Bruce Knooihuizen joined Rackspace as the Chief Financial Officer after 11 years with Dobson Communications Corporations in Oklahoma City where he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the $1.4 billion rural and suburban wireless company. In his new role at Rackspace, Bruce is responsible for the companys fiscal function and performance, treasury management, capital structure, investor relations and supply chain management.

Bruce has been in the communications business his entire career. After earning his bachelors degree in finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and an MBA in Finance from the University of Cincinnati, he began his career with The Ohio Bell Telephone Company in 1980. After eight years he moved to Ameritech Applied Technologies in Chicago as Director of Accounting Operations, then to Ameritech Cellular as Controller and Treasurer. In 1994 he joined in with other executives as part of a management buyout of Westlink Holdings, Inc. in San Diego, a $75 million wireless provider where he served as CFO before moving to Dobson two years later.



To instill strong values in my children; to mold them to be compassionate, passionate and independent in life



1970 Used VW Beetle—it was used when my dad bought it and I was the third one in our family to get it



There are actually two—the first is to play a musical instrument and the second is to learn a foreign language; Ive tried both but they are extremely difficult for me and I havent had the time to really focus on them like I need to, to become proficient

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