Rackspace has appointed Darryn McCoskery as General Manager for Australia and New Zealand, responsible for leading the business’ operations and growth. The appointment follows consistent demand from the local market for cloud expertise to drive highly secure and reliable cloud environments, particularly among enterprise businesses.
Reinhard Waldinger, Managing Director International, Rackspace said of the appointment, “We are excited to see Darryn take the reigns as the Rackspace business embarks on its next phase of growth across Australia and New Zealand. Darryn’s extensive experience in the sector and his strong rapport with local customers is what makes him a true Racker and definitely a leader to watch. We’re proud to have him at the helm in the region.”
McCoskery said, “With more businesses waking up to the importance of having a sound cloud strategy as the backbone of digital transformation, there couldn’t be a better time to be part of the Rackspace team as we address this significant market demand across ANZ. I’m thrilled to be taking on this new role, and look forward to working with Rackers across the region to ensure we’re meeting the needs of our partners and customers.”
McCoskery has over 20 years of experience across the cloud services industry, including management roles at CSC, Virt2all Cloud Consulting, CA Technologies, VMWare and BMC Software.
About Rackspace
Rackspace is modernising IT in today’s multi-cloud world. By delivering IT as a service, we help customers of all industries, sizes, and locations realise the power of digital transformation without the complexity and expense of managing it on their own. Our comprehensive portfolio of managed services across applications, data, security and infrastructure on the world’s leading public and private cloud platforms enables us to provide unbiased expertise. Rackspace has been honoured in the top 20 Great Places to Work Australia for the past 6 years. Learn more at www.rackspace.com.au.
