HAWTHORNE, N.Y, February 20, 2013 – Xand, a leading Northeast data center, cloud
and managed services provider for the enterprise, today announced that they have named
Yatish Mishra as the company’s President and CEO. Mishra has also been appointed to
the company’s Board of Directors. In this new role, he will lead all functions of Xand’s
business including strategy, acquisitions, technology, operations, sales and finance.
Mishra will also look to continue Xand’s momentum in the marketplace following the
company’s pair of acquisitions and record revenue growth in 2012, as well as the
significant data center and business continuity workspace expansion projects at the
company’s six facilities across four states.
“Xand is excited to have landed such an outstanding executive with Yatish’s proven
industry track record to lead the company’s continued growth and strategic vision moving
forward,” said Brian St. Jean, Partner at ABRY Partners. “His deep understanding of the
data center, managed services and cloud computing sectors will strengthen Xand’s ability
to maintain their leadership position in the Northeast region.”
Since first coming to Xand in July of 2012, Mishra has overseen tremendous revenue
growth, a vast amount of new construction projects, as well as the successful integration
of three companies into one leading data center platform.
“I’m thrilled to have been given this opportunity to lead such a talented, well-positioned
company as Xand,” said Yatish Mishra. “The ideal geographic location of Xand’s six
facilities in the Northeast, combined with our flexible cloud, managed services and
business continuity offerings and strong focus upon customer service excellence make us
a very attractive play for enterprises with demanding IT infrastructure requirements.”
Mr. Mishra brings over 26 years of senior IT and executive leadership experience to the
Xand team with an extensive background in the data center industry. Earlier in his career,
Mishra served as co-founder, President and CEO of RagingWire Data Centers and led the
company from inception to record growth in revenue and profitability during his tenure.
Prior to that, he was the corporate Vice President of Information Technology at
Photronics, Inc., a public company servicing the semiconductor industry, where he
oversaw all global IT infrastructure and applications. Mr. Mishra was a finalist in both
2007 and 2010 for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program and he’s a
holder of numerous United States and European patents in the field of IT systems
automation and data center power design. Mishra holds a degree in Applied Physics with
a specialty in Physical Electronics from the University of California, Davis.
About Xand
Xand is a highly resilient facilities-based provider of data center managed services. For
more than two decades, Xand has designed, built and managed IT infrastructure services
which allow enterprises to maximize their critical application performance and
availability. With data centers in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Massachusetts, Xand offers colocation, cloud, enterprise hosting, managed services,
business continuity, disaster recovery and wide area networking throughout the region via
its best-in-class facilities, engineering expertise, and commitment to customer service
excellence.
Press Contact:
Erik Radvon
508-281-7636
eradvon@xand.com
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About ABRY Partners
Founded in 1989, ABRY is one of the most experienced media, communications, and
business information services’ sector‐focused private equity investment firms in
North America. ABRY has completed over $27 billion of transactions, representing
investments in more than 450 properties. The firm is currently managing over $3.7
billion of total capital and investing out of a $1.6 billion private equity fund, $950
million senior equity/mezzanine fund and a $1.2 billion senior debt fund. ABRY has
extensive data center and communications investing experience through
investments such as Basefarm, CyrusOne, Datapipe, e‐Shelter, Hosted Solutions,
Masergy, Sidera, Sentrum Holdings, Telx, and Q9 Networks.
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