CPG Appoints Phillip Sandino as EVP, Service Operations

Phillip Sandino LinkedIn Profile >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipsandino/

ASHBURN, VA. – January 20, 2022 – CPG – North America’s leading mission-critical solutions provider and technology partner – today announced the appointment of Phillip Sandino to the position of executive vice president of service operations.

With over 25 years of experience leading critical facility operations in the data center, electric utility and oil and gas industries, Sandino’s appointment further rounds out CPG’s executive leadership team with global operations and service delivery experience. Sandino will focus on the continued growth of MEP services for critical infrastructure clients with an emphasis on managed maintenance and facilities operations for mission-critical environments.

“As technological innovation continues transforming mission-critical facilities into high-powered cloud-computing environments, our customers have entrusted us to seamlessly manage accelerated data demands,” said Tom Mertz, CEO, CPG. “We are excited that Phillip has joined the CPG family as he has a deep understanding of managing the complex needs of our customers in the face of today’s unprecedented landscape.”

For more than two decades, Fortune 500s, hyperscalers, enterprise cloud providers, federal agencies and colocation customers have entrusted CPG to design, build, commission, service, monitor and maintain their complex mission-critical facilities to ensure the availability of their business-critical data and applications.

“CPG’s expertise extends far beyond any one industry or singular line of service, which is what makes the company so unique,” Sandino said. “Leveraging my two decades of facility operations experience spanning multiple critical industries with complex environments, I look forward to collaborating with CPG’s executive team to continuously improve the service operations experience and exceed customer expectations.”

Sandino joins CPG from a large data center operations and maintenance team. Prior to this role, Sandino worked as an operations and business leader for NRG Energy, Dominion Energy and RagingWire/NTT Data Centers, and previously co-founded Digital Redline, a digital gaming company in Los Angeles. Additionally, Sandino was Dominion Energy’s representative to the Department of Homeland Security’s Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) for Data Center Alley. Sandino also led the Northern Virginia Infrastructure Plan for Dominion Energy, which master planned the electrical infrastructure resilience for Fairfax County’s Tysons Comprehensive Plan and Data Center Alley.

Sandino began his career at General Electric as a field engineer specializing in the installation and commissioning of industrial gas turbines around the world. He also holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Texas Tech University and an MBA in Strategy, Information and Operations Management from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

 

 

 

For more information about CPG, visit https://www.cpgbeyondthecloud.com/.

Stream Data Centers Appoints Yvonne Deir as Vice President of Leasing and Development

 

Dallas, TX (November 17, 2021) – Stream Data Centers, an industry leader in delivering exceptional data center experiences to global enterprises, is proud to announce the expansion of its leasing and sales team with the strategic addition of Yvonne Deir as Vice President of Hyperscale Leasing and Development. Leveraging her rich background in the data center industry, Deir will support Stream’s strategic goals to ensure the company is optimally supporting its growing customer base across hyperscale and cloud requirements.

Prior to joining Stream, Deir served as the Strategic Director of Sales, West Region, for CoreSite. She also served as the Director of Sales, West Region, for Aptum (formerly Peer1Network,) a global hybrid multi-cloud managed service provider.

“I was drawn to Stream as my next step not only because of its dedicated service style and robust suite of high-quality solutions, but because of the quality of its customer base. 90% of Stream’s capacity is leased by Fortune 100 companies, and it’s meeting this challenge of delivering the right capabilities to the world’s most demanding customers that excites me,” comments Deir. “Stream has proven that it can provide exceptional support to customers’ digital transformations, and I look forward to complementing that existing talent with what I can bring to the company.”

Stream Data Centers delivers a complete menu of mission-critical data center services, including hyperscale developments, powered shells, build-to-suit solutions, adaptable turnkey colocation and more. Stream’s real estate development expertise and dedicated service style sets it apart from large REITs or private equity firms, empowering customers with a unique level of stability and flexibility. This approach delivers the tailored solutions that sophisticated users require — from strategic site selection, delivery of powered shells and build-to-suit projects, to adaptable, turnkey facilities coupled with the advantage of a large in-house energy procurement services offering.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Yvonne to the team, and we’re excited to add another team member with an outstanding reputation and specialized tenure serving the hyperscale and cloud space,” comments Chris Bair, Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing. “We pride ourselves on our people, and Yvonne is one of the rare individuals who can always be counted on to deliver outstanding performance with the highest level of integrity.”

