Veteran data center executive Douglas Adams has been named chief executive officer of RagingWire, the company said Wednesday. Adams, who had been serving as President, succeeds RagingWire founder George Macricostas, who will become Executive Chairman.
The CEO succession came as RagingWire’s parent company, NTT Communications, announced that it has acquired the remaining shares of RagingWire to take 100 percent ownership of the company.
NTT acquired an 80 percent equity stake in 2014 to establish a larger data center footprint in the United States, with RagingWire’s founders and management team retaining a minority stake.
“In the three years since our investment in RagingWire, we have been extremely pleased with the exceptional performance of the company,” said Tetsuya Shoji, President and CEO of NTT. “RagingWire is strategically important to our ability to deliver global information and communications technology solutions. We are confident that Doug Adams and the RagingWire team will build on this legacy, delivering superior results and contributing significantly to the ongoing success of NTT Communications.”
Adams joined RagingWire in 2001 as part of the early executive team along with Macricostas. During his tenure Adams has led sales, marketing, product, and operations teams. He led RagingWire’s strategic expansion into the wholesale data center solutions space and the building of data center campuses in Sacramento, California, Ashburn, Virginia, and Dallas.
