Tarif Abboushi

Chief Technology Officer, Flexnode

Tarif is a veteran of over two decades in the data center space, with extensive experience in the design, development, construction, commissioning, deployment, maintenance and operation of data centers.

Prior to joining Flexnode, he was VP of Data Center Infrastructure at NTT Ltd. (Americas), where he deployed ground-breaking technologies in data centers to improve efficiencies and reduce carbon footprints, including the first use of solid oxide fuel cells running on biogas from cow manure to produce electricity at a data center, and the implementation of virtualized cooling, a project that won the Uptime Institute Green Enterprise IT award. Having built a solid core, he now gets his kicks living on the edge.