Mustapha Louni is responsible for developing Middle East, India, Africa and South Asia Pacific markets for Uptime Institute as well as driving growth and quality of the company services portfolio. In addition, he is also mandated to plan strategies and initiatives to improve the market awareness and knowledge about Uptime Institute and support the data center industry in the region achieve higher standards and availability. Prior to Uptime Institute, Louni spent several years in the data center industry and has experience in multiple vendor technologies and solutions. During this time, he was responsible for data center solutions, energy management solutions & services and DCIM at several data center market leading vendors, where he has significantly improved the client’s awareness and knowledge about data center solutions. Louni holds a degree in mechanical engineering and a Masters in fluid dynamics. He is currently based in Dubai - UAE.