PALO ALTO, Calif. –(BUSINESS WIRE)– CloudScale Capital Partners, LLC today announced that industry veteran Kim Perdikou has joined the firm as a Partner.

“We are thrilled to welcome Kim to our team,” said Stephen Diamond, managing partner of CloudScale Capital Partners. “She brings a wealth of experience mentoring entrepreneurs and helping build great tech Companies.”

“I am excited to be working with such a strong team at CloudScale,” said Perdikou. “This is a great time to be investing in transformative start-ups in the Cloud and Internet of Things.”

Ms Perdikou brings a long track record of leadership positions in both startups and large Companies. Most recently Executive Vice President at Juniper Networks, she served as General Manager of the Routing Business where she doubled revenues over three years to $3.5 billion. Earlier, she served as Juniper’s CIO. Prior to Juniper, Ms. Perdikou held senior executive positions at Women.com, Reader’s Digest, Knight Ridder and Dunn & Bradstreet. She has also served as a Mentor for the Fortune TechWomen and State Department mentoring.

Ms. Perdikou has served on the Boards of Directors of Lam Research, iPhotonics, CyberArk Software and REBBL. She holds a BS degree in computer science from Paisley University in Scotland and a Masters degree in Information Systems from Pace University.