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Two Hosted Solutions Employees Honored as Recipients of "40 Under 40" Awards
2009-05-29
COO Christopher "Kip" Turco and Sales Executive Auburn Holbrook Named to
Prestigious List
Raleigh, NC — May 28. 2009 - Hosted Solutions (www.hostedsolutions.com),
the East Coast's premier provider of IT infrastructure as a service (IaaS),
today announced that Christopher "Kip" Turco, Chief Operating Officer and Auburn
Holbrook, Senior Account Executive were named to the Triangle Business Journal's
"40 under 40" list for the Triangle region.
"Today's winners are rising stars in their respective organizations — young
stalwarts whose talent has made them stand out among their peers," said Business
Journal publisher Charlene Grunwaldt. "What unites them all is their track
record of excellence and their potential for future success."
Turco joined Hosted Solutions in March 2008 when the company was acquired by
private equity firm ABRY Partners for $144 million. Since joining, he has had a
substantial impact on the company's operations, redesigning the entire
organizational structure and architecting a three-tier centralized operations
model. The result has been a dramatic increase in efficiency and service
delivery. As a result of Turco's efforts to drive operational performance and
excellence, Hosted Solutions recorded record revenues and profits in the fourth
quarter of 2008.
Before joining Hosted Solutions, Turco was with Durham-based Motricity serving
on the executive team as the Senior Vice President of Operations and
Engineering. While at Motricity, Turco restructured all engineering and
operations elements to successfully scale the business from $35 million to more
than $100 million over a two-year period while standardizing and centralizing
critical business elements. Under Turco's leadership, Hosted Solutions is
incredibly well positioned to continue to grow and serve as a leader in the
markets it serves.
Holbrook has been with Hosted Solutions since day one — back in 2001, when CEO
Rich Lee acquired the assets of a then-bankrupt Cary data center operator. In an
eight-year period, Holbrook has worn many hats and has played an instrumental
role in taking Hosted Solutions from start-up to a market leader with 110
employees operating in Raleigh, Cary, Charlotte and Boston.
Since joining the company, Holbrook closed more than $40 million in revenue for
the company. In the last year alone, Holbrook closed $14 million in new
business, including a "who's who" of leading businesses in the Triangle such as
Aetna, McClatchy Interactive, Pepsi, Cisco, Sony Ericsson, Peopleclick, Capitol
Broadcasting Company and iNC Research.
It's an honor to have both Kip and Auburn recognized for this award," said Rich
Lee, Hosted Solutions' founder and Chief Executive Officer. "They're both such
talented individuals and they've each had a tremendous impact on the business.
The fact that we have two employees on this list speaks to the quality of talent
that we have within our organization. I'm incredibly proud of both Kip and
Auburn and of the strong employee base that we've created."
About Hosted Solutions
Hosted Solutions' high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting services maintain
and protect customers' mission-critical IT systems and applications, enabling
them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on core
competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. The company operates
SAS 70 Type II Certified facilities in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and
Cary NC, providing best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical
infrastructure, the highest level of security, and a complete managed services
portfolio. Hosted Solutions was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm
ABRY Partners in April 2008 for $144 million. For more information, please visit
www.hostedsolutions.com.
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