Over the past decade, Mr. Rowell has held senior management positions with leading hosting, telecommunications, and Internet services companies. He has extensive experience building, operating, and managing complex global IT infrastructure systems that are able to scale to meet dynamic business requirements.

Prior to co-founding OpSource, Mr. Rowell was Vice President of Operations for Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN). He was responsible for the delivery of managed services and the operation of the MFN data centers in the Americas, supporting leading enterprise customers including BP Amoco, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft, Paramount, and Sony. He joined MFN through the acquisition of SiteSmith, where he was Vice President of Operations.

Before joining SiteSmith, Mr. Rowell was Director of Enterprise Services for UUNET Technologies, where he led the team responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing support of large-scale enterprise environments in an outsourced model. Clients included AutoNation, Disney, The Go Network, Levi Strauss, Marriott International, mySap.com, Sony Playstation, and Symantec.

Mr. Rowell holds a B.S. from the University of Alabama and attended the masters program for engineering management at George Washington University.

Contributions

• CloudTV: The Real Cloud - Episode 2: Counting the Cloud – February 2010
  In the second episode of "The Real Cloud" John Rowell discusses Cloud Computing measurement practices and trends with Guy Rosen, the Co-Founder & CEO of Vircado.
  
  
  
• CloudTV: The Real Cloud - Episode 1: The 2010 Movers & Shakers – January 2010
  This is the first in a series of shows hosted by John Rowell, the Co-Founder & CTO at OpSource. In this Episode John discusses the Current state of the Cloud with John M Willis, the VP of Services at OpsCode.
  
  
  
• Article: OpSource Powers “The Cloud” with MuleSoft - January 2010
  
  
• Article: Putting Some Backbone in the Cloud - December 2009
  OpSource, a leading cloud operations provider, chose NTT America to satisfy their network transit needs. See how the NTT Communications Global IP Network supports OpSource’s expansion.