Bob Buchanan

Bob Buchanan joined RapidScale in 2017, bringing over 20 years of industry experience and deep expertise in both channel and direct sales to the RapidScale leadership team. Bob was hired due to his track record of building and scaling world-class channel-focused sales organizations in the cloud space, and he is responsible for developing national go-to-market and sales strategies to accelerate RapidScale’s market position as a provider of managed cloud services including Desktop as a Service (DaaS), Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions.

Prior to his role at RapidScale, Bob served as Vice President of Channel Sales for TierPoint where he built a sales team and expanded their channel sales and nationwide channel distribution capabilities during a period of rapid expansion through acquisition. Bob joined TierPoint upon their acquisition of Windstream’s data center business unit, where he served as Vice President of Sales responsible for leading their cloud and data center go-to-market strategy within the partner community.

Bob has twice been named to CRN’s prestigious annual list of Channel Chiefs, recognized as a leader in the IT channel space. He earned a bachelor's degree from Western Carolina University and lives in Raleigh with his wife and two children.