365 Data Centers Appoints Derek Gillespie as Chief Revenue Officer

NORWALK, CT – November 12, 2024 — 365 Data Centers, a leading provider of network-centric colocation, cloud solutions and connectivity, announces the addition of Derek Gillespie as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), bolstering the company’s management team to propel the company for the next phase of growth. Gillespie brings more than 25 years of proven sales leadership experience to his role, where he will be responsible for driving revenue growth of the organization across the company’s existing 1,400 colocation, connectivity, business continuity and managed service customers, while driving business development across key verticals including finance, healthcare, research/education and manufacturing.

Gillespie’s proven enterprise sales leadership and experience, particularly across colocation, connectivity and managed services, will drive new and incremental sales across the company’s facilities in 20 primarily edge markets. Gillespie comes to 365 with more than 25 years of experience in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) space and has been recognized for his leadership and business acumen on a global scale.

Prior to joining 365 Data Centers, Gillespie was the Chief Sales Officer at Zayo, which became one of the largest privately held operators of global communications infrastructure worldwide during his 9-year tenure. Prior to that, he served as the CRO at Cosentry, the leading provider of public, private and hybrid IaaS companies in the Midwest. Before joining Cosentry, he spent 11 years at Savvis, serving in various leadership functions of the business, transforming the sales organization into one of the leading providers of colocation, managing hosting and cloud services in the US, Europe and Asia.

“I am thrilled to welcome Derek to the 365 Data Centers organization. He is an industry-recognized commercial sales strategist with a stellar track record of building high-performing sales teams and accelerating growth for market-leading companies. This appointment augments our formidable management team that is shaping the next phase of growth for the company,” commented Bob DeSantis, CEO of 365 Data Centers. “As a longstanding customer of Derek’s, I know first-hand the value he puts into his relationships, including the commitment to details and attention to setting and exceeding expectations. I have no doubt that his passion, experience, and commitment to success will have a positive and lasting impact on our business.”

“I’m thrilled to join 365 Data Centers as their new CRO at this exciting juncture of my career,” added Gillespie. “The company’s nationwide footprint of colocation facilities, extensive network and interconnection partners coupled with direct cloud onramps, managed services and business continuity solutions provides a competitive portfolio of solutions for the enterprise market. Coupled with the ability to deliver these services under a single MSA and invoice, I am excited to herald in a new era of growth for the company, while bringing industry-leading solutions to businesses navigating the ever-changing digital landscape.” 

In addition to Gillespie’s appointment, 365 Data Centers is pleased to announce that Eric Thelen has joined the company as SVP of Sales and Customer Success. With over 20 years of experience driving sales strategy and growth in the technology space, Thelen brings deep expertise in leveraging transformational technologies to drive business value. He has demonstrated success in creating repeatable processes that produce profitable and predictable revenue streams. Thelen’s wealth of experience in the information technology industry and reputation for building high-performing teams by establishing a culture of learning, innovation, transformation, trust and customer obsession will be invaluable to 365 Data Centers’ continued growth and success.