Cloud infrastructure
10 neocloud operations leaders
These ten current and former operations and infrastructure leaders have held director-level and executive roles in data center operations, capacity and GPU infrastructure at GPU cloud providers. A reader can learn how neocloud operations leaders approach their work from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andy Nguyen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Bare Metal GPU Infrastructure · CoreWeave
Head of Bare Metal GPU Infrastructure at CoreWeave since 2026, after roles there as Senior Infrastructure Reliability Engineer, Bare Metal (2026) and Support Operations Engineering Team Lead (2024-2026). The profile describes him as an infrastructure leader focused on distributed systems, AI supercomputing and platform reliability.
Brian Weber
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cloud Site Operations · Crusoe
Director, Cloud Site Operations at Crusoe since 2025. Former Senior Manager, Data Center Operations (2024-2025) and Manager, Data Center Operations (2017-2024) at LinkedIn, and Senior Manager, Global Data Center Operations at Adobe (2009-2017). The profile describes Crusoe as an AI factory company.
Christopher Ferrari
LinkedInExperience: Director, Data Center Operations - North America · Lambda
Director, Data Center Operations - North America at Lambda since 2026. Former Director Infrastructure Operations at Backblaze (2024-2026), Director, Data Center Operations at Oracle (2022-2024) and Director, Data Center Operations at Rackspace Technology (2014-2022). The profile describes over 20 years in data centers, IT infrastructure and critical facilities.
Da Ren
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Cloud & Data Center Strategy · CoreWeave
Former Senior Director (2022-2025) and Director (2019-2022) of Cloud & Data Center Strategy at CoreWeave, where the profile says he owned the cloud and data center strategy and drove multi-year investments across AI data centers and GPU deployments. Former Director, Infrastructure & Data Center Architecture at Dropbox (2015-2019).
Danny Johnson
LinkedInExperience: VP of Facility Operations · Crusoe
VP of Facility Operations at Crusoe since 2025. Former Director of Capital Projects North America (2021-2025) and Director Technical Operations West Region (2011-2021) at Digital Realty, and Principal at 365main LLC (2025). The profile lists HVAC, storage area networks, facility management, electrical wiring and energy efficiency among his skills.
Devon Deis
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director - U.S. West Data Center Operations · CoreWeave
Regional Director, U.S. West Data Center Operations at CoreWeave since 2026. Former DC Site Operations Manager at Microsoft (2024-2026), Director, Data Center Engineering and Operations at Broadcom (2023-2024) and Director of Data Center Engineering and Operations at VMware (2021-2023).
Gonzalo Herrera
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Data Center Capacity and Delivery · CoreWeave
Sr. Director, Data Center Capacity and Delivery at CoreWeave since 2026, after serving as Director, Data Center Capacity and Delivery there (2023-2025). Former Director, Core Services at Intuit (2016-2020) and Senior Director, Site Operations at Shutterfly (2015-2016). The profile describes over 25 years in IT operations and infrastructure.
Michael Craig
LinkedInExperience: Director, Site Operations and Cloud Deployments · Crusoe
Former Director, Site Operations and Cloud Deployments at Crusoe (2024-2025), after senior manager roles in site operations there from 2023, and former Director of Hardware Strategy, Crusoe Cloud (2025). VP, Hardware Strategy at Corvex.ai since 2026.
Michael Yamaguchi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Data Center Operations · Crusoe
Vice President of Data Center Operations at Crusoe since 2026, after serving as Sr Director Data Center Operations there (2024-2026). Former Director of Data Center Engineering at LinkedIn (2016-2024), where the profile describes expanding data center capacity as membership grew from 150 million to 1 billion.
R.J. Espina
LinkedInExperience: Director of Data Center Operations · CoreWeave
Director of Data Center Operations at CoreWeave since 2024; the profile headline also lists him as chief of staff for data center operations. His earlier CoreWeave roles include East Coast Data Center Manager (2023-2024), Senior Data Center Technician (2022-2023) and Data Center Technician (2022).
Choose the right perspective
Match the function to your question, since site operations, capacity delivery, data center strategy and GPU infrastructure each cover a different part of running a GPU cloud. Consider whether you want someone who came from hyperscale or enterprise data center operations, and whether a current or former leader suits your question.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a GPU cloud bring a new data center site from handover to production?
- 02How do operations teams plan capacity when demand for GPUs moves faster than construction?
- 03What changes in day-to-day data center operations when the fleet is mostly dense GPU clusters?
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