TECH & AI
“ A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MY ROLE INVOLVES LIAISING WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS AND MITIGATING THE FRICTION THAT CAN OCCUR WHEN A BUSINESS EXPERIENCES RAPID GROWTH ”
YOULIAN TZANEV CO-FOUNDER AND CSO , NEXGEN CLOUD
In terms of sales , Youlian supports some of NexGen Cloud ’ s largest accounts , frequently collaborating with investors to ensure that they meet targets . Youlian works closely with the marketing and communications teams to achieve these objectives .
Since joining the company , Youlian has learned that navigating the complexities of cloud environments requires significant adaptability .
“ The cloud industry is dominated by a few key vendors due to the intricate nature of creating and maintaining these cloud environments . A core advantage of cloud environments is the ability to offload complexity to the vendor , so managing such a rapidly evolving and complex environment is a major challenge ,” Youlian says . “ Consequently , I have enhanced my people management skills to ensure that not only am I adaptable , but I also instil this adaptability in my teams , enabling them to operate effectively .”
Ultimately , NextGen Cloud knows that it is a new competitor in a market dominated by a handful of large mature vendors . That competition makes it a better market for customers .
“ The cloud marketplace is currently broken ,” says Youlian . “ It was supposed to be a cost-efficient and simple-toimplement alternative , but it has not recently delivered on that promise . It has become too expensive and complicated , prompting businesses to move infrastructure back on-premise .”
According to Youlian , the traditional data centre locations in London , Dublin , Paris and Frankfurt are becoming constrained due to space and power delivery issues , so some increases in cost are unavoidable . However , there are plenty of workloads that are low latency , which can be shifted to areas that have better power supply and more space for developing new facilities .
“ At its core , that is what we have done with NexGen ,” he says . “ We have found areas with excess renewable power that can handle this new infrastructure . With our renewable energy partners , we actually give back more power generation than we take , creating two megawatts of generation for every megawatt we use .”
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