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Career Journey to CEO in Digital Infrastructure and Managed Services

Written by Joshua Feinberg | Mar 17, 2025 7:00:00 PM

Joshua Feinberg asks about Emil Sayegh's career journey to becoming a CEO in digital infrastructure and managed services. 

Emil explains that his career began as an engineer, driven by his problem-solving skills. 

He evolved by tackling increasingly complex issues, such as addressing California's power shortages in the early 2000s through low-power chips and high-density servers. 

Emil's career progressed to launching public cloud services at Rackspace and continued in the data center and managed services sectors.

This video is excerpted from the podcast Ep. #62 Emil Sayegh, Serial Tech and Data Center CEO of Profit Growth Insights | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast.

Outline

Journey to Becoming a CEO in Digital Infrastructure and Managed Services

  • Joshua Feinberg inquires about Emil Sayegh's career path
  • Emil Sayegh explains that his career began as an engineer, driven by his problem-solving skills.
  • Emil mentions that his career evolved through solving increasingly complex problems, leading him to take on harder challenges.
  • In the early 2000s, Emil addressed the issue of power shortages in California, particularly during the emergence of the Internet and data centers.
  • Emil joined a startup focused on low-power chips and high-density servers, eventually leading him to the managed services and cloud computing sectors.

Resources

Watch the full podcast Ep. #62 Emil Sayegh, Serial Tech and Data Center CEO of Profit Growth Insights | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast

 

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