TYSONS, Va., June 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Element Critical, a leading provider of tailored data center and IT infrastructure services backed by solutions engineering expertise, today announced the appointment of Michael Frank as Vice President of Product Management.
Reporting to Ken Parent, Element Critical’s CEO, Frank will oversee the product management of strategic data center facilities as part of Element Critical’s expansion strategy. This includes strategic planning and analysis, acquisitions, business and product development, and portfolio management supporting Element Critical’s expanding national platform of data centers to ensure all products and services provide secure, flexible and scalable colocation and hybrid cloud IT infrastructure.
"Mike Frank is a proven data center and infrastructure product leader who will play a key role in building and managing Element Critical’s data center products and services," said Parent. "Mike's product and acquisitions experience is highly complementary to our growth strategy to own and operate proven multi-tenant facilities to deliver IT infrastructure solutions tailored to our customers’ unique business requirements."
Frank comes to Element Critical with more than 20 years of experience in developing and supporting Internet products and services, the last 15 of which were focused on colocation and data center services.
Prior to joining Element Critical, Frank served for 10 years as Vice President of Data Center Services with Internap Corporation. In this role, he oversaw the global portfolio of data centers in the US, Europe and Asia, including build outs of more than 350K square feet of new data center facilities, which coupled with new global services provider partnerships, enabled the business to grow to more than 125 megawatts and 1 million square feet of capacity under management. During his time at Internap, Frank also managed business development, acquisitions, and data center operations.
Prior to joining Internap, Frank spent several years with BellSouth Corporation (now AT&T), supporting their e-Data Center, hosting and Internet service lines of business.
He holds degrees from Nova Southeastern University, North Carolina State University and is licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia.
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About Element Critical
Element Critical is a leading provider of tailored data center and IT infrastructure services backed by solutions engineering expertise. With data centers in Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia, Element Critical’s Tier III hybrid IT-ready facilities are carrier-neutral, network-rich, concurrently maintainable and available in a variety of deployment sizes and densities. Element Critical cares as much about the people we serve as the servers we house. We offer a data center experience that brings solutions engineering and customer service out of the shadows and into the spotlight. For more information, visit www.elementcritical.com or contact sales@elementcritical.com
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