RagingWire Names George Macricostas as Executive Chairman
December 21 2011 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
RagingWire Data Centers, the nation's premier data center provider,
announced today that company founder George Macricostas has been
appointed as executive chairman of the board of directors. In this
role, George Macricostas will be responsible for RagingWire's
overall strategic direction and will provide visionary leadership
and financial oversight.
George Macricostas has served in a variety of roles at
RagingWire since co-founding the company in 2000 with Yatish
Mishra, including chief executive officer and executive vice
chairman. George Macricostas is widely credited for staying the
course on RagingWire's business model during the dotcom collapse.
His foresight resulted in RagingWire's continued expansion and its
current position as the world's most advanced data center
provider.
RagingWire's board of directors unanimously approved George
Macricostas' appointment to this position based on his industry
experience and his commitment to the company. "George has provided
visionary leadership and strong fiscal oversight since RagingWire's
first day of operations," said Deno Macricostas, outgoing chairman
of RagingWire's board of directors. "George's vast knowledge of
RagingWire's operations makes him the natural successor to the
chairman's seat." Deno Macricostas will continue to serve on
RagingWire's board of directors in the role of vice chairman.
RagingWire is in a period of rapid expansion in both California
and Virginia and has expanded its offerings to include both retail
and wholesale data center services. "I'm excited about RagingWire's
trajectory into the top ranks of national data center providers,"
said George Macricostas, executive chairman of RagingWire. "Our
next steps will reinforce our policy of aggressive growth tempered
with fiscal responsibility, all while providing the industry's best
service to our customers."
Previously, George Macricostas was a senior vice president at
Photronics, Inc., (NASDAQ: PLAB), a leading global supplier of
photomasks to the semiconductor industry. He was responsible for
all aspects of the company's IT infrastructure and remains an
active member of its board of directors.
George Macricostas is a member of the board of directors of the
Jane Goodall Institute and was a finalist in the 2007 and 2009
Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year program.
About RagingWire RagingWire Data Centers
provides highly customized and flexible collocation solutions to
meet the needs of high-density, data-intensive enterprise
companies. RagingWire operates N+2 redundant, highly secure
Enterprise Data Center campuses in California and Northern Virginia
engineered to provide 100% availability and highly scalable power
and cooling in conjunction with managed IT solutions for companies
with mission critical IT systems. Outsourcing to RagingWire's
carrier-neutral data centers enables clients to reduce operating
costs, be more efficient, and improve time to market. More
information is available at www.ragingwire.com.
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