James is a military veteran and an accomplished creative, results-oriented engineer and leader with over 20+ years of electrical power systems and mission-critical infrastructure development. A holder of several patents, he is a Fellow in Good Standing of the International Hive Consortium and active member of the American Association for Advancement of Science. He has been instrumental in the planning, design and construction of data center facilities for IT and telecom including Microsoft, Apple, AT&T, and US Departments of Energy and Defense.

Rick is an experienced technologist who has spent his career developing solutions derived from careful attention and listening to client needs. Rick has had a variety of roles and responsibilities in his career and has been a proven IT leader at large corporations and small/medium consulting organizations, with experience in software coding, sales engineering, and cloud architecture.

Prior to GIGA, Rick worked for Corus360 as their Senior Solutions Architect, developing storage and cloud enterprise solutions. He worked with major vendors to develop proposed IT solutions, architect solution designs and oversee implementations on behalf of his clients. He has specific experience in Hyperconverged IT Systems (HCIS), storage solutions and backup, DR planning, as well as multiple cloud platforms and hypervisors. Prior to Corus360, he held multiple roles with Xerox, EMC, IBM, and consulting firms that served Bank of America, Duke Energy, and Wachovia/Wells Fargo.

Greg is a Navy veteran and an accomplished data center engineer, coming to GIGA after working in mission critical data center facilities as Area General Manager for property management firms CBRE and BGIS. At BGIS he was the Critical Facilities Manager for Disney's data centers in North Carolina and Florida. Prior to that he worked in data centers managing operations for HP, and for Facebook in Forest City, NC, overseeing new equipment installations and maintenance management for all mission-critical infrastructure. Greg has a passion for training and developing future generations of data center personnel and is involved in the community currently serving as a board member for a local high school booster club