{"id":23536,"date":"2024-07-15T15:39:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=23536"},"modified":"2024-07-15T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T19:43:27","slug":"vantage-data-centers-welcomes-emily-friedberg-as-inaugural-chief-technology-innovation-officer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/news\/vantage-data-centers-welcomes-emily-friedberg-as-inaugural-chief-technology-innovation-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Vantage Data Centers Welcomes Emily Friedberg as Inaugural Chief Technology &#038; Innovation Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DENVER<\/strong> <strong>(July 15, 2024)<\/strong> \u2013 Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the addition of Emily Friedberg to its global leadership team as the company\u2019s inaugural chief technology &amp; innovation officer (CTIO). With nearly 25 years of experience as a passionate business leader, Friedberg is responsible for development and engineering, technology and systems, cybersecurity, and sustainability, bringing a proven track record of delivering high-value results and growth in her past roles.<\/p>\n<p>A subject matter expert in cloud computing and technology infrastructure, Friedberg has spent her career at a combination of global technology companies along with venture-backed startups. Prior to joining Vantage, she served as chief operating officer (COO) at SkySafe, a drone software as a service company where she led sales, marketing, product and operations teams. She also held an executive position at Fastly, a provider of global edge cloud platforms, where she served as global vice president of channel and partnerships. As a founding executive at Lagrange Systems (now WebScale), Friedberg supported the company in raising $8 million in Series A funding and developed and launched the company\u2019s channel program. As Vantage\u2019s CTIO, Friedberg will draw from this experience to lead Vantage\u2019s technological innovation and sustainability strategy while ensuring alignment with business and environmental goals and market needs.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the chief technology &amp; innovation officer role demonstrates Vantage\u2019s forward-looking approach to emerging technologies, innovation and sustainability to support the evolving needs of hyperscale customers. As CTIO, Friedberg will lead the company\u2019s efforts to scout, evaluate, prioritize and implement new and developing technologies, assessing their potential impact on Vantage\u2019s business model within today\u2019s competitive landscape. Friedberg will champion the integration of technology innovation into Vantage\u2019s products, services and operational processes, and develop robust governance frameworks to ensure compliance with global regulatory requirements, industry standards and ethical guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of Vantage\u2019s global expansion, we have deepened our global leadership over the past few years with a number of new C-level positions, including our CISO and now our CTIO,\u201d said Jeff Tench, Vantage\u2019s executive vice president, North America and APAC. \u201cWe are thrilled to add Emily to our team to shape the role of the CTIO and are confident that her vision and expertise will guide us through a period of rapid technological evolution and company growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs today\u2019s technological landscape evolves at a rapid pace and advancements like generative AI fuel unprecedented demand, I\u2019m looking forward to drawing from my experience driving market innovation and scale to help Vantage continue growing its position as an industry leader in advanced data center development,\u201d said Friedberg. \u201cI am honored to fill this critical role and join a decorated leadership team that is dedicated to providing high-quality results for our global customers and employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friedberg is based at Vantage\u2019s corporate headquarters in Denver and reports to Tench.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Vantage Data Centers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world\u2019s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across five continents in North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vantage-dc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.vantage-dc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><u>Press Contacts<br \/>\n<\/u>Mark Freeman<br \/>\nVantage Data Centers<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mfreeman@vantage-dc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mfreeman@vantage-dc.com<\/a><br \/>\n+1-202-680-4243<\/p>\n<p>Robin Bectel<br \/>\nREQ for Vantage Data Centers<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:vdc@req.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vdc@req.co<\/a><br \/>\n+1-202-936-6335<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_type":[64],"class_list":["post-23536","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_type-press-release"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"media_page_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=23536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}