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iWeb has confirmed that Bruce Knooihuizen, until recently Chief Financial Officer of Rackspace, has joined its Board of Directors. We’re thrilled to be able to count on his experience, knowledge and intuition! We are very happy with the addition of Bruce Knooihuizen to our Board of Directors, his experience in building some of the most successful and profitable cloud and telecom infrastructures will add depth to an already strong management team.

A veteran of the telecommunications Industry since 1980, Bruce was named CFO of Rackspace in 2008, and played a key role in taking the Company public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:RAX) later that year, in what was the biggest IPO in the history of Internet Hosting Industry. At the time of his departure, Rackspace had seen its value grow to nearly $4.9 Billion USD.

Prior to that, Bruce had overseen the growth of Dobson Communications Corporation, in Oklahoma City. Valued at nearly $5 Billion USD at the time of its sale to AT&T, Dobson’s revenues had grown from $34 million to a $1.4 Billion.

Read the official press release.