Perekrest Andrei

Perekrest Andrei

Biography

Career

2017-2018

In early July 2017, Andrei Perekrest and Taras Chirkov, heads of the Moscow and St. Petersburg data centers of Linxdatacenter, respectively, successfully completed the course for accredited specialists in operations Accredited Operations Specialist (AOS) Uptime Institute. This training program is specially designed for managers of business-critical structures: according to the creators of the course, translated knowledge allows us to further effectively apply the world Tier Standards in operational management of the infrastructure complex and personnel.

"More than 60% of all problems and downtime of data centers are associated with the so-called" human factor. " We consider it a priority to constantly improve the reliability of our data centers. This vector of business development is reflected in the constant development of the team and investment in personnel. For our clients, the accreditation of the heads of the Russian data centers Uptime Institute serves as an excellent indicator confirming the correctness of the choice of a partner for the provision of storage services, data processing and work with cloud services. Our customers can be sure that their IT infrastructure is in the reliable hands of world-class professionals, and focus on achieving current business goals, "commented Mikhail Vetrov, CEO of Linxdatacenter Russia.

According to the information presented on the official portal of the Uptime Institute, as of 2017, only 5 certified data center managers successfully completed the course for accredited operations specialists (AOS) in Russia, two of whom work at Linxdatacenter. In total, there are 66 specialists of this level in the world.

As of July 2018, Andrei Perekrest is the technical director of the Linxdatacenter data center in Moscow.

2022: Appointment as CEO of Linxdatacenter

On May 13, 2022, Andrei Perekrest was appointed the new CEO of Linxdatacenter. In this post, he replaced Olga Sokolova, who, as noted in the company, during her leadership "did a tremendous job of bringing the business to a new level."

I perceive the appointment as a challenge and a greater responsibility. I see a huge field of opportunities for the development of Linxdatacenter. We entered a difficult, but extremely interesting and potentially fruitful period. I thank Olga Sokolova for her contribution to the history of the company, as well as for her readiness to contribute to the development of Linxdatacenter in the future, "said Andrei Perekrest, whose words are quoted by the company's press service.

Linxdatacenter noted that by May 2022, Andrei Perekrest has 15 years of experience in the field of business process automation, including at the posts of heads of the Moscow data center, head of the network service and customer support service Linxdatacenter. According to Olga Sokolova, who has worked as a top manager at Linxdatacenter since 2017, the ideal moment has come for transferring the management of Linxdatacenter into the hands of a strong manager with a technical background, experience in building and putting data centers into operation, experience in network and engineering infrastructure.

Listing the achievements of Linxdatacenter during Sokolova's tenure as CEO, the company indicated the following:

• revenue and profit have grown more than 2 times since 2017;
• the change of shareholders in 2021 currently contributes to stable development in the current economic conditions;
• the construction of the second site of the Serebryakov data center in Moscow at 45 MW was launched;
• The LinxCloud cloud platform has expanded more than 4 times;
• a team of strong motivated managers was created.^[1]

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