“Adding Yvonne to the team is a great testament to what Stream has built over the past 22 years in the data center industry.  Continuing to attract highly sought-after top performers like Yvonne is the key to delivering the results our customers have come to expect,” states Rob Kennedy, Co-Managing Partner of Stream. “Yvonne’s cloud and hyperscale expertise aligns well with our portfolio and serving offerings, and we look forward to seeing how her individual perspective supports a new phase of success.”

Stream Data Centers continues to comprehensively support new and expanding data requirements. Most recently, the company announced the commissioning of a new 418,000-square-foot hyperscale data center in Goodyear, Arizona, where at full build, this location will be the region’s largest multi-tenant data center campus. Stream is also expanding its footprint with a second data center in Chicago’s Elk Grove Village with a 32 MW data center campus ready for early occupancy in 2Q22.

 

 

 

 

To learn more about Stream Data Centers, visit www.streamdatacenters.com.

PRESS RELEASE >> https://www.streamdatacenters.com/yvonne-deir-vp-of-leasing-and-development/

Stream Data Centers Appoints Christopher Jackson, SVP, Operations

Dallas, TX (June 27, 2022) – Stream Data Centers, an industry leader in delivering exceptional data center experiences to global enterprises, today proudly announces the addition of Chris D. Jackson as its new Senior Vice President of Operations. In this role, Jackson will be responsible for all aspects of operations, including security, safety, reliability, engineering, customer experience and compliance. Jackson’s wealth of insight and experience ensures Stream’s customers can have all their needs met with an enhanced platform that delivers both leading services and the benefits of a strategic single-team approach.

Prior to Stream, Jackson served as an instrumental leader in taking highly distinguished organizations from national to global leaders. During his time with a leading cloud services provider, he managed the world’s largest availability zone (which totals in excess of 1200MW of resources spread across 140 data centers), achieving and maintaining 99.999% availability. More recently, with a competitive data center provider, Jackson spearheaded growth from 3 markets in the U.S. to more than 20 markets across the U.S., Canada and Europe. His teams led the development of multiple strategic global programs and procedures, which in turn streamlined upwards of 24 global maintenance procedures. With this proven history of success, Jackson positions Stream and its customers for even more advantageous outcomes.

“Stream instantly captured my attention and made me want to be a part of its team because this company offers the chance to learn from, partner with, and be a part of such a dynamic group of talented, passionate and committed professionals,” comments Jackson. “I look forward to aligning the company’s current operational success into a model that can grow and meet our customers’ growing needs safely, reliably and sustainably — with a history of successful outcomes to back the decision-making process.”

“Chris is a fantastic addition to our strong leadership team, and the talent he brings to the table will complement our goals — and our customers’ goals — exceptionally well,” states Michael Lahoud, Partner and Chief Operating Officer for Stream Data Centers. “Adding team members with global enterprise and hyperscale experience continues to make a real difference in service delivery and customer satisfaction.”

Stream Data Centers delivers an array of premier data center services, including hyperscale development, site selection, energy services, powered shells, build-to-suit solutions, adaptable turnkey colocation and more. Currently, the company is expanding its footprint with a new 418,000-square-foot hyperscale data center in Goodyear, Arizona. Once complete, this location will be the region’s largest multi-tenant data center campus. Stream is commissioning a second data center in Chicago’s Elk Grove Village. The 32MW data center campus will be ready for occupancy in July.

 

 

 

 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdeanjackson/

To learn more about Stream Data Centers, visit www.streamdatacenters.com.

Kevin Dalton Joins Cumulus Data as Chief Data Center Officer

Former Digital Realty and NTT Global Executive to lead design and construction of flagship hyperscale data center campus outside Berwick, Pennsylvania; brings over 30 years of experience in constructing over 1,000 MW of data center capacity

 

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Cumulus Data (“Cumulus”), a Subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation (“Talen”), today announced that it has appointed Kevin Dalton to the role of Chief Data Center Officer. In this newly created role, Dalton will lead the design, construction and operation of Cumulus Data centers and support technical customer sales efforts. Mr. Dalton will report to Alex Hernandez, CEO of Cumulus Data and President of Talen. Dalton joins Cumulus with over 30 years of experience in building data centers and will focus initially on delivering Cumulus Data’s flagship digital campus outside Berwick, Pennsylvania, which will be powered via direct interconnect to Talen’s carbon-free Susquehanna nuclear generation facility. The first data center is expected to be commercially available for lease in the second half of 2022.

