Richard Haigh
Director of Operations EMEA @ Vantage Data Centers
About
Engineer with 40years in experience in and around data centres all over the world. Recently chartered electrical (2023) and joining Vantage ops in 2024 after 5 years at AWS in Italy and the uk in ops and also construction, uk and France. Worked in Hong Kong in 2018/19 on a global switch DC, as well as numerous projects in pharma, TV, production, DC,s with operational and technical management skills. My breadth of knowledge is my strength.
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United Kingdom
Information Technology & Services
CDM Regulations, Project Strategy, Operations Directors, Coaching, Communication, Implementation Plans, Industry standards, Building Performance, Report Writing, Environmental Control, Reliability, Equipment Reliability, Change Programmes, Astute, Succession Planning, Statutory, Infrastructure Services, Operational Excellence, Critical Incident Response, Technical Understanding
Experience

Director of Operations EMEA
EMEA
Full site operations of LHR Campus in the Greater London area comprising three urban located data centres. Recruited a team of Chief Engineers and technicians to operate the data centre's M&E infrastructure 24 x 7 with 100% uptime. Provide expertise on the operation of the DC space, asset control, P&L and plant maintenance and life cycle replacement. Responsible for the facilities management as well as receiving the hand off of new data halls and complete data centres. Expertise in the final phase delivery of new data centres including witnessing and commissioning sign off, Air cooling, Liquid Cooling, electrical infrastructure, Rack cabling through to logistics and inventory control.

Senior Construction Manager
Build and fit out of Hyperscale+++ in EMEA. Managing GC and EC companies to deliver first class facilities. Final phase hand over to operations. Recently completed £105M construction project to the latest AWS standards, air cooled and direct liquid cooled to deliver AI/ML loads. Currently working on the biggest single DC in France with liquid cooling as well as hybrid builds across EMEA.

DCEO Cluster Manager
United Kingdom
Engineering Operations Manager and leader in the UK. Managing a team of Facilities Managers, Chief Engineers and EOT,s. 6 directs and 50 plus indirect over 14 data centers in the Greater London area. Growing the portfolio of DC to double the footprint including BTS Hybrid and full scale Lease buildings. Vendor management (Incl COLO) - performance, deep dive, issues resolution. Large scale event management. Change management bar raiser for EMEA.

DCEO-Cluster Manager
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Serving as a technical resource and leader within Amazon data centers. Electrical equipment such as: stand-by diesel generators and related fuel systems, 3-phase electrical systems that include switchgear, UPS units, PDUs, and busways. Mechanical equipment includes: CRAC units, centrifugal chillers, cooling towers/water chemical system, air handlers and associated systems, pumps, and motors.

Trchnical Engineering SME and Contracts
KINOLT Hong Kong Ltd
Hong Kong
Directed the HK technical office to deliver a 2x 50MW D-UPS installation. IP Bus. Data-center. The biggest 11KV UPS installation globally ever built, fully resilient no break system beyond Tier 4 IP Bus. 10 direct and 200 plus indirect. H Licence holder. travelled throughout the region bringing parts from across the world to fulfil the project.

Engineering and Contracts Manager
United Kingdom
Design Authority for the UK and Ireland business in Engineering excellence and Contract Management from pre sales through to client hand over. Supporting a team of sales personnel and leading an ever expanding team of Project Managers, Engineers and Technicians to deliver a successful mission critical projects in Dynamic UPS (D-UPS - 'KS No-Break')

Technical Manager
UK and Ireland
Expert in power protection for all critical infrastructure including Uninterruptible Power Supply and Diesel Generators. Provide technical support and project leadership at all levels in the UK and the Global business supplying and installing D-UPS and Generators from 100 to 3000kVA. The EURO-DIESEL S.A. Group is a private company established in 1989, whose main business activity consists of providing quality power solutions and securing the mission critical power supply of businesses and institutions by the means of an advanced Diesel Rotary UPS system the No Break KS. The company also supplies traditional generator-sets to the local markets. EURO-DIESEL has the experience and capability to provide a total solution including feasibility, design, supply, installation, and commissioning as well as 24/7 tailored servicing and maintenance programs including rental Diesel Rotary UPS to the global market. Equipment Modals - NO-BREAK KS®4 100 to 200kVA NO-BREAK KS®5 200 to 2500kVA NO-BREAK KS®7e 2500 to 3000kVA NO-BREAK KS®5SB 200 to 2500kVA SYNCHROSTA - rotary conditioner with ride through 250 to 1600kWe Controls: KS-VISION® - Industry leading user interface (HMI) for use with the NO-BREAK KS®. System Variants: Single Module - N Multiple Modules - N+1, N+N, 2N+1, Dual Bus, IP Star and IP Ring All systems are designed to be modular and scalable. Versions of the KS5 and KS7e available for FCDM/FFR/Triad and Inertia to 2500KWe per unit EURO-DIESEL S.A. global business network extends worldwide through its subsidiaries and distributors. www.euro-diesel.co.uk, www.euro-diesel.com, www.euro-diesel.ie

Senior Project Manager
UK and Europe
Senior Project Manager. Management and operation of Data centre's, design and build , switch sites etc. New Build, Refurbish, Upgrade, Energy efficiency measures, spof identification and remediation. Operational expertise. Expert in UPS, Generators, AC, DC systems, Cooling Systems, chillers, Switchboards, PDU's and anything difficult. Ran some challenging client side projects for O2, Airwave and Experian amongst many others including multiple UPS and genset projects, air conditioning upgrades, data centre/switch site builds...Operation management, commissioning, maintenance set up.

Manager
CPS (an emeson electric company)
Pullborough
General Manager of Project, Sales and contracts and installation of UPS 0-3500kVA and Generators 100 to 2500kVA. Opened regional office. company folded.

Export Manager
Swindon, United Kingdom
Worked in middle east and sub Saharan Africa on data centres and critical facilities, managing distributors and contractors, project managing installations of UPS products. A/C products. Started in Manchester office before being promoted to Export management.in Swindon

Contracts Engineer/manager
MPL ltd
Hayes
Static UPS kVA to MVA, 50/441hz rotary converters, 50/60Hz rotary converters for IBM Mainframes, military and ship to shore. PRINCE 2, APM practitioner. Always hands on. Undertook data centre projects at the US embassy - London, CCN Systems, Scottish Widows, YPN, IBM- too many to list, UPS, 400Hz, Triple chillers (CDU's), Air cooling, chillers

Technical Apprentice
Hawker Siddeley (BCPM)
Guiseley
Technical apprentice building electric motors 5 to 500kW. 3 year day release then 2 year block release ONC/HNC finally completing BSc Electrical. Tec 3 Mechanical.
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