TECHNOLOGY

– Paul Vaccaro , senior vice president of operations and engineering

Vice President of Operations and Engineering . He oversees the standards of technology and product selection across all the sites , and the entire portfolio of development and construction projects . He is also in charge of managing the operations team along with the contractors hired for each project , who tend to number around 35 . As he says himself , “ At times it is a daunting responsibility .”

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SVP of Operations & Engineering

Paul Vaccaro is the Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering for Infomart Data Centers . He is a 30 year IT Professional , and has spent the past 10 years working in the Mission Critical Facilities and Data Center Industry as an Enterprise Operator , and Data Center Engineer . Vaccaro ’ s previous role was working for Intel Corporation , where he managed Data Center Operation activities around the globe . Vaccaro has co-authored several white papers on important industry topics such as : 1,100 wpsf High Density Data Center Design , High Efficiency Data Center Design and Retrofits Best Practices , Data Center Infrastructure Management Best Practices , and Data Center Site Selection Criteria . Vaccaro supported Intel ’ s internal customer groups from Silicon Design , Manufacturing , and Enterprise IT on cost and energy efficient requirements , facility design , deployment , and sustaining operations of Intel ’ s global data centers . He has extensive experience traveling both nationally and internationally , speaking at conferences , and supporting Data Center Best practices engagements for top multi-national corporations .