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Profile Information
- Company name
- Norland Managed Services
- My company is best described as a:
- Other
- Company website
- http://www.uptimeinstitute.org/
- Jobtitle/position
- Critical Product Director
- My role is best described as:
- Consultant
- I am:
- Certified Data Center Professional, Independent Data Center Consultant (not tied to a vendor), Considered a Subject Matter Expert (see areas of expertise)
- Relevant qualifications & certifications (Please list certification authority + dates)
- Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) - Uptime Institute 2010
Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS) - Uptime Institute 2010
Certified Data Centre Design Professional (CDCDP) - CNet / ISEB 2011
Contributing Autor EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres
Chartered Engineer (CEng) - UK Engineering Council 1992
- My main areas of expertise are:
- Asset Management, Building Architecture/Construction, Cooling Systems, HVAC, Industry Standards/Certifications, Infrastructure Management, IT Management, Physical Security, Planning, Power Generation/Distribution
- More about me (How long have you been in the industry, expertise, career history, ambitions, website/blog, etc)
- With over 20 years experience in the IT industry Mark has specialised in the field of Data Centre Operations for over 15 years, concentrating on the delivery of business critical services from highly reliable, world class 24x365 Data Centres. This has included consultancy and technical advice as well as senior management roles responsible for service delivery and both strategic and operational management within the industry. A Technical Operations Manager with extensive international experience and solid technical skills covering both Data Centre Facilities Design and IT Operational and Technical Management.
Recent Speaking / Panel Engagements
• Uptime Symposium, Santa Clara, USA. May 2012
• ATS Dubai. April 2012
• Efficient Data Centre Summit, BrightTalk Webinar, April 2012
• ATS New Delhi. February 2012
• Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit, London. April 2012
• ATS Hong Kong. December 2011
• EU Datacentre Workshop, Brussels. November 2011
• Data Centre Locations Forum, Helsinki. September 2011
• BCS Data Centre Specialist Group, London. September 2011
• IKS Data Centre Conference, Moscow. September 2011
• Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit, London. June 2011
• Data Centre Dynamics, Madrid. June 2011
• Panduit Transformation Roadshow, Frankfurt. June 2011
• Uptime Symposium, Santa Clara, USA. May 2011
• Data Centres Europe, Nice. May 2011
• Decoding Data Center Efficiency Metrics. BrightTalk Webinar, April 2011
• Data Centre Transformation Summit, Amsterdam. April 2011
Professional Qualifications : Eur. Ing., C.Eng., MBCS, CITP.
European Engineer – FEANI since 1995 (pre-nominal Eur Ing)
Member Engineering Council - Chartered Engineer since 1993 (C Eng)
Full Member of British Computer Society since 1992 (MBCS)
Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP)
Certified Data Centre Design Professional (CDCDP)
Committee Member of the BCS Data Centre Specialist Group
Contributor to the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres
Uptime Institute ATD and ATS
ITIL qualified
- My Social Media Links (LinkedIn, Twitter, Blog, Websites, etc)
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/markacton
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