Rackspace Appoints Ryan Neading as Chief Information Officer
April 10 2014 - 9:05AM
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Rackspace Appoints Ryan Neading as Chief Information Officer
SAN ANTONIO,
TX--(Marketwired - April 10, 2014) - Rackspace®
Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud
company, today announced the appointment of Ryan Neading as chief
information officer. Neading will be responsible for the
Rackspace billing systems, internal IT systems and tools,
technology operations, operational metrics and interfacing with
external suppliers and resource providers, while reporting to Mark
Roenigk, chief operating officer.
Neading brings with him over a decade of leadership experience
and specialization in the high tech industry. Prior to joining
Rackspace, Neading's responsibilities were expanded to serve as the
co-leader of eBay's development site in Austin.
"Ryan Neading is an experienced leader in running world-class
back office functions globally including financial systems and
services, business management and analytics," said Mark Roenigk,
chief operating officer at Rackspace. "Ryan's skills and
understanding of large scale enterprise technologies will help
enhance the effectiveness of our operations and will add skills to
our team of specialists who deliver expertise in running the
world's leading hybrid cloud."
A firm believer in giving back to the community, Neading is
active in serving in and donating technology to an elementary
school in the Austin area. He also participates in GirlStart,
an initiative that encourages girls in science, technology,
engineering and math.
"I am excited to join such a top notch team at Rackspace," said
Neading. "Implementing and running world-class enterprise systems,
services and tools is fundamental in helping better serve our
customers and Rackers around the globe."
Neading earned a degree in Organizational Communication from
Pepperdine University.
About Rackspace Rackspace (NYSE:
RAX) is the global leader in hybrid cloud and founder of
OpenStack®, the open-source operating system for the cloud.
Hundreds of thousands of customers look to Rackspace to deliver the
best-fit infrastructure for their IT needs, leveraging a product
portfolio that allows workloads to run where they perform best --
whether on the public cloud, private cloud, dedicated servers, or a
combination of platforms. The company's award-winning Fanatical
Support® helps customers successfully architect, deploy and run
their most critical applications. Headquartered in San Antonio, TX,
Rackspace operates data centers on four continents. Rackspace is
featured on Fortune's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. For
more information, visit www.rackspace.com.
Forward Looking StatementsThis press release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such
assumptions prove incorrect, the results of Rackspace Hosting could
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other
than statements of historical fact are statements that could be
deemed forward-looking statements, including any statements
concerning anticipated operational and financial benefits from
Rackspace strategies related to additions or changes in leadership,
the success of leadership transition, company growth or success of
new sales initiatives, any statements of expectation or belief; and
any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.
Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the integration and
effectiveness of the new leadership into the Rackspace culture, the
continuation of the current difficult economic conditions or
further fluctuations, disruptions, instability or downturns in the
economy, the effectiveness of managing company growth,
infrastructure failures, technological and competitive factors,
regulatory factors, and other risks that are described in
Rackspace Hosting's Form 10-K for the quarter and year ended
December 31, 2013, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2014. Except as
required by law, Rackspace Hosting assumes no obligation to update
these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons
actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in
these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes
available in the future.
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Rackspace Media Contact: Christina Weaver 210-312-4593
Christina.weaver@rackspace.com
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