Monthly Archive for January, 2011

Fabio Banducci, President and CEO, PEER 1 Hosting

Canadian IT Manager Connection recently interviewed our president and CEO, Fabio Banducci as part of their continuing series focused on gaining insight from top industry executives. Below is an excerpt from the interview. Read full article and/or listen to audio version here.

Under Fabio’s leadership, PEER 1 Hosting has emerged as one of the world’s leading IT hosting providers as a result of an unrelenting focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience. During his tenure, PEER 1 Hosting has consistently grown profitably, expanded domestically and internationally and received numerous corporate awards.

:00:39:
Fabio, can you profile your history prior to joining PEER 1 Hosting? Based upon your experiences in your prior roles, what lessons would be useful to the audience?
“….It’s all about the team….Stay very focused against your business plan and objectives…..Welcome and embrace change….Hone your skills to seek first to understand before being understood….”

:02:30:
From your educational background, what specific items are most useful to you now as a leading executive?
“….It’s changed over the course of time; earlier in my career I was drawing on more of my ‘left-brain centric’ skills, (the analytical rigorousness that comes from the engineering training, logic in general), and as I gained more management and leadership exposure and roles, it certainly has shifted to more skills that I learned through my MBA training, which tends to be more on the people side and the softer skills….”

:04:44:
Fabio profiles his prior and current roles with PEER 1 Hosting and talks about his goals.
“….Today my roles really center around managing relationships with our board of directors (we are a publicly listed company on the Toronto Stock Exchange)….I seek to continue to mentor, build and grow our team….I get involved with executive sponsorships….strategic partnerships….I also look after acquisitions on behalf of the company….”