Joe Minarik

Joe Minarik joined DataBank as Chief Operations Officer in January 2022 and is responsible for all of the company’s data center and colocation operations, engineering, construction, managed services, network and security, and IT operations. Minarik is a pioneer in the cloud and data center community having joined Amazon in 2005, a year before the public launch of AWS. In his 16 years there, Minarik led the development of the company’s underlying data center and network infrastructure. In his most recent role as Global Head of Data Center Supply, Minarik was responsible for a multi-billion dollar budget and all data center strategy and procurement activities across a global footprint of 25 regions, 18 Availability Zones and 275 Points of Presence. Prior to joining Amazon, Minarik held senior IT positions at leading brands such as Disney and Napster. He received his B.S. in computer Science from the University of Michigan.