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VAZATA Leadership Team

Lance Black, President and Chief Executive Officer. As President and Chief Executive Officer, Lance Black is focused on using over a decade of leadership experience with high growth IT companies to deliver reliability and peace of mind to clients that need state of the art infrastructure support and managed IT services. Before joining VAZATA as Executive Vice President of Operations, Black spent nine years growing Mareechi, the company he founded, into one of the most successful hosting and managed application services firms in the Southwest. Mareechi was acquired by VAZATA (formerly Horizon Data Center Solutions) in 2009, and Black was promoted to CEO in 2010. His unyielding curiosity for challenging the bounds of technology and his ability to attract and lead visionary IT professionals has fueled the continued growth of VAZATA. As CEO he is responsible for investor relations, strategic relationships, and day to day operations. He received his BBA in accounting from Midwestern State University.

David MacGrandle, Chief Operating Officer. As Chief Operating Officer, David MacGrandle leads all of VAZATA’s financial activities. David has over 20 years experience with technology service providers. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance at Fusepoint where he played a significant role in Fusepoint exponential profitable growth eventually leading to it’s $124.5 million acquisition by Savvis. Prior to Fusepoint he was Chief Financial Officer of Masergy Communications. David held executive positions at EDS, CapRock Communications and Excel Communications where he was responsible in various roles for strategic planning, corporate development, business development and controllership. Mr. MacGrandle earned his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation in 1993 and his Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation in 1995. He holds MBA and MSMAS from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BS degree in Applied Mathematical Sciences from Texas A&M University.