Dimension Data Expands Executive Team to Meet Growing Need for Managed Services

Dimension Data, a global IT solutions and services provider, today announced the promotion of Mark Slaga and Mark Zerbe to key senior-level roles. These two new appointments will address growing client demand for managed services and help to drive the overall Managed Services business strategy for Dimension Data Americas.

As Senior Vice President of Operations for the Americas, Slaga will be responsible for developing and leading a standard operating environment to support and deliver a services-led strategy across the Americas. In addition, Slaga will lead services and sales support operations across the Americas. In his new role, as Senior Vice President of North America, Zerbe will lead Dimension Data’s overall sales efforts and go-to-market strategies. Additionally, he will oversee Dimension Data’s IT consulting and solutions development efforts for the US and Canada.

“These new appointments provide our clients with the experienced leadership that will ensure the continued development and delivery of world-class services,” said Wesley Johnston, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Dimension Data Americas. “The promotion of these two executives will strengthen the excellence and quality of the managed services we deliver to our clients – today and in the future."

Slaga brings a wealth of experience to this new role. He joined Dimension Data in 2001 and most recently was Senior Vice President of Solutions leading the lines of business for North America. Prior to that, Slaga held a variety of sales and service related roles including Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Advanced Technologies Practices during his ten years at Dimension Data.

Zerbe joined Dimension Data in 2005 and most recently held the position of Vice President, Converged Communications. He started his tenure at Dimension Data as Vice President of Sales for the Western United States. As part of his new role, Zerbe will be responsible for leading the implementation of sales growth plans to ensure client satisfaction and leverage Dimension Data partner relationships, including his 15-year relationship with Cisco.

“These promotions strengthen our shared commitment to provide the industry’s best IT solutions and services to support the changing and evolving business needs in the marketplace,” said Mark Rizzo, Cisco’s Partner Executive for Dimension Data Americas. “As the demand for new service offerings continues to expand, our joint clients will benefit from the integration of Cisco services with Dimension Data's IT infrastructure in delivering unparalleled support.”

Dimension Data’s managed and professional services expertise spans a broad range of technology areas, including network integration, security, Microsoft solutions, converged communications, contact centers, and data centers and storage. A foundational element of these offerings is Dimension Data’s Uptime powered by Cisco Services – a managed support service integrating people and processes to simplify and improve customers' business operations while reducing risk and costs and saving time. Dimension Data’s Uptime powered by Cisco Services provides world-class, end-to-end maintenance for IT infrastructure to help deliver optimum network performance; it focuses on delivery maintenance services for Cisco devices and also offers client access to both partners’ expertise.

About Dimension Data

Dimension Data (LSE:DDT), a specialist IT services and solutions provider, helps clients plan, build, support and manage their network and IT infrastructures. Dimension Data applies its expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage and contact center technologies and its unique skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create customized client services. For more information: Call 866-DIDATA-US or visit www.dimensiondata.com/na.