“Kevin’s vast experience in developing 1,000 MW of data center capacity, which equates to approximately $10 billion of capex across over 75 data centers globally complements the strength of our team and will ensure Cumulus delivers a high-quality product to our customers,” said Alex Hernandez Cumulus Chief Executive Officer and Talen President. “The combination of our low-cost, reliable, and carbon-free energy enables Cumulus Data to offer the lowest total cost of ownership together with ESG benefits to cloud, AI, and data center clients globally. Additionally, Cumulus offers customers the ability to supplement its carbon-free offering with 400 Megawatts of new solar generation capacity under development in Pennsylvania,” Hernandez continued.

Talen announced that it has broken ground on the Cumulus digital campus following the recent passage of Pennsylvania’s Digital Infrastructure Legislation, House Bill 952, which provides state sales and use tax exemption for data center investment in the Commonwealth. The first Cumulus data center is being constructed on land adjacent Talen’s Susquehanna nuclear generating facility, located outside Berwick, Pa. The Cumulus Data digital campus will provide up to one Gigawatt of carbon-free, low-cost, reliable energy generated by Susquehanna’s dual units to power the campus, including 475 Megawatts for hyperscale data center clients and 300 Megawatts for other digital infrastructure applications.

The Cumulus Data digital infrastructure investment will create family-sustaining jobs, technology training, and other economic benefits including tax revenue and increased consumption of local goods and services to both the Commonwealth and surrounding community. The Cumulus Data investment and digital campus is a tangible expression of Talen’s Force for Good strategy to invest in and support the communities in which it operates.

Prior to joining Cumulus, Dalton served as senior vice president of design and construction for NTT Global Data Centers, where he led global data center design and supply chain functions. Prior to joining NTT Global Data Centers, Dalton spent 12 years at Digital Realty, a global leader in data center, colocation and integration strategies, in technical and senior management roles, including seven years as vice president of engineering, leading teams of engineers to deliver data center solutions for customers around the world. Previously, he spent 10 years at MGE UPS Systems, a world leader in uninterrupted power supply systems, and nine years at McClier Corporation, now AECOM, a design-build firm. Dalton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

“I am pleased to join Cumulus Data in this new role, and look forward to working with the team to both design and construct our flagship campus as we lead the clean energy and digital infrastructure transition,” Dalton said. “I look forward to working with Alex and the team to construct world-class facilities for the campus’ tenants, create a template for future expansion and provide significant opportunities for the communities in which we operate.”

 

 

 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-dalton-1a7829b/

For more information regarding Cumulus Data, visit: https://cumulusinfra.com/

PRESS RELEASE >> https://cumulusinfra.com/kevin-dalton-joins-cumulus-data-as-chief-data-center-officer/

DC BLOX Welcomes John Dumler as Vice President of Data Center Design & Engineering

 

ATLANTA, GA, AUGUST 31, 2021, – DC BLOX, a leading provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business, is pleased to announce that John R. Dumler P.E. has joined DC BLOX effective August 16, 2021, serving as Vice President of Data Center Design and Engineering. John reports directly to Mark Masi, EVP of Development, Engineering and Construction. Together, Mark and John will oversee and manage the design and engineering of all DC BLOX data center facilities, each leveraging extensive experience in construction, commissioning, operations, and sustainability.

Dumler fortifies DC BLOX’s data center engineering team, enabling the company to continue to build, own and operate multi-tenant data centers in smaller growing cities across the Southeast. As the Vice President of Data Center Design and Engineering, Dumler is responsible to ensure all of DC BLOX facilities are engineered with state-of-the-art designs and technologies to support world-class reliability and efficiency for digital infrastructure solutions. With increasing requirements for edge computing, business continuity, and environmentally friendly power usage, efficient data center design is critical to enterprise digital transformation.

