The Team
Lance A. Smith, President & CEO. Lance is the former North American Data Center Operations leader from Atos Origin, an international IT outsourcing firm. Lance is responsible for the operations at HDCS and is the architect for HDCS ITIL/ISO-based process. Lance is published and a speaker at various industry events.
Chuck Smith, CMO & EVP. Chuck is a specialist in business development in the data center industry. Chuck has held positions as Director and Vice-President of sales for various data center organizations. Chuck is responsible for strategic relationships, marketing and sales.
Lance Black, Executive Vice President of Operations. As the former CEO of Mareechi and the founder of that Dallas-based company, Lance spearheaded a managed services business that provided a range of services to businesses of all sizes. At Horizon, Lance continues to lead his team in supporting outsourced IT functions for all Horizon clients.
Jeff Kuerzi, Vice-President of Marketing and Sales Operations. With over fifteen years of traditional and digital marketing and advertising experience, Jeff leads the demand generation and marketing efforts for HDCS. Jeff has held Director and Vice-President positions with interactive media firms such as Centro, Belo Interactive, Knight-Ridder Digital and The Dallas Morning News.
Jeff Luetzow, Director of Technology. Jeff is a former VPIS of a Fortune 100 company and has spent his entire career of almost three decades servicing and supporting computer systems and their environments for organizations that manufactured computer systems. Starting as a Field Engineer and working his way to Global IT Operations, Jeff is uniquely qualified to manage the technical staff at HDCS.
Clark Huffstetler, Director of Data Center Facilities. Clark has managed or construction-managed over 1 million square feet of data center space in his twenty-five years in the industry. Clark brings Director level experience from EDS, SBC and Atos Origin to his role as data center operations over-seer.
Eric Carter, Director of Technology-ITO. Eric is the former Director of IT of Mareechi and leads Horizon Virtual IT and ITO outsourcing operations. Eric has certifications from Cisco and MIcrosoft. He and his team support over 100 managed-services clients.
James Mangus, RCDD, OSP, TPM, Director of Service Delivery. Jim has fifteen years of service delivery and program management experience. He is responsible for operations and service delivery for all HDCS data center and hosting clients.
Julie Middleton, Controller and Client Services. Julie served Mareechi for over seven years as Operations Manager and Controller. She continues her role as Controller for Horizon and leads the Client Services team in its mission to achieve zero client turnover.
Brian Oravetz, Director of Government Services. Brian has fifteen years in the information technology industry, beginning his career as a solutions engineer for Bell South and most recently has worked with Software-As-A-Service product sets within the government and data center sectors.