Gerardo Lopez received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been in Information Technology and Telecommunications fields for 21 years. Prior to joining DIR he worked on designing, engineering, implementing, and testing network installations to support a nationwide network as well as special purpose built networks for enterprise customers. He joined DIR in September of 2011 and has worked as part of the Datacenter Service program and is now serving as the Assistant Director of Operations.