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DR CHRISTOPHER STIEF TITLE : CO-FOUNDER & CEO COMPANY : DATA CASTLE LOCATION : GERMANY
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Dr Christopher Stief co-founded
DATA CASTLE in 2022 and leads the business as its CEO . Dr Stief is a data centre expert with proven track records from large colocation and hyperscale developments to aggregate more than 250MW , primarily across Tier 1 and Tier 2 European data centre markets . Dr Stief was previously a Senior Director at a leading family office in Germany where he was commercially responsible for data centre site origination , development and execution for the firm ’ s digital infrastructure fund . Prior to that , Dr Stief worked as Executive Project Manager to CEO at e-shelter ( NTT Global Data Centers EMEA ), a leading international data centre operator , where he focused on site identification and development . He began his career in the strategic practice at Amazon . Dr Stief earned a PhD from Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz in Business Administration , and a Master ’ s degree in Business Administration from the Alliant University of San Diego , California .
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