Shoutouts to AI innovators who deserve gratitude and recognition for their accomplishments in 2022.
Culture & Mission
![Meet Our New Teammates: October 2021](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/04-blog-img/CF%20Family.png)
Just like bamboo, we continue to grow; we are very excited to add 14 more people to our team that connects one million talented people to meaningful work.
![A Day in the Life: Mercy Mandela, Delivery Team Lead](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/1-3.png)
CloudFactory’s project managers lead teams that deliver client work. Meet one of our leaders in Nairobi, Kenya, and read about a typical day for her.
![CloudFactory in Action: Supporting Digital Equity in Durham](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/04-blog-img/Supporting-Digital-Equity-in-Durham.png)
After schools closed due to COVID19, CloudFactory USA partnered with Durham organizations to accelerate digital equity among school-age children.
![Leadership Q&A with Lisbi Abraham](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/04-blog-img/Lisbi_Chief_Delivery_Officer_CloudFactory.png)
We connected with our new chief delivery officer to learn about what brought him to CloudFactory and what he’s learned since joining the team.
![From Meals to Video: Connecting a Remote, Global Workforce](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/04-blog-img/Social_Header%20-%20Pod%20Social%2044.png)
Building and maintaining relationships while working remotely calls for creativity. We use pod socials to connect globally at CloudFactory.
![CEO Mark Sears Interviews New CloudFactory Board Member John Cotterell](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%284%29-Nov-23-2020-09-27-21-31-PM.png)
We are delighted to welcome tech veteran John Cotterell to the CloudFactory Board of Directors. CEO Mark Sears talked with John about his new leadership role.
![5 Reasons You Should Work at CloudFactory](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%285%29-Nov-23-2020-09-28-21-47-PM.png)
CloudFactory is a great place to be because our teams work on some of the world’s most innovative technologies and because we’re on a mission: to create work for one million ...
![CloudFactory’s Response to COVID-19: 100% Remote Work](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/Logo.png)
CloudFactory responds to the COVID-19 pandemic with remote access for workers, business continuity for clients, and community service.
![Online Scammers Impersonate CloudFactory to Target Jobseekers](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/Logo.png)
CloudFactory will never ask for sensitive personal information or payment as part of the employment process.
![CloudFactory Gets $65 Million on Mission to Create Meaningful Work for 1 Million People](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/web19/images/news/growth-equity-cloudfactory.png)
Mark Sears, founder and CEO, shares how CloudFactory will use its latest round of funding, a Series-C round led by FTV Capital.
![Azavea and CloudFactory: Partners on Quality Training Data and Social Impact](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/web19/images/success-stories/featured-images/azavea-and-cloudfactory-partners-on-quality-training-data-and-social-impact.jpg)
Azavea's mission is to create advanced geospatial technology and research for civic and social impact. They interviewed a handful of leading data labeling firms, and studiously ...
![CloudFactory Named One of ‘10 Best Tech Startups in Durham’](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/04-blog-img/tech-startups-in-durham.png)
The list of tech startups based in Durham, N.C., was the result of research on each company’s revenue potential, leadership team, brand and product traction, and competitive ...
![The Workforce Strategy Behind CloudFactory’s 'People Who Care'](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/04-blog-img/wokforce-strategy-featured-final.png)
Our workforce strategy makes it possible for innovators to transform massive pipelines of data to power routine business processes, train machine learning algorithms, and create ...
![Jon Nastor Hacks CloudFactory Founder Mark Sears [Podcast]](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%288%29-Nov-23-2020-09-00-47-80-PM.png)
Popular podcast “Hack the Entrepreneur” featured CloudFactory founder and CEO Mark Sears, who talks about building a global managed cloud labor marketplace from scratch.
![Explaining CloudFactory to My Mom: 6 Years Later](https://blog.cloudfactory.com/hubfs/Image%20Resizing%20for%20Blog%20and%20Social%20%282%29-Nov-23-2020-07-04-23-84-PM.png)
In 6 years, CloudFactory has expanded to 4 continents and received $13.6M in funding. Here’s more about our story.