Brian is the Executive Vice President of Operations, Engineering & Project Management at EdgeConneX. He is responsible for the design, build, and operations of all of EdgeConneX global data centers (370MW and growing rapidly). Before joining EdgeConneX, Brian was responsible for the engineering and operations for all of Visa’s owned data centers and leased co-location facilities, including driving and implementing global data center standards and operations, providing 100% availability of data center critical infrastructure 7x24x365.
During his tenure at Visa, Brian was also responsible for successfully leading major retrofit projects, including multi-megawatt UPS capacity upgrades, excavation projects, and new deployments in production environments without impact. He led the team in receiving multiple perfect scores while achieving Uptime M&O Certification for all enterprise-owned facilities. Under Brian’s leadership, the Visa Data Center and Engineering team was nominated for the 2022 Data Center Dynamics Most Innovative DC design award for their modular data center deployment as part of their overall retrofit strategy.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.