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IT IS OFTEN UNDERSTATED HOW MUCH PEOPLE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE WHEN THEY ’ RE GIVEN GREATER RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND .
DEEP DIVE operating in . This diverse approach is also an opportunity – at AtlasEdge alone we have colleagues from 30 + nationalities and a management team that has collectively lived and worked in eight different European countries . This gives us an edge ( pun intended ) over the competition .
What changes to your job role have you seen in the last year and how do you see these developing in the coming months ?
The industry has faced a lot of headwinds in the last 12 months : increased cost of capital , supply chain disruption and high energy costs . While some of these are slowly stabilising , it ’ s safe to say that we won ’ t be returning to the way things were . But these are the moments where strong companies can emerge and at AtlasEdge we are in a great position to continue expanding a business that is centred on understanding and capturing customer demand .
What style of management philosophy do you employ with your current position ?
I ’ ve been fortunate to learn a lot from some great leaders over the past three decades and I have always tried to channel the best of these lessons into my leadership style . I am a big believer in

IT IS OFTEN UNDERSTATED HOW MUCH PEOPLE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE WHEN THEY ’ RE GIVEN GREATER RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND .

empowering those around me – it is often understated how much people rise to the challenge when they ’ re given greater responsibility and the opportunity to expand .
You will also always hear me talk about the customer . I have a relentless focus on understanding and serving customer needs in the most effective way and this is a core value that I have sought to instil into the AtlasEdge culture from day one . Two years into our journey , we find ourselves supporting 800 + customers across Europe . This success has been founded on an unwavering focus on understanding our customer ’ s use cases and how they are looking to deploy workloads .
How do you deal with stress and unwind outside the office ?
Here I will have to nod to my Italian heritage . A good meal with fine wine and friends is my ideal wind-down . � www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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