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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Recently advised on more than $1bn in data center services industry debt deals, leasing and acquisition projects, including international/ emerging markets.Serve on boards of international development groups and industry-focused funds.Conducted more than forty data center risk assessments employing proprietary tools and methodology embraced by regulators, including higher requirements of G-SIB (“too big to fail” banks and financial institutionsDelivered more than twenty complex data center projects serving as owner representative/ fee developer. Advise large enterprise clients on data center strategy; capacity planning, resiliency, disaster recovery, business continuity, financial and real estate considerations.

Palo Alto, California, Us

São Paulo, São Paulo, Br

I serve as Chief Strategist for InDev Capital's Digital Infrastructure Merchant Banking Practice. I lead the technical aspects of InDev Capital's emerging market data center sponsor sourcing, global opportunistic investor engagement, and deal de-risking from the pre due diligence through to the post closing phases of an investment.

Newtown, Pa, Us

Founder/ CEO of the first modern colocation provider in Eastern Europe. Managed $300 mm private equity investment in the development of the Company, modernizing Russia’s economic infrastructure by introducing reliable data center facilities and operations to the market. Built world-class operations group that earned top certifications, including the fifth in the world operations gold sustainability certification by Uptime Institute.Built a sales and marketing group that successfully established the brand as best in market, securing prestige anchor customers such as the Moscow Stock Exchange and major banks and Internet companies.Worked closely with U.S. and host governments to secure permissions and economic incentives. Secured $150 mm U.S. government backed credit facility from OPIC. Served on the board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia.Brought the world’s leading consultants and professionals together to create the best site, operations and management team in Europe. Earned first Tier III design and FBuilt facility in EE.Developed a site/ counterparty selection due diligence process specific to the unique challenges of high risk, hostile emerging marketsLed the technical DD, legal and management deal teams on several major real estate transactions.

Ru

As a local- market CEO, was active in current events and policy affecting trade and regulatory issues. Worked closely with U.S. State Department, Commerce Department and other governmental agencies to promote trade and mitigate political and economic risks.

New York, Ny, Us

Portfolio included over 180 data center sites, 12 core regional DCs. Global plan and build responsibility, including non-DC projects such as the APAC HQ building in Hong Kong and the west coast U.S. HQ in San Francisco, multiple trading floors and call centers.Served on several merger integration teams and was senior liaison between corporate real estate and Information technology organizations.Led the program to develop the Bank’s long range data center strategic plan, driven by an internal cost allocation system, addressing IT infrastructure standardization and rationalization, capacity planning, DR, security, risk management, network and sustainability objectives. Presented multiple scenarios to C-level management with supporting risk analysis and financial models. Achieved board approval and adoption of the final, $800mm DC real estate strategy.

Trading Floor, Building Infrastructure and Data Center Consultant. Multiple projects.

International Satellite Communications Provider