Leadership team

Eric Boonstra is a well-known and widely respected European data center leader. Before joining Kevlinx he spent over five years as Vice President and General Manager EMEA for Iron Mountain Data Centers, where he built a significant footprint in the UK, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. As CEO of EvoSwitch, operator of one of the largest and most sustainable data center campuses in the Netherlands, he spent a decade building the business from the ground up, then sold it to Iron Mountain in 2018. In addition to his work in the data center industry, Eric has held senior management positions at Siemens, ABN Amro and Staples. He is a member of various industry, government and policy boards including the Dutch Data Center Association.

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His primary focus is to establish and grow a future-proof, sustainable pan-European data center platform that supports and accelerates the development of the next generation of digital hubs.

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“We have an exceptional team, proactive financial backers and a huge market opportunity. My job is to help everyone perform to their full potential as a unified team focused on a single outcome: One team, one result.”

Eric Lisica is one of Europe’s most innovative and experienced experts in customer-focused sustainable data center design, operations and management, with a track record in hosting, data centers and telecommunications that goes back to the 1990s. Working with Eric Boonstra, he built up the EvoSwitch business in the Netherlands and US as Director Operations, and went on to direct operations across the Iron Mountain Data Centers footprint in Europe when they acquired EvoSwitch in 2018. Before EvoSwitch he held senior operational roles with, among others, PSINet, Interoute and Verizon Terremark. Eric has a Master’s degree from the University of Amsterdam in social sciences statistics.

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As COO, Eric’s main focus is on the smooth and standards-driven sustainable build and operation of the Kevlinx data center platform in Europe, including the quality of construction and a comprehensive third-party compliance program.

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“A legacy-free facility is a golden opportunity to design a future-proof data center, delivering the very best the market can currently offer to hyperscale, AI and enterprise customers. This applies across the board. We can address a broader market more easily. We can maximise efficiency, and we can build with our neighbours, the environment and the latest industry certifications in mind."

Warren is a highly respected and admired sales leader within the international data centre industry. He offers an exceptional breadth of experience along with strong relationships which have been built up over two decades. Warren is well known for his enthusiasm, commercial insight and ability to build and inspire effective results-driven teams.

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Few people know the potential and direction of the European market as well as Warren. He has spent the last five years as Sales Director for Nordic data center developer and operator Bulk Data Centers. Prior to that he was Sales Director for Global Switch, Digital Realty and Virtus Data Centres.

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Warren’s main focus is on developing the Kevlinx European commercial strategy and expanding the customer relationships which he has built up over many years on a global level.

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“Our customers are ambitious, tech-savvy pioneers and our single focus must be to make them proud to partner with Kevlinx - not just today but for the foreseeable future.”

Egbert Ho is an expert in investment and financial systems for the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) industry. He gained his experience with Investion, Cyrte Investments and ABN Amro, managing corporate finance, direct investments, due diligence and M&As for a range of leading technology businesses, including TomTom.

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A Chartered Financial Analyst, Egbert has a technology background, with an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Delft University, as well as a degree in Business Studies from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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Egbert’s day-to-day focus is on managing the Kevlinx financial infrastructure and processes and developing the most productive possible relationships with our key investors Maquarie Capital and PMV.

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“The markets we are serving need a lot of capacity and finance is the key to delivering this. Our Brussels data center, for example, will offer more capacity than is available today from all the other colocation providers put together, and our financial capability needs to be as bold, scalable and efficient as our facilities.”

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Barro Luitjes has been a prime mover in the conception and development of Kevlinx. He began his career in international real estate development and acquisitions for leading investment banks and was among the first to identify the need for major new data center infrastructure in the emerging European markets. Having identified Brussels City Region as a core target, he identified the ideal site, secured power, negotiated outline permits/planning and created the necessary fiber connectivity alliances. Barro is also a founding board member of the BDIA (Belgian Digital Infrastructure Association).

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Barro’s key focus is on site selection, identifying new regions with latent strategic opportunities coupled with sufficient power to ensure that Kevlinx executes its mission to build Europe's leading AI-ready data center platform.

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“My role is to strategically align our cutting-edge infrastructure with the markets and customers that stand to benefit the most, driving growth, innovation and value for all stakeholders involved as we see these markets as the natural successors to Europe’s traditional data center hubs.”