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10 Digital Realty operations leaders
These ten current and former Digital Realty operations leaders have held director, senior director and vice president roles running data center operations, technical operations and the global command center across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific at Digital Realty. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Digital Realty from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alan O'Connor
LinkedInExperience: Director, EMEA Technical Operations Lead · Digital Realty
Director and EMEA Technical Operations Lead at Digital Realty since October 2024, and a Senior Director at Digital Realty since March 2026, based in Dublin. He was previously a contract manager with CBRE Data Centre Solutions and earlier a project manager at Jones Engineering.
Andreas Kederer
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Digital Realty
Director of Operations at Digital Realty since July 2020, a director-level operations role based in Frankfurt. He was previously Director of Operations at EY and held director roles in business development, managed services and professional services at Colt Technology Services.
Andy Cuttitta
LinkedInExperience: Director, Americas Operations East · Digital Realty
Director, Americas Operations East at Digital Realty since March 2025, after serving as Group Manager Market Operations - East and Regional Manager - Data Center Operations at Digital Realty. He earlier managed data centers at IBM and AT&T, and his profile cites over 25 years in mission critical operations.
David Perry
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - Head of Global Command Center · Digital Realty
Sr. Director and Head of Global Command Center at Digital Realty since November 2024, based in the Boston area. He was previously Vice President - Technical Services at NEC Group, a global facility operations manager at Amazon Web Services and Group Director of Global Network Operations at Digicel Group.
Dimitrios Kantaros
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Digital Realty
Director of Operations at Digital Realty since November 2020, described in his headline as Director of Operations for Digital Realty Greece. He was previously VP of data center operations at Lamda Hellix and that company's data center facilities operations director from 2006 to 2019.
Eric Pape
LinkedInExperience: Director, Data Center Operations · Digital Realty
Director, Data Center Operations at Digital Realty since November 2022, a director-level operations role. He was previously Managing Director, North America at Northshore and held data center roles at CBRE, including technical director for data center solutions and operations director for the Americas.
Joseph Grassi
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Data Center Operations North America · Digital Realty
Former Senior Director, Data Center Operations North America at Digital Realty (2012–2023). His profile describes over 25 years in data center technical operations, most recently overseeing operation, maintenance and change management of more than 50 data centers across North America.
Rathish Mani
LinkedInExperience: Director, Datacenter Operations · Digital Realty
Director, Datacenter Operations at Digital Realty since March 2022, based in Singapore, after serving as senior data center manager for Hong Kong and Singapore and as a data center manager and facilities manager at Digital Realty. He was earlier a datacenter operations manager at CenturyLink.
Ryan Young
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Americas Operations · Digital Realty
Vice President, Americas Operations at Digital Realty since December 2023, after serving at Digital Realty as Senior Director, Data Center Operations (2023), Director, Data Center Operations (2018–2023) and in regional operations manager roles (2014–2018). His profile describes technical oversight of electrical, mechanical, life safety, security, remote hands and critical operations for the North American East Region portfolio.
Tom Gorman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Head of Global Operations · Digital Realty
Vice President and Head of Global Operations at Digital Realty since August 2024, based in Dublin, after serving as Vice President Data Centre Operations EMEA and Senior Director Operations EMEA. He was earlier Director of Operations at Digital Realty and Director of Operations Ireland at Interxion.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a global colocation provider standardize operations across many data centers?
- 02How are critical facilities maintained and changes managed without downtime?
- 03How are operations organized by region and market as a portfolio grows?
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