11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Lessons Learned in Achieving Data Center Efficiency Goals – 3 Case Studies (session)
Rich Reyher is a Director, PayPal Core Platform & Infrastrcuture: Global Data Center Services for PayPal Inc., the world’s leading global payments platform. After serving several years in the U.S. Army military police and then as a federal officer in the U.S. Department of Justice, Rich started as a systems engineer for Aether Systems, a wireless web communications developer, where he managed operations of their flagship data center in Phoenix as Chief Engineer until the site was sold in 2003. Rich began his career on the eBay team as Chief Engineer, overseeing construction and maintenance of eBay’s first, and largest Tier IV data center at the time. Promoted to Director in 2015, Rich led the expansion of the Phoenix region into the largest portfolio within Global Data Center Services. He championed operational excellence, drove efficiencies and implemented industry best practices, with a proven up-time record of 99.999%. Rich recently moved to PayPal with the primary responsibility to run day to day critical infrastructure operations and decide strategy for all data centers and connectivity globally for PayPal. Rich is active in sustainability and renewable energy programs and recently led an intiatiave, partnering with Arizona State University and Arizona Public Service on a new ~40MW Solar Site build in Southern Arizona that will offset over 70% of PayPal’s in state Data Center demand. Rich is an active member and President of 7X24 Arizona Chapter.