Jul 6, 2007 : Rackspace UK Names Director of EMEA

📅 July 6, 2007 - UK Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.co.uk -> rackspace.com) announced on Friday it has named Doug Loewe managing director of Europe, Middle East and Africa. Loewe joins Rackspace Managed Hosting from iPass, where he served as vice president and managing director of EMEA.

Loewe will be responsible for leading the growth of Rackspace's business operations in the UK, and expansion activities into Continental Europe. He brings over 20 years of commercial and management experience in the internet and telecommunications industries to Rackspace.

Before joining iPass, Loewe held various executive positions with Cable & Wireless, Genuity, WorldCom, UUNET and CompuServe.

"Doug joins Rackspace at a time of significant business growth and his business expertise will help us realise our expansion plans across Europe," says Lanham Napier, president and CEO at Rackspace Managed Hosting. "His track record of driving business growth and leading global teams will make him a great leader for Rackspace. Jacques Greyling, who has done an incredible job over the last 12 months helping us to maintain 80 percent year over year growth, will be moving to the role of operations director, enabling him to focus on the technical side of the business and developing Fanatical Support."

Rackspace announced earlier this week it added managed Microsoft Exchange to its suite of email solutions.

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