G. Gabriel Cole
Gabe Cole, Founder of RTE Group, is an accomplished Technology Executive with over 20 years’ experience across data center, network, and cloud. Gabe assists service providers and enterprises with converged network and data center design, procurement, and migration including colocation and the XaaS stack of services. He has personally worked on over 150 engagements in North America and EMEA. He is an expert at balancing reliability and performance requirements against technology and business limitations to consistently increase performance at progressively lower price points. In addition, he is frequently called on by investors for assistance with data centers, telco hotels, data center technologies, and services companies. Gabe has also founded and/or participated in a number of venture-backed emergent technology companies including Telwares, Virtustream, Verne Global, Enclave, and Ixpanse. He was one of three founders of CO Space, Inc., a leading provider of colocation and data center facilities and related operations services to the telecommunications, data, and Internet markets. CO Space was acquired by Internap Network Services Corporation in 2000. Gabe is an engineer at heart and an expert in IT architecture, with a current professional focus on the development of highly efficient data centers at "edge" locations where the convergence of local (mobile and terrestrial) networks, backbone networks, and content/application providers is enabling next generation services. Gabe holds SB and SM degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Gabe Cole, Founder of RTE Group, is an accomplished Technology Executive with over 20 years’ experience across data center, network, and cloud. Gabe assists service providers and enterprises with converged network and data center design, procurement, and migration including colocation and the XaaS stack of services. He has personally worked on over 150 engagements in North America and EMEA. He is an expert at balancing reliability and performance requirements against technology and business limitations to consistently increase performance at progressively lower price points. In addition, he is frequently called on by investors for assistance with data centers, telco hotels, data center technologies, and services companies. Gabe has also founded and/or participated in a number of venture-backed emergent technology companies including Telwares, Virtustream, Verne Global, Enclave, and Ixpanse. He was one of three founders of CO Space, Inc., a leading provider of colocation and data center facilities and related operations services to the telecommunications, data, and Internet markets. CO Space was acquired by Internap Network Services Corporation in 2000. Gabe is an engineer at heart and an expert in IT architecture, with a current professional focus on the development of highly efficient data centers at "edge" locations where the convergence of local (mobile and terrestrial) networks, backbone networks, and content/application providers is enabling next generation services. Gabe holds SB and SM degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Catherine Davies
A Principal of RTE Group, Cathy oversees the company's marketing, business development, and strategic planning initiatives. Throughout her career with RTE Group, Cathy was instrumental in not only growing and managing the business, but as a Project Manager helping real estate clients with telecommunications marketing, leasing, and management, and developing policies and procedures to support their efforts. In the late 1990s, Cathy co-founded CO Space (purchased by Internap Network Services), an early entrant into the data center and colocation market, where she was Vice President and Director of Marketing. In this role, Cathy helped to build the company to over 150 employees with 14 facilities and managed the company's public relations and advertising efforts, as well as supported it's business development initiatives. In addition, Cathy worked to develop the company's 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art marketing center in its flagship data center in Atlanta, Georgia. Cathy began her career as a research analyst focusing on market analysis and product positioning in the telecommunications market. She holds a B.A. from Roger Williams University and an M.A. from The University of Massachusetts.
A Principal of RTE Group, Cathy oversees the company's marketing, business development, and strategic planning initiatives. Throughout her career with RTE Group, Cathy was instrumental in not only growing and managing the business, but as a Project Manager helping real estate clients with telecommunications marketing, leasing, and management, and developing policies and procedures to support their efforts. In the late 1990s, Cathy co-founded CO Space (purchased by Internap Network Services), an early entrant into the data center and colocation market, where she was Vice President and Director of Marketing. In this role, Cathy helped to build the company to over 150 employees with 14 facilities and managed the company's public relations and advertising efforts, as well as supported it's business development initiatives. In addition, Cathy worked to develop the company's 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art marketing center in its flagship data center in Atlanta, Georgia. Cathy began her career as a research analyst focusing on market analysis and product positioning in the telecommunications market. She holds a B.A. from Roger Williams University and an M.A. from The University of Massachusetts.