CtrlS appoints Edwin Kolen as new COO

CtrlS, owner of Asia's largest Tier IV datacenters, announced the appointment of Edwin Kolen as chief operating officer for CtrlS business in India.

Edwin brings close to 20 years of experience in managing IT infrastructure and services operations for offshore/outsourcing organizations at multinational companies in India. Prior to joining CtrlS, Edwin was the managing director of Colruyt, India, where he was leading the Indian offshore development center operations.

Having worked with both Indian Companies and MNCs, he brings a blended experience and understands the expectations of Customers across the Globe. At CtrlS, Edwin will partner with the existing leadership to lead the growth of CtrlS business in India.

"Edwin brings in rich industry experience in understanding fortune 100 customers and people management skills. He is helping build systems & processes, scaling up operations for the company," said Sridhar Reddy, CEO & founder, CtrlS Datacenters.

Edwin's leadership would be able to further deliver on customer expectations and help drive efficiency and innovation in CtrlS added Reddy.

Expressing his delight, Edwin Kolen, COO CtrlS Datacenters said "It is exciting to work in an environment where everything has to be up and running 99.995 percent of the time and where customer focus is central."