IO Leadership

George Slessman - CEO
George Slessman has been an executive in the data center industry for the past ten years and a technology leader and entrepreneur for more than 14 years. In this brief period of time, he has founded and exited several technology businesses, inventing and delivering disruptive technologies for the benefit of enterprise customers and creating over a billion dollars of value for his investors.

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Anthony Wanger - President
Anthony Wanger serves as President of IO. In this capacity, Wanger directs the Company's expansion and acquisition activities, oversees key transactions and the Company's Legal, HR and Risk Management functions. Anthony has lead IO's DCaaS expansion and development across the world.

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William Slessman - CTO/COO
William Slessman serves as Chief Technology Officer/Chief Operating Officer of IO. In this capacity, he is directly responsible for global technology delivery, DCaaS Operations, engineering and manufacturing. He has served as Chief Operating Officer from the Company's inception in 2007 and leads all operations and technology development. Slessman has been an executive in the technology and data center industry for over 10 years, and has had responsibility for meeting the technology and service level needs for hundreds of enterprise and government customers.

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Jonathan Mauck - CFO
Jon Mauck joined IO from Citigroup's Investment Banking Division, where he was the Global Head of the Communications Infrastructure team. During his 11-year tenure with Citigroup, Mauck advised technology and telecom companies, including data center service providers, on strategic transactions and successfully raised more than $20 billion in capital, both debt and equity.

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Kevin Malik - CIO and GM IO Labs
Kevin Malik serves as Chief Information Officer and General Manager of IO Labs, where he oversees network operations, software development, governance, architecture, and IT strategy. Malik previously served as Vice President, Global Enterprise Applications, for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. During his 10-year tenure at Starwood, Malik oversaw Finance and HR systems in over 20 different countries and was a key advisor on data center and infrastructure trends.

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Jim Kleeman - EVP - Global Sales & Marcom
Jim Kleeman serves as Executive Vice President of Global Sales and MarCom at IO. In this role, he is responsible for developing, managing and executing the global sales of the organization, as well as the full marketing strategy and execution for IO. Kleeman joins IO from System Maintenance Services, where he served as CEO and Executive Vice President, and prior as GM/SVP with Avnet, and Managing Partner at Gemma Capital, Kleeman brings over 25 years of experience in the Information Technology field including developing and executing Strategic Planning, Management, Customer Relations, and Vendor and Partner Relationships.

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Bob Butler- Chief Security Officer
Bob Butler serves as Chief Security Officer of IO. Mr. Butler brings to IO over 32 years of multinational experience spanning Defense, Intelligence, National Security and Information Technology positions. He most recently served two years as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, where he was responsible to the Secretary of Defense and senior Defense leaders for recommending and implementing policy strategies to improve the Defense Department's cyber position. Throughout his career, Mr. Butler adopted best business practices and technology enhancements to significantly increase intelligence production and proficiency while reducing costs.