 Welcome to JSA TV live from PTC 23 I'm Buffy Harakitas and joining me today is Philip Marangella He is the chief marketing and product officer for edge connects Philip. Welcome to JSA TV Good to be here Buffy. Nice to see you guys again. Yeah, it's so nice to see you again a familiar face here At PTC PTC 23 the biggest today is is what we're hearing So how are you feeling about the conference so far? No, it's great. It was here last year again with you guys and and certainly seeing a big uptick of people coming back To the conference lots of meetings Not enough time on the beach, but but that's that's the the the greatness of starting the year off at PTC It is we do need to find some time for the beach Definitely for sure and you're on a panel coming up. Yeah later today those things are a little lightly attended because I think people are in meetings or at the beach, but You know just talking about the edge Global growth in the kind of different use cases driving demands for data centers around the world. Yeah I mean edge connects talks a lot about the edge, right and Customers people and planet is at the core of everything that you do. Why don't you tell viewers a little bit more about that? Yeah, sure. Um, that's kind of our mission is It's it's really quite simple you take care of your customers You take care of your people And your employees and then obviously you do it in a sustainable way and you take care of the planet And the rest should take care of it. It sounds a bit trite, but if you focus on those core things You know that that is kind of core to who edge connects is You know last week we had our kind of company kickoff And we called it global connects and the theme also there was mission possible We held our party at the spy museum. So we had this kind of spy theme So it was but instead of mission impossible. It was mission possible because we have all these challenges that we're facing In terms of supply chain in terms of sustainability In terms of customer requirements and so forth But you know if we are all on the same page focused on those those core Three things then we should have a great year once again And I'm sure you will it's already off to a great start and 2022 I was a marquee year for edge connects as well Bringing in some new key players into your leadership team. I want to tell viewers a little bit more about that Sure. Yeah, just adding to the bench of a already great team We brought in a new chief revenue officer Not new to edge connects. He was formerly the CTO I used to work for him when I first started it was great to have him back I was a big advocate for him coming back And then a new kind of executive vice president for engineering and operations that again, we're scaling our business We're in four regions around the world. We're either have 70 data centers that are either in development or operational so we're building this true global platform and just having the leadership team to support those those global expansions to support the customers around the world Well, definitely on the move. What a way to start off 2023 A sustainability you mentioned a little bit earlier. Obviously is a key part of edge connects Why don't you talk to our viewers a little bit more about what you have coming up in the sustainability pillar for 2023? Yeah, well, um, where is it the greener data? Um, obviously it was a contributor to to that book that that jsa Brought together everybody from within the industry to provide their perspectives and again I've always maintained that that this isn't about edge connects sustainability strategy This is about all of our sustainability and there's no competition, right? We're all collectively trying to do better for for planet earth for our children for our children's children and and so there's a lot of innovation that we're developing and we Published our sustainability report very transparent of some of the things we're doing working with organizations like the infrastructure masons and and joining their climate accord commitment You know, there's the Climate neutral data center pact in europe and so there's a lot of efforts across the industry in collaboration with Our competitors with our customers to try to be as green and as efficient not only from a a Emission standard but from water perspective and all in a waste perspective. So all aspects of Sustainability are a core focus for us at edge connects all across the board Well, thank you so much for being a part of our greener data movement And in case you didn't know, we just launched the greener data directory yesterday Awesome so Sure edge connects is a part of the greener data directory that is a roll dex of the top companies around the world That are committed to making our planet. Like you said, not only great now, but for the future and You know the next generations to come Okay, so tell us a little bit more about what you're most excited about for edge connects in 2023 Look, we had a busy year last year a lot of international expansions, particularly in asia and in amia We'll continue that robust expansion path. You'll see us planning some new flags and some new markets Around the world so we continue that expansion path And you know Already, you know, the pipeline is extremely healthy Um And it's just trying to focus and execute at the same time and not lose that core mission That we have around the customer people and planet. So a lots more to come but you know maintaining that That focus on the customer and giving them what they want where they want when they want around the world Great. Well, so excited to see you again here at ptc 23 phillip And thanks again for joining us here We hope that you enjoy the rest of the conference and good luck on your panel later today Um, thank you viewers for tuning in for another fabulous episode But before we go where can viewers go if they want to learn more edge connects dot com edge connects dot com Customers people and planet. Thanks again phillip and thank you viewers for tuning in to another fabulous episode Of jsa tv live from ptc 23 the biggest today Happy networking