Rhett Bailey
Head of Data Center Corporate Real Estate, Energy & Sustainability
- Role
- Senior Vice President of Mission Critical Services at Truist
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rhett Bailey
Enterprise data center executive leading critical corporate real estate, energy and sustainability strategy and execution across a global financial institution. I have end-to-end accountability for data center portfolio strategy execution, site selection, development, and delivery of mission-critical digital infrastructure supporting large-scale compute and technology platforms.My scope spans owned and leased data centers, colocation partnerships, energy procurement, and sustainability initiatives, aligning real estate, technology, capital planning, risk management, and GHG objectives into a single execution framework. Known for calm, decisive leadership in complex environments, I translate technical complexity into clear executive outcomes while building high-performing teams that deliver resilient, scalable, and capital-efficient infrastructure.
Experience
Senior Vice President of Mission Critical Services
Aug 2015 — Present · Raleigh-Durham, NC, US
I lead a digital real estate portfolio of positioned for rapid growth. Leading strategy and alignment of new data centers, and hybrid on-prem / multi-tenant assets. Leader of a energy and sustainability strategies; accountable for Truist stated goals and green house gas emissions reduction targets. Influence development of IT resiliency and optimization strategy to include assessment of data center facilities, physical infrastructure, and core IT structures; technology infrastructure redundancy and upgrades; international footprint planning; and data center expansion and modernization Audit legacy portfolios and digital real estate assets, management systems, and protocols Lead Truist\'s national data center portfolio, inclusive of on-premises and collocation sites Architect and communicate strategic plans for future digital infrastructure, new data center delivery, existing critical site operations, lifecycle and change management, hardware and software, contracts, accounting and balance sheet reconciliation, and associated capital and operating expenses Advise C-level leadership on strategic business direction and organizational risk issues and set policy, process, and direction for the division
Education
East Carolina University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Management of Information Systems (MIS)
2017
Wake Forest University
Finance, Law & Accounting
East Carolina University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Construction Management (Minor: Business Administration)
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