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Press Release -- August 16th, 2017
Source: Cologix
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COLOGIX ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES STRENGTHEN LEADERSHIP TEAM AND POSITIONS COLOGIX FOR CONTINUED LONG-TERM GROWTH

Leading data center and interconnection provider adds seasoned finance professional and shifts existing CFO to COO role.

DENVER, CO. – August 16, 2017 – Cologix, a leading network neutral interconnection and data center company, announced organizational changes that will position the Company for continued long-term growth. Brian Cox, who has served as Cologix’s Chief Financial Officer since 2010, has been appointed the new Chief Operating Officer. Cologix also announced the appointment of Stephen Tucker as its new Chief Financial Officer to replace Mr. Cox.

“Brian has distinguished himself over the course of the past 7 years at Cologix, including 10 acquisitions, multiple credit facility upsizes and scaling a startup business into an international data center platform,” said Grant van Rooyen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cologix. “More importantly, Brian is a leader within Cologix and has deep operational intimacy with the instrumental drivers of our business. I am confident Brian is the right person in the COO role to move the Company forward into our next growth phase.”

Mr. Cox, will replace Graham Williams as he steps down to be with his family. “Graham’s departure is bittersweet as he has been part of the Cologix story from the very beginning and his impact has been positively felt throughout our company from day one,” noted van Rooyen. “We are sad to see him go, but equally we are all exceedingly proud to have been his partner for 7 years. He has a special opportunity to spend this time with his family and we couldn’t be happier for him.”

Mr. Tucker, who is taking on the role of CFO, is a seasoned executive with extensive experience overseeing finance organizations for high-growth companies, most recently serving as CFO for FTD Companies, Inc and prior to that, various financial leadership positions in the telecommunication and media industries. His start date with Cologix will be September 18, 2017. “Stephen brings expert skills and leadership to our finance and accounting teams from his extensive experience leading the financial strategy of high growth companies,” explains van Rooyen. “We are delighted to have Stephen join our team and we are confident that we are well positioned to meet our growth goals moving forward.”

Cologix has grown into a market leader in the North American data center and interconnection landscape. It recently recapitalized with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners who committed an additional $500M of equity for future growth activities.

About Cologix Inc.

Cologix provides reliable, secure, scalable data center and interconnection solutions from 24 prime interconnection locations across 9 strategic North American edge markets. Over 1,600 leading network, managed services, cloud, media, content, financial services and enterprise customers trust Cologix to support their business critical infrastructure and connect them to customers, vendors and partners. Our dedicated, experienced local teams and scalable solutions enable us to provide industryleading customer service and the ability to successfully support customers at the Internet’s new edge. For a tour of one of our data centers in Columbus, Dallas, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Minneapolis, Montreal, New Jersey, Toronto or Vancouver visit www.cologix.com or email sales@cologix.com. Follow Cologix on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Julia Kendall Cologix, Inc. julia.kendall@cologix.com +1.720.940.2559

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