As Senior Vice President and Managing Director, International, Taylor Rhodes is responsible for developing the company's strategic priorities and creating business growth across international markets.
Taylor joined Rackspace in 2007 to lead the Intensive business unit, where he was responsible for delivering Fanatical Support® to more than 1,000 of the company's largest and most complex customers. He then went on to start up Rackspace Enterprise Services, a business unit that launched Rackspace up-market from its SMB roots. Taylor was most recently appointed in January 2011 to lead the Rackspace Enterprise business in Europe.
Previous to Rackspace, Taylor joined Rackspace from EDS, where he held a series of progressive leadership roles managing end-to-end relationships with large global customers. He is also a former US Marine Corps officer and holds a MBA degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.