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Customer Quote

Greenhouse Data’s virtualization technology is awesome. They really deliver on this product and allow the customer to realize the full advantages of using virtualization. We are able to take VMs that were developed for and hosted in our in house datacenter and put it on their cloud in a matter of hours. Few other hosting companies can do this today. It makes off-site hosting a breeze.
— Beau Bush, Director of IT, Awhere Inc.



Leadership Team

Our motto — Work hard, enjoy life and be passionate.

Green House Data is led by a host of executives who focus on our motto for our customers, employees, shareholders and the environment.  They provide direct management, industry leadership, and general business acumen to the company on a daily basis. Our team is highly entrepreneurial and focused on success — both our customer's success and the company's.

Executive Team

Shawn Mills

Shawn Mills, President & Founder
Shawn Mills is the President of Green House Data. Shawn has been chosen as a featured speaker for his industry leadership at events, including Data Center World and the National Center for Super Computing Applications.  He has built his broad experience in the technology and telecommunications industry since 1999. He was the founder of a Voice Over Internet Protocol company in 2001 that raised $4.5 million in venture capital. After being acquired in under a year during the Internet boom, Mr. Mills subsequently developed the voice over broadband strategy for the ensuing company.

Since, that time Mr. Mills has held roles as the Senior Vice President of Product Development and Product Marketing for iDial Networks(now GlobalNet technologies) based in Houston, Texas. Shawn was a founding member of the Cerento, Inc. management team and Director of Marketing at Wyoming.com. Before founding Green House Data, he launched Wyoming's first tech-based advocacy association, the Wyoming Technology Organization.

Shawn holds a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas.
 
Cortney Thompson Cortney Thompson – Vice President, Operations, and Founder
Cortney Thompson is the Vice President of Operations at Green House Data.  He brings with him over 12 years of information technology experience and a quiver of certifications to back it up.  From Microsoft, Cisco, Sonicwall, Lucent, CFOS (Fiber Optics), Low Voltage, and CWNP (wireless) certifications to managing a 1,000 sq. ft., 100 server, and petabyte storage system data center.  Along with designing, installing, and maintaining multiple 99.999% reliable carrier class networks Cortney is more than capable of managing and driving the strategic direction of Green House Data's colocation and managed service facility.

Cortney is currently the president of WYOPS, a professional IT services firm based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Under his direction, WYOPS has doubled its revenues and size each of the last four years.  Prior to running WYOPS, Cortney was the founder of C&B Consulting, a technology-consulting firm in Cheyenne that was subsequently sold to WYOPS.

Cortney’s firm WYOPS has entered into a strategic partnership with Green House Data,  that allows him to run the data center’s day to day operations.
 
Thomas Burns Thomas Burns – Vice President, Business Development and Founder
Thomas Burns provides Greenhouse Data with an extensive sales and business development background in the high technology sector. As Vice President of Business Development, Thomas is responsible for sales operations in the United States. As a senior business development executive, he has helped develop start up companies into successful revenue generating organizations and enabled established companies to expand their market presence and increase profit.

Prior to joining Green House, Thomas served as Senior Program Consultant for Systemation, Inc., a Denver-based firm that provides project management consulting solutions. In his role at Systemation, Thomas was responsible for all functions related to Biotechnology, Healthcare, and Federal, State, and Local government clientele, including sales, marketing, and client services.  Prior to Systemation, he spent six years with enterprise software system provider Generation21.  His tenure there included two years as Director of Western Sales with full responsibility for sales, sales support, and field marketing. He began his career with Xerox in various sales and marketing management positions.

Thomas graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Project Management Professional (PMP).