Vlad is a seasoned IT veteran with over 25 years of mission-critical IT experience. Mr. Friedman joined the DataBank leadership team as Chief Technology Officer in 2017 with the acquisition of Edge Hosting. In his role as DataBank’s CTO, Vlad guides the direction for the development, implementation, and management of the company’s overall technology strategies. Prior to DataBank, Mr. Friedman founded Edge Hosting, a compliance-driven IaaS and PaaS Managed Cloud Hosting service provider.