Eric Jacobs joined Aligned in August 2018, and leads revenue growth strategies, customer engagements, sales, and solution architecture. Prior to Aligned, Eric spent 8+ years at QTS Realty Trust and was instrumental in the growth of the company. While at QTS, he held several executive leadership roles including sales, operations and facilities management.Prior to QTS, Mr. Jacobs was the Vice President of Sales at CMI, Executive Vice President of Sales and Officer for Pac-West (NADAQ: PACW), Sr Director of Enterprise Sales at Zayo (as AboveNet) and one of the original launch team members for Nextel Communications, Inc.. Before joining Sprint/Nextel, Mr. Jacobs was in financial services for The Mid-Atlantic Corporation. Mr. Jacobs is also involved in several charitable causes most notably as a Board Member for the CIO Scholarship Fund. A Bay Area non-profit organization committed to providing scholarships for students that are pursuing a degree in information technology and have an economically disadvantaged status.Eric has a Bachelor of Science from The University of Oregon in Finance & Corporate Management.Specialties: Data Center Services, Colocation, Custom Data Center, Private Cloud Computing, Managed Hosting, Networking, Telecommunications (Wireline and Wireless), Security & IT Professional Services. *Sales Force Optimization & Revenue Acquisition Strategies *Sales Operations Analytics & Sales Process Optimization*Staff Compensation & Development *Board Presence & Presentation Skills*Fluent in Financials, Budgeting, Capital Markets, P & L Management*Financial Planning, Forecast & Quantitative Analysis