You Can Rely on Your DataSite Center Management and Staff to Be the Best in the Industry

Jeff Burges is President and Founder of BURGES property + company, a privately held commercial real estate investment, development and management firm headquartered in San Diego, California. The firm operates throughout the United States with particular focus on assets rich in technology, which provide the domain for tomorrow’s business model.

With his vast array of experience in commercial real estate, Mr. Burges has owned and managed over 20 million square feet of commercial real estate, valued at over $2 Billion. These portfolios consisted of traditional office and industrial properties as well as technology rich data center, telecommunications and biotechnology properties.

Prior to founding BURGES property + company, Mr. Burges served as Chief Operating Officer for Yale Properties USA. He played a primary role in taking Yale USA from a single asset company to owning and managing fourteen properties throughout the nation, valued at over $500 million. During that time, he cultivated lasting relationships with several prominent US real estate equity investors, including Barrow Street Capital, BURGES property + company’s most significant co-investment partner.

Through his 20 year career in commercial real estate, Mr. Burges has gained a deep understanding of the property and infrastructure needs of the most discriminating technology companies, while he simultaneously honed his fundamental real estate skill set. As a result, BURGES property + company has become one of a small group of specialized real estate firms capable of delivering properties that possess the extraordinary design and reliability requirements of data center, telecommunications and bio-technology companies, while maximizing traditional real estate value for its investors.

Mr. Burges believes in giving back to the industry. Thus, Mr. Burges served as president of the San Diego Chapter of the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP) for 2003 & 2004, and currently serves as Treasurer. He sits on the National NAIOP Board of Directors and manages the local chapter’s state legislative activities. Mr. Burges sits on the Executive Committee and the Board of the Southern California Chapter of CoreNet, where he also serves as Treasurer. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management Consulting.

Christine Sotelo is responsible for the management of the Burges Property + Company assets. Her duties including budget preparation, financial reports, reconciliations, maintenance issues, contract services, tenant relations, renewal and expansion leasing, and tenant and capital improvements. During her career, Ms. Sotelo has participated in the acquisition, disposition, and management of millions of square feet of office, retail, industrial and R&D real estate. She has specific expertise in property management, construction, and real estate repositioning.

Prior to joining Burges Property + Company, Ms. Sotelo served as asset manager for Shidler West Investment Corporation, a national real estate organization that actively acquires real estate for its own account. During her tenure, Ms. Sotelo was responsible for repositioning and managing over six million square feet of commercial properties in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, and Austin, Texas.

Robert Wilson is the Director of Sales & Marketing for DataSite Orlando. Mr. Wilson brings to DataSite a seasoned and extensive reach in the critical facility and disaster recovery industry throughout the United States, and beyond. With over 15 years of dedicated data center and web hosting service sales & marketing, Mr. Wilson has developed a wide array of relationships as well as a keen understanding of critical facility customer needs.

Prior to joining DataSite Orlando, Mr. Wilson held key positions at Savvis and SunGard Availability Services. At Savvis, Mr. Wilson achieved the position of Major Account Manager; responsible for the Top 20 corporate accounts, and the position of Director of Account Management; responsible for maintaining and growing the installed customer base. Mr. Wilson was the New Business Territory Manager for SunGard’s Orlando office, responsible for Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, South Florida as well as all government and education accounts.

Mr. Wilson is a member of many key organizations like NAIOP & the National Center for Simulation & Training and is a graduate of the University of Maryland where he holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics.

Mitchell Morrow is the Director of Critical Infrastructure for DataSite. Mr. Morrow has more than 20 years experience in constructing, commissioning and managing mission critical world class Data Centers.

Mr. Morrow is a Master Electrician and licensed electrical contractor. His previous employment includes the role of Critical Environment Specialist and Project Superintendent for Total Site Solutions, a Fortress International company, known for world class engineering and construction expertise in the data center community.

While in that roll, Mr. Morrow was instrumental in the construction, commissioning, startup, and augmentation of construction of projects for fortune 500 companies such as Dell, Microsoft, Humana and many others. Mr. Morrow started his Data Center career with experience at Intercontinental Hotels group, Holiday Inn, as the Sr. Engineer of the world wide Data Center in Alpharetta, Georgia. He was instrumental in the 7x24 operations and management of facility which had a 100% uptime track record.