Alex Wessel has been appointed as the brand new Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Leaseweb, a distinguished provider of cloud providers and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). He’ll lead centralized groups at Leaseweb headquarters, together with these in control of venture administration, safety, insurance policies, and procedures for the complete group. He brings with him fifteen years of expertise in mission-critical environments and 6 years of managing high-performance information heart environments.
As a way to promote service high quality all through the entire firm’s areas, Wessel may also collaborate intently with operations administrators from varied Leaseweb companies in his new place. No matter location, he’ll focus on selling standardization and guaranteeing a uniform expertise throughout all providers. Wessel began his profession within the Royal Netherlands Navy as an engineering officer, the place he targeted on excessive availability of significant infrastructure and developed a robust operational mindset. He then transferred to International Change, the place he was in control of the corporate’s Amsterdam campus’s technical repairs and incident response. The premise for a profession characterised by proficiency in crucial infrastructure, excessive availability, and an intensive comprehension of buyer danger mitigation was set by this early expertise in one of the vital well-known colocation information facilities within the Netherlands.
Moreover, he managed operations throughout expansive campuses in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Barcelona whereas holding regional management positions at EdgeConneX. He developed invaluable expertise working throughout cultures and geographical boundaries to supply subtle, large-scale providers whereas serving demanding hyperscale clientele. Previous to becoming a member of Leaseweb, Wessel led groups within the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Switzerland whereas working for nLighten.
“I used to be already accustomed to Leaseweb’s popularity from earlier coworkers and enterprise companions,” said Alex Wessel, COO of Leaseweb. The corporate’s strong tradition, the scope and number of its actions, and the possibility to be part of a company that so many consumers rely on to handle their primary enterprise processes had been what drew me in. The world of knowledge facilities is sort of dynamic, and I am to see how improvements like synthetic intelligence and the Web of Issues will affect client calls for. Moreover, I believe that as information sovereignty features significance, we’ll witness an rising development towards native service suppliers.
Leaseweb co-CEO Svenja de Vos said, “Alex brings a really robust mixture of operational self-discipline, technical depth, and buyer focus, all of that are important to Leaseweb’s continued development.” He is an ideal match for this place due to his systematic method to crucial infrastructure and his expertise managing international infrastructure, from high-density services to customer-centric operations. We’re thrilled to have him be part of the crew and are excited to see how he’ll affect our worldwide operations.
