Van Murray is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and IT executive with over 20 years of founding, buying, building and selling technology businesses. Van is passionate about developing innovative, collaborative teams (both internally and externally), cloud computing, solution selling, and digital transformation so that his partners and customers are more productive in growing their businesses. Van is also experienced in corporate development through building strategic partnerships and M&A having completed 11 deals.

Van is currently a Managing Partner at Aeolus - Powered by AppDirect. Van and his team are actively recruiting new sales partners and technology consultants. If you are interested to meet with Van, please use this link to schedule some time with Van directly.

Prior to Aeolus; in 2010, Van founded Accent Plus, one of the first Google Cloud and Microsoft partners, acquired by NeoNova Network Services (now NRTC) in 2012. In 2016, Van and his team spun out of NRTC to launch NeoCloud (acquired by AppDirect). Van and his team then launched AppSmart in 2018, the foundation for what is now AppDirect.

Previously, Van was a founding member of a shared service entity and Head of Information Technology of Cherokee Investment Partners. Van was also an early-stage member and Implementation Engineer of Mi-Co, a mobile data collection software start-up in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Van earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and has achieved multiple certifications from Cisco, Google and Microsoft. Van was the recipient of the Triangle Business Journal Top 40 under 40 Leadership Award recipient, Class of 2017.

Outside of work, Van is actively involved in giving back to his community by serving as the President for Clean Jordan Lake and a member of the Activate Good Corporate Volunteer Council.

Van currently resides in Raleigh, NC. In his spare time Van enjoys fishing, boating and traveling with his family. Van also holds a private pilot certificate.