MICHAEL ORTIZ
TITLE : CEO & CO-FOUNDER COMPANY : LAYER 9 INDUSTRY : DATA CENTRES LOCATION : INDIANA , UNITED STATES
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Michael Ortiz brings 24 + years of experience in investment banking , capital markets , commercial real-estate development and information technology .
Serving industry leaders such as DuPont Fabros Technology and Digital Realty in leadership capacities , within the fields of asset management , site selection and government incentives programmes , Ortiz has a proven track record of driving teams to success . Ortiz has also served in senior leader portfolio management roles at Equity Office Properties , and held roles in JP Morgan and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group .
Ortiz earned his MBA from Indiana University Kelley School of Business and completed his Executive Post Graduate work in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford – Said Business School .
that have previously been dramatically underserved by these technologies .
Joseph Ryan , Layer 9 ’ s Chief Development Officer and Co-Founder , explains how the LATAM market presents a number of growth challenges , and how the differences between expanding in America versus expanding in the LATAM market have meant that previous companies have decided not to invest in this region .
“ The way in which we build in the US and other areas is that you build the site , and they will come . You ’ ll be able to get all the utilities and the fibre there , in some capacity , and within a certain reasonable timeframe .
26 February 2023