“We are thrilled to welcome John Dumler to DC BLOX,” states Mark Masi, EVP of Design, Engineering and Construction for DC BLOX. “His strong background in mission critical data center design, engineering and energy management are key to ensuring that our facilities have the reliability and efficiency expected by our most demanding customers.”

Prior to joining DC BLOX, Dumler served as the Director of Energy and Engineering for Digital Realty, where he led both strategic and tactical initiatives including operational energy efficiency and engineering effectiveness across a global portfolio of over 200 data centers. With more than 20 years of experience in engineering, software development and innovation, Dumler has designed data centers as both a buyer and seller. His experience offers clients, tenants, and internal stakeholders exceptional opportunities to drive energy efficiency in data center deployments.

“I am excited to be joining the DC BLOX team,” says Mr. Dumler. “I am a big believer in DC BLOX’s mission to deliver world-class data centers in growing underserved markets. It is also clear to me that the company is not just solving for today’s market needs but is looking around the corner to ensure their facilities continue to meet evolving customer needs.”

 

John Dumler LinkedIn Profile >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndumler/

Learn More About DC BLOX >> https://www.dcblox.com/

Stream Data Centers Appoints Tejo Pydipati, SVP Design & Construction

DALLAS, TX (July, 7 2021) —  Stream Data Centers, an industry leader in delivering exceptional data center experiences to global enterprises, is proud to announce the addition of Tejo Pydipati to its leadership team. Pydipati, serving as Stream’s new SVP of Design and Construction, will guide mission-critical construction processes in support of the company’s expanding portfolio of campus developments, hyperscale data centers, build-to-suit data centers and powered shells, under the leadership of Michael Lahoud, Chief Operating Officer and Partner.

Prior to joining Stream, Pydipati spent the past eight years at DPR as a technical builder, directing teams across an array of data center developments, including both new builds and facility upgrades for global enterprise, service provider and hyperscale end-users.  Pydipati holds a Master’s in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, as well as a Bachelor’s in Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkey.

“Stream strikes a remarkable balance between real estate knowledge and technical proficiency, which provides their clients and opportunity to reap the many benefits of deep expertise in delivering and operating data centers,” comments Pydipati. “I’m honored to take the reins from Chris and look forward to applying my experience in design and construction to support Stream’s vision of strategically expanding capacity to keep pace with growing customer demand.”

“Having the right skill sets and team members on board is crucial for staying ahead of a rapidly evolving industry. Data centers are not just any building, and construction is highly specialized. Tejo is an excellent addition to our team because he delivers the holistic technical expertise we look for — a true understanding of the business, the products, the customer and the evolving needs they bring to the table,” notes Michael Lahoud, Chief Operating Officer and Partner at Stream Data Centers. “At the same time, we’re thrilled to see Chris use his two decades of data center experience in the new SVP of Development role.”

Stream Data Centers continues to expand across North America, recently, the company announced the commissioning of a new 418,000-square-foot hyperscale data center in Goodyear, Arizona — which will eventually become the region’s largest multi-tenant data center campus upon full build out. Stream is also expanding its footprint in Chicago, IL, with a second data center in Elk Grove Village: Chicago II. The 32 MW data center campus will be ready for early occupancy in Q4 2021.

 

 

 

 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vihas/

 

Site Developer Jason Scandrol Joins EdgeMicro’s Veteran Leadership Team

 

DENVER, COLORADO – February 1, 2021 – EdgeMicro, an edge colocation company dedicated to delivering on the promise of edge computing has announced the strategic addition of Jason Scandrol to the company’s elite leadership team as Vice President of Operations.

Scandrol joins EdgeMicro from Vantage Data Centers, where he lead and executed the company’s data center development as the Director of New Development. In addition to his experience in his role at Vantage, Scandrol brings 20 years of broad and complex facilities management, construction management, and technical operations experience.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Jason to the leadership team. He’s a long-time friend and perfect for the critical role of taking the solid operational foundation Loren built and scaling it with velocity” said Greg Pettine, EdgeMicro‘s Co-Founder & EVP of Business Development. 

