030 Manny Medina| anchoring miami's ecosystem

MANNY’S BIO

Manuel D. Medina (Manny) is a remarkable human being - from an idyllic early childhood in Cuba to seeking asylum in the USA to an amazing success, and uniquely American story. He is a highly successful entrepreneur and investor with many decades of leadership experience in the IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, software and data analytics sectors. He is Executive Chairman of Cyxtera, the second company he’s taken public (NASDAQ: CYXT) subsequently and recently acquired by Evoque. Remarkably this is not his first rodeo. He saw very early that the internet would require significant infrastructure and “plumbing”. He was Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Terremark, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: TMRK) which was eventually acquired by Verizon for an enterprise value of $2 billion. Terremark built and operated the Network Access Point of the Americas, one of the major communications hub in the world and was a leading global provider of managed IT infrastructure services for Fortune 500 enterprises and federal government agencies. He is also Founder and Managing Partner of Medina Capital, an investment firm investing in early stage innovative companies. Manny is an integral figure in Miami’s economy and vibrant innovation ecosystem at large. He founded and is chairman of the board of eMerge Americas, the premier B2B technology event connecting the U.S., Latin America and Europe (the “SXSW of Miami”). Through his leadership, eMerge Americas has helped establish Miami as the hub for the technology industry in the Americas and has had a multi billion dollar economic impact on the State of Florida supporting thousands of jobs. He is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from technology trends and global business to entrepreneurship and has served as either a keynote speaker or panelist at large investor conferences and tradeshows, as well as NBC News, CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business. Manny was born in Matanzas, Cuba and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1965 at 13 years of age. with his family. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University and began his career as a certified public accountant at Price Waterhouse. MANNY RELATED LINKS

Manny’s Wikipedia

Taking Cyxtera public

Cyxtera Profile

eMerge Americas

Miami as a tech hub

Verizon buys Terremark

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