{"id":6994,"date":"2018-07-16T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vantage-dc.azurewebsites.net\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2020-10-16T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:57:41","slug":"cfo-announcement","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/news\/cfo-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Vantage Data Centers Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Sharif Metwalli as Chief Financial Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Santa Clara, CALIF. <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(July 16, 2018)<\/strong> \u2013 Vantage Data Centers, a leading provider of wholesale data center solutions in support of mission-critical applications, today announced the hiring of Sharif Metwalli as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sharif will lead Vantage\u2019s finance and corporate functions, focusing on driving both organic growth and expansion for Vantage.<\/p>\n<p>Sharif is a veteran of the investment banking industry with a focus on the communications and data center sectors.\u00a0 He most recently served as a Managing Director at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in the Communications, Internet, and Media Investment Banking Group. Prior to that, he served as a Director at Wells Fargo Securities in the Technology, Media, and Telecom Investment Banking Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Vantage team has worked closely with Sharif over the past five years. We are excited to bring his strong capital markets and M&amp;A expertise to the Vantage team,\u201d said Sureel Choksi, President and CEO, Vantage Data Centers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVantage has shown that it can deliver consistent value to investors with its forward-thinking financing strategies,\u201d said Metwalli. \u00a0\u201cAfter helping dozens of technology leaders strategically finance and achieve their growth ambitions, I am excited to become part of Vantage\u2019s continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharif succeeds Dave Renner, who will continue to be an important part of the leadership team, focused on financial operations and helping the company maximize profitability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDave has been a tremendous asset to Vantage,\u201d said Choksi. \u201cWith Dave\u2019s financial operations experience and Sharif\u2019s expertise in financings and M&amp;A, we have an ideal combination of talent as we continue to scale and expand into new markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Vantage Data Centers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vantage is a leader in highly scalable, flexible and efficient data center solutions offering unique value through its commitment to exceptional customer service. With seven existing data centers and an additional three data centers under construction in Silicon Valley, Northern Virginia, and Quincy, Washington, Vantage offers industry leading data center design solutions engineered to meet the unique requirements of cloud providers, enterprises, technology companies and other service providers. Vantage\u2019s first Silicon Valley campus includes six data centers totaling 75MW of critical IT load.\u00a0 In addition, Vantage is constructing a second Silicon Valley campus offering an additional 69MW of capacity. The company has also initiated construction of a new 108MW campus in Northern Virginia.\u00a0 Vantage also operates a 6MW data center in Quincy, Washington with plans to add four additional data centers to the campus.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/\">www.vantage-dc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Press Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"press-contact\">\nRobin Bectel<br \/>\nSpeakerBox Communications for Vantage Data Centers<br \/>\nvdc@speakerbobxpr.com<br \/>\n703-287-7827\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2536,"template":"","news_type":[107],"class_list":["post-6994","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_type-press-release-fr"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":null,"media_page_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6994","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:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=6994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}