John R Savageau

“John is an extremely skilled professional with tons of experience. His knowledge in IT infrastructure and frameworks/gouvernance seems to have no boundaries. John is extremely generous and shares passionately his experience and knowledge. Working with John was a great experience and privilege. There is no doubt for me that there is not a challenge that John can’t tackle and complete with flying colours.”

“Our firm has employed John as a Team Leader / Senior Consultant for enterprise architecture, cloud computing, data center and related ICT projects with top public and private sector clients in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Romania. His analytic and technical skills are top-notch, along with his commitment to ongoing professional development activities that keep him fully aware of the pros/cons of emerging trends and technologies. John has lent great value to our clients and projects, by providing clear-cut and well prepared concepts and advice, along with his excellent writing skills and work ethics.”

“There is little that John hasn’t experienced in the global telco, IP and Cloud world in operations or business development since the early '90s. His creative pragmatic mind and ability to articulate technological value propositions to enterprise and Government is well known as evidenced in his blogs and industry commentary. In either an entrepreneurial role or as a Head of Technology in a large enterprise, in my experience John is the best in the game to deliver where you need to be. Since the early/mid ‘90s building some of the first innovative IP networks in China to recently defining Cloud Computing policy for various developing countries John continues to be an industry respected advocate.”

“John has supplied valuable information and insight about multiple aspects of the internet industry whether he was a supplier or a competitor, over the last 10 years. He has been around the industry long enough and at the highest levels to have the valuable knowledge needed to contribute to any project, and with discretion.”

“It is truly an honor to recommend John Savageau. I have worked with John for over 11 years, and have come to know him quite well, both as a professional and a person. John is incredible in both departments, and I view him as one of the smartest, most capable executives I have ever known. John has taught me more over the years about the data center industry (and about ice hockey) than I could have ever hoped to learn from one person (since John is always readily available to assist with issues and problem solve, and share his wealth of knowledge, my guess is that there are many others in the industry that have also learned an incredible amount from John). He really is brilliant, and his work reflects this, as he works extremely hard to get jobs done, and is absolutely fantastic at what he does. I have seen John build (and rescue), data centers, networks, and companies, each time impressively, and each time at a level of quality and skill that very few (if any) possess. John is also a pleasure to work with and sincerely cares about the quality and nature of the work he does, and it most definitely shows. I could write several pages as to, among other things, the high quality of John’s work, his tremendous leadership skills, and his extremely admirable integrity and work ethic. Simply stated, however, I truly admire and respect John Savageau; I see him as a professional role model who is a stand-up individual that is extraordinarily smart, knowledgeable, hard working, skilled and talented, a true leader, and one of the absolute best of the best in the business. I have been very fortunate to know John over the years, and I would be more than happy to further discuss his talents and the absolutely tremendous value he can add to an organization. I highly recommend John, and do so emphatically and sincerely.”

“I give John credit for the vision and executive power to build the 1 Wilshire presence and the Any2 exchange more specifically into the powerhouse peering position it is in today. Building the International market and in-country support are his strong suits, along with building large Internet Operations organizations. His track record speaks for itself. What people may not know is that John is a maverick in the peering world. When others were extracting margins, John went for market penetration. When the focus seemed to be on large backbone networks that demanded concessions, John built a business on the primary beneficiaries of peering - the Tier 2 ISP market. When other IXes shot down distributed peering, John embraced and evangelized the distributed IX. In this social community it takes guts to swim against the tide, and John has proven he is up for a challenge.”

“John Savageau is one of the world’s top telecommunications theorists, practitioners, and most thoughtful executives. John continually updates his knowledge of the most important trends in the industry and has a unique ability to translate knowledge into practice, whether building the first academic IP networks in China, to running the largest and most important telecommunications facility in international telecommunications, to designing the first commercial Internet data center in the West Bank of Palestine, to leading seminars and blogs on the most recent developments in applications services, to consulting for governments, corporations and international organizations. John Savageau does this through an unmatched work ethic. I have observed John Savageau over many years. He is able to maintain his contributions to international telecommunications in a collegial and friendly manner, which makes him effective in cross-cultural situations, while keeping focused on goals and achievements. He can be counted on to succeed.”

“John Savageau is one of the most technically astute individuals I have had the privledge and pleasure to work with. He was constanly focused on raising the bar and making every client action a positive experience. A true full stack engineer!”

“John's vast knowledge and experience in the data-center industry is unparalleled by anyone else I have had the opportunity to work with. John is visionary when it comes to cloud computing as well. He understands the reality of what it takes to deliver massive scale IT on demand. John would be an asset to any organization that is looking to establish themselves as a cloud computing leader.”

“John is unique in this industry. He brings a broad background to an industry that sometimes is just full of one-trick ponies. There's more to telecom and the Internet than whatever is this years next-hot-thing. Knowing, living and understanding the past is a very valuable trait. However this recommendation is triggered not by a request; but by yet-another well written blog entry by John. It's not often that I read something I'm interested in and realize that its stands out because of the expert-base it's written on. John's an impressive writer with relevant things to say on many-many subjects. John's an impressive writer because he's got those years-and-years of experience to base his opinions on. That truly makes him in a class of his own! I highly recommend John Savageau as an international telecom and Internet infrastructure expert!”

“John’s thought leadership in cloud/grid computing and exchange platforms/connectivity have been educational and inspirational, keeping me at the forefront of trends that are reshaping our industry. But John’s no ivory-tower academic “thought leader” – he is pragmatic and focused on continual improvement in processes and practices, and solicits input from all levels. He also never discounts or overlooks the importance of sales and product development, and has been invaluable in crafting pitches and brainstorming ideas for how to develop and refine sophisticated proposals and compelling value propositions. John’s more than willing to call out sacred cows and is refreshingly, if bracingly, honest about what works and what doesn’t. His sharp wit helps to ease the bluntness of his observations – John’s a truth teller of the best sort. He’s a pleasure to work with, and he’s ripe with innovative ideas (just waiting to be monetized).”

“There is only one John Savageau, that's for sure. John has the brain power of probably 20 people combined - he is "scary smart". This intelligence asset combined with John's dedication, excellence and uncanny wit merge to create a person highly qualified for severely difficult and challenging situations. John is a thought leader in Convergence, Grid and Cloud Computing and Global Communications. John is also an excellent writer and speaker. One time John delivered a unique presentation at the CTC which members were referring to for well over 6 months after he spoke. Additionally, the Any2 Exchange that John developed is breaking all the records, most recently being ranked among the largest single point peering communities in the U.S. [That’s something John put together in his spare time]. On the Board of the Directors of the Convergence Technology Council, we rely on John for direction and thought leadership to help us sort out “Truths from Myths”. As the CTO of CRG West, John is an esteemed client. As a friend, John's an original and a "keeper"! I highly recommend John for leading, thinking, speaking, writing, designing and executing complex and mission critical initiatives. He has an innate ability to remain unflappable under pressure. Also, I really appreciate his professionalism, conscientiousness and dependability.”

“I learned a lot from John. Very deep, very analytical, very smart.”

“As a telecom veteran myself, I've been very impressed with John's very deep technical knowledge of the telecom / datacenter industries. His global expertise is undoubtedly a huge asset for CRGWest and its clients.”

“John was my best friend and boss while worked togethjer with him.”

“John has been a mentor to me and a personal friend over the years. John is one of the most highly motivated and forward thinking persons I have had the good fortune of working with around the world.”