Tim Desmond is a co-founder and chief technology officer of The Data Exchange Network. He is the technical architect responsible for product development and design of Data Exchange’s modular data centre systems. Prior to Data Exchange, Mr Desmond co-founded DX Platforms where he designed, engineered and managed the manufacture of modular data centres for its clients including the 1088-rack capacity Datacenter co-location facility in Perth, Western Australia. Mr Desmond created patented solutions for high density modular data centres technology and multi-level data centre racking. He has also created several unique power-led designs that significantly reduce the construction costs of high density modular co-location data centres. Mr Desmond has developed a unique IoT system for remote monitoring and measurement of datacentre infrastructure. He has a multi-industry background within military, mining, police, information technology and banking data centres. Mr Desmond is a Certified Data Centre Expert (CDCE).