As vice president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region, Andy Hobbs is responsible for developing Vantage’s sales strategy, building long-term customer relationships and leading the sales team to accelerate the company’s growth in APAC. Hobbs has more than 20 years of experience in the data center industry, from facilities management to operational delivery, strategic advisory and client oversight.
Prior to joining Vantage, Hobbs served as managing director of CBRE’s data center solutions business in APAC where he was responsible for strategic development, business growth, financial results and operational delivery throughout the region. During his seven-year tenure, Hobbs scaled the business multi-fold, obtaining new business and organic growth with existing customers through geographical expansions and the development of new service offerings. Under his leadership, the business unit grew to more than 600 people with 50 data centers in 11 countries, delivering over 1GW of IT capacity.
Previously, Hobbs was the area general manager within the critical environments division of CBRE United Kingdom. In this role, he was operationally responsible for a portfolio of data enters serving colocation and enterprise customers across London. Earlier in his career, Hobbs worked for Norland Managed Services in the U.K. as head of projects for a data center business unit where he managed various large-scale infrastructure upgrades and engineering enhancement projects.
Hobbs received a bachelor’s degree in economics and business policy from University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. He is a certified data center management professional (CDCMP®) and an Uptime Institute accredited tier specialist.