About us

Dominic has been involved with technology and digital infrastructure companies for most of his career. He joined the management team in 2015, but has been involved with the company for over ten years. He previously ran direct investments at the Wellcome Trust, one of our shareholders, where he was responsible for a substantial portfolio of private equity investments, including Verne Global. He began his career at Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance and later co-founded Lepe Partners, a technology investment and advisory firm.

Tate has been responsible for the technical direction of the company since day one. He oversees all aspects of design and construction, and is responsible for operational and security strategies. A seasoned industry speaker, Tate is an expert in data high-density data center environments and works hand-in-hand with customers to ensure all their specialist technical needs are met. He started his career in data center development and operations at Dupont Fabros Technology in 2003, where he rose through the ranks to be VP of Technology.

Mike joined Verne Global at the start of 2023 as COO. Mike is a data centre industry veteran predominantly in financial services. He has spent the last 20 years between Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase culminating in 10 years as Global Head of Data Centre Services. At JPMC Mike was responsible for Strategy, Engineering, Design and Operations and recently completed a multi-billion dollar Global Data Centre modernisation program. Mike will be responsible for optimising the organisations operational capabilities and defining/implementing business strategies.

Kate joined Verne Global in October 2022 as CFO. She has worked in telecoms/digital infrastructure her whole career. She has spent the last 15 years working for Liquid Intelligent Technologies as both CFO and Chief Mergers and Acquisitions, raising funding for and operating fibre networks and data centres across the African continent.

Nick has been spearheading Verne Global’s sales operations since we were founded. He has been responsible for significant business growth in our key vertical markets, particularly in engineering, automotive and financial services. He’s also played a central role in establishing our campus as Iceland’s number one telecommunications hub. Prior to Verne Global, Nick held senior roles at Global Switch, PSINet and Telstra, while also founded and successfully sold his own colocation business. A University of Durham alumnus, Nick has a keen interest in F1 and cars in general.

Our first General Counsel, Hildegard, joined Verne Global in December 2022. Although she started as a financial services attorney with Davis Polk in New York (2008), she soon developed a keen interest in IT services and all aspects of tech law after joining Amazon (2015) and later Atos (2020). Hildegard has practised law and completed a range of multi-million dollar deals in New York, Australia, Luxembourg and the U.K, in both public and private sectors. She has also managed large scale disputes and litigations, most recently a high-profile litigation about the procurement of a high-performance computer to the UK Meteorological Office. Hildegard is passionate about sustainability and biodiversity and thrilled to support Verne in its commitment to sustainability. She holds a BA (French and Philosophy) and an LLB from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and is admitted to the New York Bar.

Helgi has managed the on-site team since the start of operations at our data center campus. Whether it’s electrical, mechanical, security- or facility-related, Helgi oversees all aspects of our campus operations, while participating in the technical development and contributing to the care of client on-boarding and customer service. A founding member of the Verne Global team, he has a wealth of technical experience in systems engineering, networking, virtualisation and more. Helgi holds a Computer Engineering degree from SDU in Denmark and a Masters in Management & Leadership from Bifrost University, Iceland.

Alex joined the team in early 2021. He is responsible for forging and nurturing relationships with industry partners in the Verne Global ecosystem of companies that – by working together – meet the complex needs of global organisations locating their compute-intensive workloads in Iceland. He has an impressive record in leadership roles in the tech and telecoms sectors, in the US and Iceland. Most recently he was Global Cloud Services Director at Crayon, while he has also held senior management positions at Sensa, Basis and Siminn.

Styrmir is responsible for managing all of the security operations on our data center campus, ensuring that both our systems and policies are watertight, compliant and strictly adhered to. He also leads our customer success team, making sure each and every one of our customers receives a level of service that meets or, more often, exceeds their expectations and needs. Styrmir holds a Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland and has been a key part of our team since 2011, having joined from the security specialist, Securitas.

James joined us in 2021 to manage our Financial Services sector. Having cut his teeth delivering technical infrastructure solutions to global banks and hedge funds at Thomson Reuters and Colt, his most recent tenure was at Interxion, a Digital Realty company, where he was Director of International Sales. It was here that James took ownership of Digital Realty’s global financial services portfolio of investment banks, stock exchanges and payment providers which led to him splitting his time between Europe and the US. James holds a BA (Hons) from Loughborough University.

Vesa is responsible for technical direction in the Finnish data centers. As cofounder of Verne Global Finland he has been one of the driving forces in building secure, modern, and sustainable data centers in Finland. He has wealth of technical experience and passion for it. Vesa oversees all technological matters from connectivity to operations, he manages technical development and security principles and strategies. Prior to Ficolo, he served as technical director at TDC Hosting.

Kim drives the marketing and international sales of Verne Global Finland. In his position, he identifies and manages opportunities globally, ranging from Hyperscale and HPC to enterprise. With a background in software and telecom, Kim has helped build the financial foundation and define position as one of the top data centers in Finland and an internationally recognized, sustainable leader in Colocation. He oversaw the green certification initiatives that helped Verne Global Finland achieve several industry firsts, such as the first hyperscale-level, climate neutral certification for a Nordic data center. Kim is an Amazon best-selling author for having co-authored the book Greener Data. He is also a member of Forbes Technology Council.