Riccardo is VP EMEA Operational Readiness and Site Delivery for VIRTUS Data Centres and is responsible for ensuring that the VIRTUS data centre portfolio across EMEA is ready to serve its customers. With over 20 years of experience in data centre design, construction, consolidation and operation, he has developed a wealth of technical and managerial knowledge while working for the global biggest brands in technology. Riccardo led the data centre operational function across the UK and in Europe for companies such as Telecity Group (now Equinix), Rackspace, CBRE and Amazon Web Services.