Vantage Data Centers Welcomes Emily Friedberg as Inaugural Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
15 July 2024 - 9:01PM
Business Wire
Friedberg brings 24 years of technology and
business experience to the Vantage leadership team
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’s inaugural
chief technology & 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.
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Emily Friedberg joins Vantage Data
Centers as inaugural chief technology & innovation officer
based at the company’s Denver headquarters. (Photo: Business
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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’s channel
program. As Vantage’s CTIO, Friedberg will draw from this
experience to lead Vantage’s technological innovation and
sustainability strategy while ensuring alignment with business and
environmental goals and market needs.
The addition of the chief technology & innovation officer
role demonstrates Vantage’s forward-looking approach to emerging
technologies, innovation and sustainability to support the evolving
needs of hyperscale customers. As CTIO, Friedberg will lead the
company’s efforts to scout, evaluate, prioritize and implement new
and developing technologies, assessing their potential impact on
Vantage’s business model within today’s competitive landscape.
Friedberg will champion the integration of technology innovation
into Vantage’s products, services and operational processes, and
develop robust governance frameworks to ensure compliance with
global regulatory requirements, industry standards and ethical
guidelines.
“As part of Vantage’s 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,” said Jeff
Tench, Vantage’s executive vice president, North America and APAC.
“We 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.”
“As today’s technological landscape evolves at a rapid pace and
advancements like generative AI fuel unprecedented demand, I’m
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,” said
Friedberg. “I 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.”
Friedberg is based at Vantage’s corporate headquarters in Denver
and reports to Tench.
About Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the
technology of the world’s 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.
For more information, visit www.vantage-dc.com.
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Mark Freeman Vantage Data Centers mfreeman@vantage-dc.com
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