Friday's Last Word: OffsiteDataSync CEO Matthew Chesterton
OffsiteDataSync CEO Matthew Chesterton has been leading the Rochester, New York-based disaster recovery company since 2001, which is when he founded the company. Chesterton sat down with Talkin' Cloud to help us understand who he is away from the office.
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To find out who Matthew Chesterton is outside of the office, click through this slideshow.
CHESTERTON: Tiësto.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: Tiësto, the artist formerly known as DJ Tiësto.
CHESTERTON: “American Sniper.”
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: How did Bradley Cooper bulk up for his role in “American Sniper”? By eating 8,000 calories a day. Simple, right?
CHESTERTON: I currently lease a BMW X5.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: Maybe it’s time to lease. Does anybody actually buy anything anymore?
CHESTERTON: “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.” He sees some of the coolest places in the world.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: Haven’t seen it?
CHESTERTON: “Great to Great” by Jim Collins.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: No time to read? What about audiobooks?
CHESTERTON: Hue Lights for my apartment along with the Hue Tap.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: A modern approach to lighting your home, apartment or condo.
CHESTERTON: For business, Jira. We use it to track, record, and manage our development priorities and scheduling.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: An app to keep you organized.
CHESTERTON: Cabernet.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: A glass? A bottle?
CHESTERTON: Buzios, Brazil.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: A little sand would be nice right about now.
CHESTERTON: Buzios, Brazil.
TALKIN’ CLOUD’S SPIN: A little sand would be nice right about now.
Friday's Last Word: OffsiteDataSync CEO Matthew Chesterton — Who exactly is he?
OffsiteDataSync CEO Matthew Chesterton has been leading the Rochester, New York-based disaster recovery company since 2001, which is when he founded the company.
Over the past several years, OffsiteDataSync has expanded its offerings across multiple industries, aligned its services to meet numerous industry and government compliance standards, and operates in data centers that have achieved successful SSAE-16 audit opinions.
What are his plans for OffsiteDataSync?
"OffsiteDataSync’s heritage is bringing next generation DRaaS and IaaS technologies to the marketplace," he says. "This means our staff is constantly researching, buying, testing, and evaluating the new technologies our vendors bring to us. Our engineers love pushing the boundaries of the new hardware and software to maximize its performance."
"Our investment roadmap calls for new data centers in Europe and East Asia and more enhancements to our customer portal which enables to our customers to more easily administer their offsite resources," Chesterton says.
Who does Chesterton challenge to sit in the hot seat?
Satya Nedella, CEO of Microsoft.
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