{"page_id":1,"name":"Tesh Durvasula","company":"Africa Data Centres","position":"CEO","bio":"Tesh Durvasula is an experienced technology and real estate industry executive with a 25-year track record of successful leadership and value generation in the digital infrastructure sector.   He has broad experience through all elements of business, including finance, real estate, development, operations, technology, marketing, and sales.   \r\n \r\nDurvasula served in a variety of executive roles at CyrusOne initially as the company\u2019s chief commercial officer, responsible for sales, marketing, and strategy.  He drove value for the company and its  investors through a combination of rapid sales growth and mergers and acquisitions. Durvasula led the acquisitions of data centre providers Sentinel and Cervalis, as well as the data centre assets of the financial trading campus of CME Group - the three transactions had a combined value of over $1 billion.  His strong record of value creation and scaling the organisation, helped Cyrus go from an initial investment of $525 million to its eventual outcome, acquisition by KKR for $15 billion. \r\n \r\nHe was then appointed president of Europe for the company, where he oversaw the company\u2019s expansion into England, Ireland, France and Germany, which saw the organisation grow into one of the largest publicly traded REIT\u2019s in the US.  Finally, Durvasula was appointed CyrusOne\u2019s chief executive officer, and during his tenure at the company, annual revenue grew from $221 million in 2012 to over $1 billion in 2020.   \r\n \r\nThroughout his career he has specialised in implementing growth strategies for internet infrastructure businesses. Prior to joining CyrusOne, he was chief marketing and business officer for Quality Technology Services, which IPO\u2019d as a REIT, QTS Data Centers.   At QTS Durvasula created and executed the company\u2019s go-to-market strategy, paving the way for evolution from privately held company to equity-backed organisation to IPO, and then eventually acquired by Blackstone for $10 billion in 2021.     \r\nHe was previously chief marketing and business officer for Telx, a colocation and interconnection provider.  He joined the company by way of acquisition, when Telx and the REIT Digital Realty Trust acquired the interconnection businesses and data centre business, respectively, of NYC-Connect, a New York City based data centre and interconnection provider founded by Durvasula.  Before founding NYC-Connect, he held management positions at Abovenet, Sprint, and Metromedia Fiber Networks. \r\n \r\nDurvasula is a graduate of Syracuse University, with EMBA work at Columbia University and Stanford University.  He lives with his wife and three sons in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he has been a youth football coach for over ten years and has been involved in charities dedicated to homelessness, and youth athletics.","twitter_url":null,"linkedin_url":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/teshdurvasula\/","filename":"RieCVu524vVfTq9DPSENG7khsJJDI0kskScyjbKz.jpg","status":"1","sort_order":45,"updated_at":"2022-05-27T13:15:44.000000Z","created_at":"2022-05-27T13:15:44.000000Z","id":45}