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WAYNESBORO, VA – August 29, 2017- Lumos Networks Corp. (“Lumos Networks” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:LMOS, news, filings), a leading fiber-based service provider in the Mid-Atlantic region, today announced Michael Creech as Director of Sales for the Company’s recently created Lumos Data Center business. Michael will report to Josh Wolff, the Senior Vice President for Lumos Data Centers, and both will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
From 2006-2012 and again from 2015-2017, Michael was a Senior Consultant at TierPoint, based in Charlotte, and was focused on the delivery of IaaS-Cloud/Hybrid, Managed Hosting & Data Center services. During the period from 2012-2015, Michael served as a Partner Account Executive at Alert Logic in Charlotte focused on providing security and compliance solutions to on-premises, cloud and hybrid infrastructures.
According to third party research, the total Charlotte co-location market in 2017 is estimated to be approximately $140 million, up nearly 7% year-over-year. The market is estimated to reach over $150 million in 2018, up nearly 7% versus 2017. The Charlotte metro area is the 22nd largest MSA in the US with a population of approximately 2.5 million, up nearly 12% since 2010. Charlotte’s population growth over that period was the fourth highest of the 22 largest MSAs.
“I am pleased to announce that Michael Creech has joined Lumos Data Centers as a Sales Director and believe that Josh Wolff is building out his team in an efficient and thoughtful manner,” said Timothy G. Biltz, President and CEO of Lumos Networks. “Michael has deep experience and relationships in the robust Charlotte data center market and over time, we expect that we will increase our market share of the Charlotte co-location and managed services market from our current share of less than 5%.”
Michael Creech said, “I am excited about the opportunity to leverage my experience and relationships to accelerate the growth of Lumos Data Centers. Lumos Networks has a tradition of creating customer-focused solutions and Josh and I look forward to emulating that success within our newly created Lumos Data Centers business.”
About Lumos Networks
Lumos Networks is a leading fiber-based service provider in the Mid-Atlantic region serving Carrier, Enterprise and Data Center customers, offering end-to-end connectivity in 26 markets in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and Kentucky. With a fiber network of 10,983 fiber route miles and 515,362 total fiber strand miles, Lumos Networks connects 1,307 unique Fiber to the Cell sites, 1,672 total FTTC connections, 2,171 on-net buildings and approximately 3,500 total on-net locations. The Company also connects 43 total data centers, including five data centers acquired from DC74, two acquired from Clarity Communications and seven company owned co-location facilities. In 2016, Lumos Networks generated over $123 million in Data revenue over our fiber network. Detailed information about Lumos Networks is available atWWW.LUMOSNETWORKS.COM.
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