Management Team

FastServers.Net is only as good as its employees -- which is why we are great! Our employees are our single most valuable asset. However, there is a group of eight extremely talented, devoted, and motivated individuals who continue to move the company forward with innovative new ideas, new technologies, and new solutions that benefit our customers and employees alike. The FastServers management team is a highly qualified group with over 50 years of combined experience in web and dedicated solutions. One of FastServers.Net's most unique elements...its founders can still be found at its core. Since 1996 the industry has undergone massive consolidations, sales and even bankruptcies that have sent the founders of many original companies away from their organizations. The same two that made the company what it was years ago have maintained their positions and continue to move the company forward today. Each of the personalities of all seven of our management team members can be summed up in one simple phrase -- one-of-a-kind. These individuals are all extremely energetic and work tirelessly to make sure the company remains at the forefront of the dedicated hosting industry. Our "core eight" biographies not only outline the professional backgrounds of our elite team, but give you an opportunity to get to know the personal sides of the individuals that constitute the very foundation of the company.
 

Ian Andrusyk ian@fastservers.net
President and CEO

Ian Andrusyk, President & CEO of FastServers.Net. This is not your ordinary executive and business owner. As a 50% co-founder of FastServers, Inc., Ian has been building his hosting service company since he was 15 years old. Dating back to 1996 with the introduction of PowerSurge Technologies, Ian started the company while he was still in high school. When he wasn't studying math and science, he was studying how to build what is known today as one of the top twenty hosting providers in the world. Not bad for a high school student running a business out of his parents' basement. Ian's late nights working on servers and providing support to customers on the phone is a thing of the past.
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Travis Schaffner travis@fastservers.net
Chief Technical Officer

Travis Schaffner, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of FastServers.Net. He's been in the trenches with Ian Andrusyk since the beginning. Many late nights and absences from high school became a normal routine for Travis when he helped found the company (formerly PowerSurge) back in 1996. "It was a ton of work and required a tremendous amount of multitasking. Some nights I only got about three to five hours of sleep, but I made up for it on the weekends with about twenty hours of sleep each night." Travis said balancing school, athletics, farm work, and an Internet company was not the easiest thing to do at the time. He was obsessed with learning the technology and put forth the effort until the company became self-sustaining without his attention.
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Terrance Bush tlbush@fastservers.net
Chief Information Officer

Terrance Bush is the Chief Information Officer at FastServers.Net. He is amazing at giving tours of the Cedar Falls, IA data center. We know this first hand as several new employees took a guided tour by Mr. Bush before the 2006 Christmas party. Was it worth it? Absolutely. Row after row of racks, stacked with DELL PowerEdge servers, Cisco Routers, Switches, and a well-organized network of cables, Terrance told the new employees every detail they could possibly want to know about the facility. The group consisted of just under a dozen people. And you should have heard the questions being asked. If Terrance is that good with employees, imagine how he is with customers. His knowledge of the network, servers, and the facility make it worth taking a tour. Now keep in mind that Terrance used to play college football for Illinois State University, so don't touch anything in the data center. Trust us, don't touch anything. We've tried it and it doesn't work too well. Want to know why?
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Aaron Phillips ap@fastservers.net
Vice President of Sales/Marketing

Aaron Phillips, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at FastServers.Net, is not your typical executive. Early riser Aaron Phillips starts his day with a fresh cup of hot coffee, loaded with caffeine, and ready to take on the world. Every morning begins at 5AM sharp. To most, this is too early in the morning to get started, but not for Mr. Phillips. Each day is new and unique to Aaron. His day is typically filled with the challenges of being the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. But guess what Aaron spends most of his day doing. His day is spent leading his very own team of highly trained Account Executives and Marketing Gurus to help FastServers.Net reach the top. Aaron's dedication to building a quality sales team is just the beginning. Wait until you read about some of his other duties as VP of Sales and Marketing.
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Jara Andrusyk jara@fastservers.net
Vice President  of Human Resources

 Jara Andrusyk is the Vice President of Human Resources at FastServers.Net. Jara has been with the company since 1998. She is involved in all areas of human resource management and contributes to the overall growth assessment and planning for the company. With new staff members joining the team at such a fast pace, Jara is able to help the company quickly adapt to the needs of both current and new employees. So many daily tasks are involved with keeping the FastServers.Net crew moving forward. From new desks to new computers; to making sure paychecks are delivered and accurate; to planning events and ongoing efforts to ensure the employees are working in the "best" environment possible, Jara is the "go-to" person.
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Neal Marple neal@fastservers.net
Vice President of Operations

Neal Marple, VP of Operations at FastServers.Net. He's in charge of making sure customer support and FastServers.Net facilities operations run smoothly. "We have a group of very talented server and data center technicians that work hard 24/7/365 to make all of this possible." Neal said the real challenge is keeping focus on the main objective - support FastServers.Net customers. "We work hard on this and it shows, but we also have to plan for extending beyond our capacity and capabilities in order to keep pace with our growth." The classically trained musician from Juilliard has his mind set on taking support services to the next level.
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Geoffrey Crump geoff@fastservers.net
Director, Customer Relations

Geoffrey Crump is the Director of Customer Relations at FastServers.Net. An avid improv comedian, Geoff preformed with Comedy Sportz in Buffalo for seven years. We have experienced his comedic nature in a live setting - at the 2006 FastServers.Net Christmas party. He spent several minutes making us all laugh with a drink in one hand and a microphone in the other. We asked Geoffrey if he considers anyone to be his favorite comedian. "At this point I do not have a favorite comedian. I used to listen to Bill Cosby a lot when I was a kid." He said Bill Cosby was and still is a good storyteller. "Mr. Cosby doesn't just stand there and tell jokes, he recites a complete story, filled with humor and real meaning." We heard about something else that Geoffrey likes about Bill Cosby.
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