Our Military Community
Salute Mission Critical is proud of the military community in the data center industry who have effectively transitioned from military to civilian careers. Their success serves as an example for active duty, veterans, military spouses, and the guard/reserve considering working in this industry. Each person’s story is different but what is common is their commitment to the Salute mission.


Salute Military Community Council
Members of Salute’s Military Community Council are solicited for their knowledge and experience as well as the differences of each person’s journey to the industry involved. We are grateful for their support to Salute as patrons and advisers as this helps ensure success in achieving our shared vision of solving unemployment/underemployment of this community and the data center industry personnel shortage.
Salute Mission Critical Ambassadors
The Salute Mission Critical Ambassador program consists of established members of the data center industry that utilize their experience, expertise and relationships to ensure that Salute Mission Critical continues to provide the highest level of service to our clients and the military community. The program provides relevant and informed advice and recommendations to Salute Mission Critical regarding partnerships, industry updates, recruitment initiatives to find long-term employment for military personnel, and new ways to expand access to the data center sector to a wider community.

Phillip Marangella
Phillip has over 20 years of international marketing, strategy, and business development experience working in the Data Center, Telecom and Technology sectors for leading service providers. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at EdgeConneX.
Phillip Marangella
As the Chief Marketing Officer at EdgeConneX, Phillip is focused on developing, evangelizing and executing the marketing strategy and ecosystem development for the company. Phillip also serves on the advisory boards for Apomaya and Infrastructure Masons.
Prior to joining EdgeConneX, Phillip most recently worked for Equinix in various capacities in both marketing and business development. In addition, Phillip had stints at Coresite, Verizon, MCI, Nortel and Globalstar. Phillip was also a partner and founder of a tech consulting firm focused on international technology transfer and venture funding of university developed technology.
Phillip holds a Bachelors in Political Science from the University of California San Diego, and a Masters in Multinational Commerce from Boston University.

Dr. Julie M. Albright
Julie is a Sociologist specializing in digital culture and communications. She is currently a Lecturer in the departments of Applied Psychology and Engineering at USC, where she teaches courses on the Psychology of Interactive Technologies and Sustainable Infrastructure.
Dr. Julie M. Albright
Julie has a Masters Degree in Social and Systemic Studies from Nova SouthEastern University and a Dual Doctorate in Sociology and Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California.
Julie's research has focused on the growing intersection of technology and social / behavioral systems: She was the Co-PI and Project Lead for the Behavioral Component of a $121 million Smart Grid Demonstration Project with LA Dept of Water and Power, the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI), the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and UCLA, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
She is also a sought after keynote speaker for her insights, and has given talks for major data center and energy conferences including SAP for Utilities, IBM Global, Data Center Dynamics and the Dept. of Defense. She has appeared as an expert on national media including the Today Show, CNN, NBC Nightly News, CBS, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NPR Radio and many others.
Her book on the impacts of mobile – social- – digital technologies on society – Left to Their Own Devices: How Digital Natives Are Reshaping the American Dream – will be published Fall 2018 from Random House/ Prometheus.

Bill Kleyman
Bill brings more than 15 years of experience to his role as Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions at Switch. Using the latest innovations, Bill delivers solutions to customers that help them achieve their business goals and remain competitive in their market.
Bill Kleyman
Bill Kleyman brings more than 15 years of experience to his role as Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions at Switch. Using the latest innovations, such as AI, machine learning, data center design, DevOps, cloud, and advanced technologies, Mr. Kleyman delivers solutions to customers that help them achieve their business goals and remain competitive in their market. An active member in the technology industry, he was ranked #16 globally in the Onalytica study that reviewed the top 100 most influential individuals in the cloud landscape and #4 in another Onalytica study, which reviewed the industry’s top Data Security Experts.
Mr. Kleyman enjoys writing, blogging, and educating colleagues about everything related to technology. His work can be seen within thousands of articles, blogs, chapters in various books, white papers, journals, and more. His published and referenced work can be found on WindowsITPro, Data Center Frontier, Data Center Knowledge, InformationWeek, NetworkComputing, AFCOM, TechTarget, DarkReading, Forbes, CBS Interactive, Slashdot, and others. Mr. Kleyman is a regularly featured keynote presenter and speaker at major industry events including Oracle Cloud Day, Oracle OpenWorld, Interop, AFCOM Data Center World, DCD, Channel Partner Expo, ITProToday, Citrix Synergy/Summit, VMware VMworld, Cisco Live, Google Partner Days, and many others.
Salute’s Military Community
Members of this community are an example of the value of the military community in our industry. They support Salute with referrals and as patrons and references to help ensure we succeed in achieving our shared vision of solving veterans’ unemployment/underemployment and the data center industry personnel shortage. We are proud of them and their willingness to give back to others in the military community seeking to start careers in this industry as many of them serve as mentors and coaches.