RagingWire Enterprise Solutions is a leading California datacenter offering enterprise class colocation server hosting solutions and services. Our elite datacenter facility features an industry leading N+2 redundant power, cooling, and network control infrastructure, and advanced physical and logical security systems including biometric screening, 360° high definition CCTV, and 24x7 on-site security personnel. Our location in low cost, seismically stable Sacramento makes RagingWire’s carrier neutral data center an attractive alternative to a San Jose data center, San Francisco data center, or other Bay Area data center. RagingWire’s data center hosting operations are SAS 70 Type II and ISO 17799 compliant, and we offer a full complement of data center services including shared or dedicated storage, data backup management, and server and network monitoring.
California Datacenter Board of Directors - RagingWire
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Constantine MacricostasChairman and Founder Constantine "Deno" Macricostas brings RagingWire over 40 years of executive level technical, business and financial management experience, with a successful record in building public companies. After coming to the U.S., attending college and serving in the Army, Mr. Macricostas began his business career in 1960 as a design engineer for National Semiconductor. In 1969, following work as an engineering manager for Qualitron, where he designed early photomask making equipment, he founded Photronics, Inc., now the world's leading maker and manufacturer of photomasks for the semiconductor industry. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Macricostas has played important roles in other startup businesses: he was an early investor and board member of Nutmeg Savings and Loan, Colonial Data, and Orbit Semiconductor. Mr. Macricostas has received many awards, including the Small Business Administration's National Entrepreneurial Success Award, the High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Eli Whitney Award for Excellence in Small Business Management. He is listed in Who's Who in American Business, and has been recognized by President Clinton and the executives of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
George MacricostasCEO, Vice Chairman, and Founder George Macricostas has over 20 years of technical and business management experience in operations and information technology. Mr. Macricostas founded RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc. in 2000. As CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Macricostas oversees all aspects of the company including business development, finance, legal, and corporate strategy. Mr. Macricostas led RagingWire to sustainable profitability in the third year of operation during a very challenging and competitive business cycle following the end of the “.com boom." Under his leadership for the past eight years, the company has increased its annual revenue at a 60% compound annual growth rate. Previously, Mr. Macricostas was a senior vice president at Photronics, Inc., (NASDAQ:PLAB), a leading global supplier of photomasks to the semiconductor industry. He was responsible for all aspects of the company's IT infrastructure. Mr. Macricostas remains an active contributor to Photronics as a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Macricostas is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jane Goodall Institute, and was a finalist in the 2007 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year program. He is a graduate of Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration and industrial management.
Ron SmithMember of the Board of Directors Ron Smith brings to RagingWire more than 26 years of extensive, broad-based business and management experience with Intel Corporation. Prior to his retirement from Intel, his role as senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Wireless Communications and Computing Group was responsible for Flash Memories, the XScale™ Microprocessor, and Cellular Communications Chipsets. Mr. Smith also held several senior positions within various Intel multi-billion dollar business units, including general manager of the PC chipset division. Mr. Smith served as the Chairman of the Technology Strategy Committee of the Semiconductor Industry Association for 4 years prior to his retirement from Intel. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Physics from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. degree in Physics from Gettysburg College.
Yatish MishraPresident, CTO, and Founder Yatish Mishra is a co-founder of RagingWire and an industry veteran with more than 24 years of experience leading information technology and business operations. As President and Chief Technology Officer, he has executive responsibility for sales, business administration, operations, and is the architect for the development of IT technologies and solutions that meet global market demand that fuel RagingWire’s growth. Previously, Mr. Mishra was Vice President of information technology at Photronics, Inc., where he was responsible for IT operations worldwide. During his tenure with Photronics, his responsibilities included all aspects of support for hardware technologies, network solutions and application development and deployments worldwide. Prior to Photronics, Mr. Mishra was vice president of engineering at Microlink Technologies, Inc. and has held various senior-level IT positions managing security, networking, systems, software development, business development, and customer support. Mr. Mishra was a finalist in the 2007 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program. Mr. Mishra holds a bachelor's of science degree in Applied Physics with a specialty in Physical Electronics from the University of California, Davis. |