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Mark’s role as Head of Data Centre Technical Consulting is to provide data centre specific thought leadership and technical direction to CBRE’s Global Data Centre Solutions (DCS) business and clients to ensure that the DCS service offering continues to set the highest possible benchmark worldwide within the data centre sector. CBRE Data Centre Solutions offers clients a full suite of data centre specific service including technical consulting, facilities management, engineering, project management, risk reviews, certifications and diligence reports as well as a range of IT specific services in the data centre. With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry Mark has specialised in the field of Data Centre Operations for over 20 years, concentrating on the delivery of business critical services from highly reliable, world class 24x365 Data Centres. This has included consultancy and technical advice as well as senior management roles responsible for service delivery and both strategic and operational management within the industry. A Technical Operations Manager with extensive international experience and solid technical skills covering both Data Centre Facilities Design and IT Operational and Technical Management. A regular public speaker and industry advisor on data centre technical issues, currently acting as consultant to several leading data centre operators and solutions developers as well as being involved in European data centre Standards development and the current Chair of the Best Practice Committee for the European Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency. Mark’s past experience has included the following roles: Director of the Uptime Institute in EMEA. Data Centre Consultant at Intel Solution Services UK Operations Director, Global Switch VP, Microsoft Service Delivery, Cable & Wireless / Exodus Inc. Director, Global Data Centre Operations, Digital Island Inc.   Professional Qualifications: Eur. Ing., C.Eng., CITP, FBCS, FIET. European Engineer – FEANI (Ingénieur Européen - Eur Ing) Chartered Engineer (CEng) – UK Engineering Council Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP) – UK Engineering Council Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS) Fellow of Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET) Committee Member of the Chartered Institute for Information Technology (BCS) Data Centre Specialist Group Chairman of (and contributor to) the European Code of Conduct for Data Centres Best Practice Committee, which is operated by the European Commission Member of British Standards Institute (BSI) Committees TCT/7/3 “Information technology: Facilities and Infrastructures - Data Centres” (EN 50600 series) and IST/46 “Information Technology: Data Centre Resource Efficiency - Key Performance Indicators”. (ISO/IEC 30134 series) Member of CENELEC Technical Committee 215 / Working Group 3 (CLC/TC 215/WG 3) – responsible for the EN 50600 series of standards Member of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) STF516 Uptime Institute ATD, ATS and AOS accredited Certified Data Centre Design Professional (CDCDP)   Email: Mark.Acton@CBRE.com Twitter: @MFActon