processing solutions to business problems. His years of experience and a proven track record in the management of technical staff make him an ideal information technology architect and service delivery executive, well versed in applying systematic business solutions to the most complex information processing challenges. As a seasoned information technology systems management specialist, Tom’s industry segment experience includes the publishing, transportation, manufacturing/distribution, media, communications, retail, financial services, healthcare, government, and insurance verticals.
Tom holds a BS in Computer Sciences from Colorado Technical University. Tom has also taught applications programming at the Chubb Institute. He is one of the implementers of the original Linux operating systems on the mainframe in 1999. Tom was acknowledged by its authors in the book, LINUX on the Mainframe, as an important contributor in providing his expertise on this subject matter.
Meet Blue Hill’s Team
Peter Piasentini
Chief Security Officer and Senior Director, Network Services
Joe Cappuccino
Chief Facilities Engineer
Michael Woods
Senior Director, Mainframe Technical Services
Mark Deeming
Senior Director, Midrange Technical Service
Blair J. Monroe
Senior Director, Client Services and Service Desk
Ana Andrade
Director, Enterprise Operations
Nigel Jhagroo
Director, Production Control
Laura Whaley
Director, Pre-Sales Support, Business Development and Marketing
Pat Woods
Director, Infrastructure & Cloud Operations
Susan Mercoun
Executive Office Manager