Mark Acton

Independent Consultant

Biography

 With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry Mark has specialised in the field of Data Centre Operations for over 20 years, concentrating on the delivery of business critical services from highly reliable, world class 24×365 Data Centres. This has included consultancy and technical advice as well as senior management roles responsible for service delivery and both strategic and operational management within the industry. A Technical Operations Manager with extensive international experience and solid technical skills covering both Data Centre Facilities Design and IT Operational and Technical Management.

A regular public speaker at international events, conference host and industry advisor on data centre technical issues, currently acting as consultant to several leading data centre operators and solutions developers as well as being involved in European data centre Standards development and the current Chair of the Best Practice Committee for the European Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency.