It’s really been a pleasure to work with Salute.

We wanted to recognize those and Chris was very fundamental to our success because he helped us in the second year of our formation to give us a chance to prove to an industry leader who does not compromise on quality that our services were strong and that we could deliver those services.Ĭhris: Lee, thanks so much. For those that embrace the mission that we have with getting veterans into the data center and act with selflessness and courage to work with us especially early on. Lee: Hi, I’m Lee Kirby, and I’m here today with Chris Crosby to take a moment to recognize and thank him for the support that he’s done for veterans’ initiatives in general, and specifically for Salute. And it’s such a great way to fulfill the mission of Salute. The partnership we’ve got with Compass allows them to focus on their core while we focus on ours, and then they can have our guys ascend into their company.Ĭhris: It’s amazing to see our men and women coming back and contributing into our space, which has so much demand and so much need. Coming into the data center industry is a perfect fit for them. Lee: You bring the combination of what they’ve learned in the military, the leadership skills, the discipline, the core values, and you’ve got an extremely valuable resource. So to take that into the data center space, our version of mission-critical doesn’t have quite the same meaning, but Salute takes it that way. Lee: We’ve continued to grow not because of the heartstrings that it pulls on to hire a veteran, but because of the quality of work.Ĭhris: There cannot be anything more mission-critical than what goes on in combat. Multigenerational veterans in my family, giving back to the veteran community makes so much sense to me. My business partner Jason Okroy and I had a vision that we could build a bridge from the military community to the data center industry.Ĭhris: When Lee first came to me several years ago with the idea behind Salute, it was very easy for me to pull on my heartstrings.

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