Data centers in the AI era: Emerging trends and strategies for 2024 | Flexential

Patrick Doherty

Chief Revenue Officer , Flexential

Patrick leads sales, sales operations, marketing, solutions engineering, channel and commercial management for Flexential and is responsible for the company’s focus and revenue growth investments. A 20-year-plus veteran of the technology industry, Patrick has a long record of success across a variety of fields, including sales, marketing, strategy and product development. He joined the company in 2017.

Ryan Mallory

COO, Colocation Services , Flexential

Ryan drives operational excellence and performance optimization for the colocation and interconnection portfolio at Flexential including data center and network operations, product management, design, construction, engineering and facilities management. Ryan joined Flexential in 2020 after nearly a decade at Equinix and hasmore than 20 years of experiencebuilding high-performing technical teams for global, hyper-growth technology companies,includingUUNET, SAVVIS, Digital Realty, and XO Communications. Ryan understands hybrid IT solutions at all scale levels and has strong DNA on interconnection and edge applications which is a differentiator for Flexential. It’s FlexAnywhereTM Network of 40 data centers and an industry-leading 100GB network backbone provides secure, low latency connections for thousands of customers worldwide. Most recently, Ryan was SVP of Global Solutions Enablement for Equinix, working hand-in-hand with the global sales, network platform, software and operations teams. Prior, Ryan worked at Digital Realty in sales and operations. Ryan received a bachelor’s degree in International Business from University of Phoenix.

Jason Carolan

Chief Innovation Officer , Flexential

Jason leads a team focused on defining, assessing and providing direction on the changing technology landscape—responsible for developing insights on what’s next on the horizon to further position the company as a hybrid IT and data center leader.

James Ochoa

VP, Cloud Solutions , Flexential

James is the VP of Cloud and Data Protection Sales for Flexential. In this current role, James is responsible for helping design unique and successful customer implementations of cloud, disaster recovery and tailored managed infrastructures, that have allowed Flexential customers to enjoy high performance, highly available and efficient solutions. With over 12 years of experience in IT infrastructure technology, James strives to help develop and deliver the best solutions to solve the challenges customers are facing.