SALT LAKE CITY, August 15,2005 Consonus, a Salt Lake City-based provider of data center, professional and IT managed services, has named Daniel Milburn as its chief operating officer. Milburn previously served as director of operations.
During his four years with Consonus, Milburn has overseen hosting, internet, security, and managed services, implementing sweeping procedural changes that drove the company to its first profitable quarter in early 2004 and produced unanimous praise from customers in satisfaction polls. As a result, employee satisfaction was also dramatically increased.
Im delighted to accept this new challenge, Milburn said. We have an exceptional team in place here at Consonus. With their strong support our clients will continue to experience the best data center facilities and managed services available in the intermountain west.
Nana Baffour, managing principal of Consonus parent company Knox Lawrence International (KLI), said, This is a natural progression for a talented executive like Daniel in order to continue to deliver the high quality of services our clients expect from Consonus. Among Daniels new responsibilities will be ensuring that Consonus continues to be at the forefront of securing customers mission-critical data as the security needs of our clients get more and more complex
Knox Lawrence acquired Consonus from Salt Lake City-based Questar in June. Knox Lawrence International, LLC is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and growing small to midsized subsidiaries of Fortune 500 companies in industries that are undergoing significant transitions.
Milburn brings more than 15 years of Information Technology experience to the table for Consonus. His new duties will begin immediately.
About Consonus
Consonus is a provider of AllWaysOn Data Center Facilities, Business Continuity and IT managed services for organizations with a critical need for 100% uptime. Consonus protects systems and data for customers ranging in size from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies.