Jim Masterson
CEO
Technology, Entrepreneur
Des Moines, IA, USA
Listen to Jim’s Podcast!
Jim Masterson is the CEO of LightEdge.
With three decades of expertise in telecommunications and technology, Jim Masterson brings extensive leadership, insight, and passion to his role as Chief Executive Officer at LightEdge. Prior to joining the company back in 2004, Jim held several founding executive positions in some of the most successful and respected companies in telecom and tech at the time, including Rhythms NetConnections, USWest !nterprise Data Networking, and USInternetworking.
His vast experience has provided a deep understanding of and incredible foresight into major trends in wire line and wireless telecommunications, managed services, hybrid hosting, and colocation. After successfully raising new capital and executing on a fresh vision and course for the organization two decades ago, Jim was able to establish LightEdge as the company you know today – a pioneer in compliant cloud and colocation, headquartered in the Midwest.
LightEdge
LightEdge delivers technology solutions that bring the operational benefits of the public cloud to enterprise IT workloads. We reduce the complexity of IT modernization to help clients reinvest their time, resources, and capital toward innovation over maintenance. Every service is built with the security and performance clients expect and the flexibility and visibility they want.
Founded in 1996, LightEdge supports over 1,300 clients and delivers unmatched uptime, security, compliance, and visibility. Our client-centric approach prioritizes understanding each business’ unique goals to deliver the right cloud for every workload and bridge the gap between their multi-cloud environments. Our trusted advisors are here to guide clients from status quo to leading edge so they can focus on serving their clients not their servers.
Jim Masterson is also featured on our premiere Features Page, and you can read his podcast interview transcript.
