Jerry Kent, BSBA’78, MBA’79, has been named CEO of TierPoint, a subsidiary of Cequel Data Centers. TierPoint operates 13 data centers across eight states. Kent is also CEO of Cequel III, the telecommunications management firm he co-founded in January 2002.
The St. Louis Business Journal reports that Kent will remain chairman and CEO of cable company Suddenlink until the sale of the company for $9.1 billion to European telecom company Altice closes later this year.
July 28, 2015 update: Kent buys Florida Data Centers
