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10 data center critical facilities managers
These ten current and former data center critical facilities managers have held critical facilities and critical environment roles at data center operators and hyperscalers. A reader can learn how critical facilities managers approach their work from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Christopher Peck
LinkedInExperience: Critical Facilities Manager · T5 Data Centers
Former Critical Facilities Manager at T5 Data Centers (2020-2022), after serving as Assistant Critical Facilities Manager there (2019-2020). Critical Environment Operations Manager at Microsoft (2022-2024) and Critical Environment Field Service Engineer at Microsoft since 2024. The profile describes leading teams of managers, SMEs and technicians across mechanical, electrical and life safety systems.
Gary Cane
LinkedInExperience: Director of Critical Environments · Yondr Group
Director of Critical Environments at Yondr Group since late 2025, after serving there as Regional Critical Environments Manager (2023-2025). Former Director - Global Engineering Excellence at ISS Facility Services UK (2019-2022). The profile describes a senior leader in hyperscale data centre operations with over two decades managing data centres in the financial and technology sectors.
James Seibel
LinkedInExperience: Director Data Center Critical Environments · Microsoft
Director Data Center Critical Environments at Microsoft since 2025, after serving there as Critical Environment Operations Manager (2021-2025). Former Regional Manager, Field Engineering North America East at Amazon Web Services (2019-2021) and Data Center Facility Manager at Amazon (2014-2017). The profile describes work across mechanical and electrical infrastructure in critical environments.
Jason Northrup
LinkedInExperience: Critical Facility Site Director · Sentinel Data Centers
Critical Facility Site Director at Sentinel Data Centers since 2026, after serving there as Critical Facility Chief Engineer (2025-2026) and Critical Facility Engineer (2019-2025). Former Assistant Critcal Facility Manager at T5 Data Centers (2015-2018). The profile describes leading mission-critical facilities, engineering teams and client operations, with responsibility for site P&L performance.
Jason Young
LinkedInExperience: Critical Facilities Manager · T5 Data Centers
Former Critical Facilities Manager at T5 Data Centers (2017-2025) and Critical Facilities Manager at JLL since 2026. He also held a Chief Engineer/Critical Facilities Manager role at CBRE (2001-2017). The profile lists facility management, contract management, facilities operations, maintenance management and energy management.
John Martin
LinkedInExperience: Critical Facilities Manager · Skybox Critical Operations
Critical Facilities Manager at Skybox Critical Operations since 2024, where the profile says he oversaw essential systems for 24/7 uptime. Former Director of Data Center Facilities Operations at Lightedge (2013-2021) and Technical Program Manager Electrical Engineering at Amazon (2021-2024). The profile names energy optimization and preventative maintenance as central to his work.
Joseph Hartley
LinkedInExperience: Critical Data Center Facility Manager · Applied Digital
Critical Data Center Facility Manager at Applied Digital since 2026. Former Facilities Manager at the National Credit Union Administration (2024-2025) and Supervisory Facilites Operations Specialist at Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (2021-2022). The profile describes an Army veteran with over 18 years of experience in facilities management.
Lissette Colon
LinkedInExperience: CEOM - Critical Environment Operations Manager · Microsoft
Critical Environment Operations Manager at Microsoft since 2026, after roles there as Sr. Critical Environment Program Manager (2025-2026) and Senior Data Center Program Manager (2022-2025). Former Data Center Senior Critical Facility Manager at JLL (2022) and Data Center Critical Facility Manager at CBRE (2019-2022). The profile describes work across hyperscale data centers and data center construction.
Mike Villarreal
LinkedInExperience: Critical Facilities Manager · Prime Data Centers
Critical Facilities Manager at Prime Data Centers since 2024. Earlier roles shown include Senior Manager of Data Center Operations (2018-2023) and Lead Facilities Engineer (2014-2018) at CoreSite, and Director of Plant Operations at Fox Corporation (2023-2024). The profile describes facilities and data center engineering, maintenance and management, including operating electrical and mechanical systems.
Nick Jones
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director, Critical Facilities Regional Operations West · NTT Global Data Centers
Sr Director, Critical Facilities Regional Operations West at NTT Global Data Centers, a role the profile dates from 2004 to the present. The profile describes managing day to day operations at multiple critical facilities, programming BMS and monitoring systems, and handling large client builds covering cages, security, cooling and network.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's employer type to your question, since a hyperscaler's critical environment team and a colocation or build-to-suit operator's site team answer to different customers. Look at whether the person runs a single site or a region, and whether the role is current or a few years back.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you plan and approve maintenance on live electrical and mechanical systems without risking uptime?
- 02What makes a facilities service vendor or equipment supplier easy or hard to work with on a critical site?
- 03How do you staff and train a 24x7 critical facilities team as a site grows?
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