Throughout his career, Scandrol had managed small tenant improvement projects up to the development of multi-phased green field builds exceeding 100 million dollars. Similar in nature to micro data centers (MDC), Scandrol has on deployment of telecom fiber regeneration and collocation facilities. He has always had the ambition to join early-stage companies and take ownership of their continuous evaluation, seeing companies like ViaWest grow from 100 employees to 500 employees during his tenure. Scandrol’s background includes numerous instances where he proved committed to putting his customers first. Combining his extensive experience, pioneering spirit, and his shared belief in a customer-first midset, Scandrol will join EdgeMicro and continue to help them achieve their goal of creating a connected world, regardless of geography.

 

 

 

 

 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-scandrol-53784a8/

Learn more about EdgeMicro‘s Leadership Team and innovative colocation approach and solutions by visiting www.edgemicro.com.

 

UpStack Appoints Andrew Reiben as Chief Financial Officer

 

No press release.

Andrew’s Bio:

Andrew Reiben has 30 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer with extensive financial and operational experience in demanding, high-velocity businesses. As the Chief Financial Officer at UPSTACK, Andrew’s expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, board relations, compliance, strategic planning, and operational improvement will strategically propel our business and operationally enable us to execute our vision.

Previously, Andrew was the CFO at Dale Carnegie & Associates, a worldwide training company with operations in over 80 countries, and SPS, a $300M private equity-backed UCaaS company. Prior to SPS, Andrew was CFO of Sterling Infosystems which grew from $40M to approximately $250M in revenue during his tenure.

Andrew is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with an M.S. degree in Accounting from Long Island University.

 

Andrew Reiben LinkedIn Profile >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-reiben-bbb75b11/

Learn More About UpStack >> https://upstack.com/

Data Center Leader CPG Names David Mettler as Chief Revenue Officer to Support Strategic Growth Across Business Lines

Strengthening CPG’s sales team, Mettler’s experience as an industry veteran with a global track record of success will support customers across all lines of service.

 

ASHBURN, VA. – Jan. 12, 2020 – CPG – North America’s only complete data center service provider, offering design, construction and analytics-driven operations – today announced the appointment of David Mettler to the position of chief revenue officer. Mettler is tasked with accelerating CPG’s revenue growth across all lines of business, helping to serve the diverse needs of hyperscalers, colocation facilities, enterprises and government agencies across North America.

With over 20 years of experience leading sales teams in the data center and technology services industries – serving a deep mix of customers in financial services, healthcare, and state, local and federal government – Mettler’s appointment further rounds out CPG’s executive leadership team with hands-on global sales experience. Mettler’s chief focus will be to organize the sales team to best support the diverse needs of customers and prospects across CPG’s end-to-end offerings, helping CPG deliver at the scale, pace and reliability required for modern data center service providers.

“As organizations have moved to the cloud to support exponentially-increasing data demands, the process for establishing a modern data center environment hasn’t kept up. From the build and technology install to ongoing maintenance and analytics-driven operations, the process remains far too time consuming and costly, and it involves far too many vendors,” said Tom Mertz, CEO, CPG. “David understands that today’s largest enterprises and technology companies need a true end-to-end technology partner that not only understands their business but that can dynamically scale to match their pace and tackle their long-term challenges.”

Since 2000, Fortune 500s, enterprise cloud providers and colocation customers have entrusted CPG to design, build, commission, service, monitor and maintain their data centers to ensure the availability of their business-critical data and applications. Some of these customers include Microsoft, Equinix, Digital Realty and Cyxtera.

“Over the last two decades, CPG has established itself as unique in its ability to support customers at every stage of the data center lifecycle, with capabilities spanning the full range required by today’s leading companies,” Mettler said. “Leveraging my two decades in the industry, I look forward to working with CPG’s executive and sales team to accelerate the company’s growth trajectory across all lines of business.”

Mettler joins CPG from Iron Mountain Data Centers, where he helped the company grow its global colocation services. Prior to Iron Mountain’s acquisition of IO Data Centers in 2018, David led IO’s U.S. sales team as vice president of sales and market director for the United States. Additionally, David was a key member of the team that managed IO’s data center expansion into the Singapore and London markets, and he previously headed up sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for managed hosting and colocation services provider Savvis.

Mettler began his career as a network engineer for Sprint and holds a Bachelors of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE >> https://www.cpgbeyondthecloud.com/blog/2021/01/12/data-center-leader-cpg-names-david-mettler-chief-revenue-officer-support-strategic?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=david_mettler