Management Team

Jim Ousley, chief executive officer of Savvis, has more than 35 years of global technology experience. Jim served as non-executive chairman of Savvis since May 2006 before being appointed CEO in March 2010, and has been a director since 2002.

During Jim’s career, he has held leadership positions at several global technology companies, helping form and direct numerous IT product and service joint ventures in the U.S., Asia, India and Europe. Among his most significant previous positions, Jim was a founder of Vytek Wireless Corp. in 2001 and served as president, CEO and director until 2004. He also served as CEO and president of Syntegra, Inc. (USA), a subsidiary of British Telecommunications Group, and was president and CEO of Control Data Systems prior to its acquisition by Syntegra. In addition, Jim held numerous executive positions at Control Data Corp. (Ceridian Corp.), including global sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions and business development.

Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Nebraska.

He currently serves on the boards of ActivIdentity Corp. and Datalink, Inc., and he remains chairman of the board for Savvis.

As President, Bill Fathers oversees Savvis’ global strategic business direction as well as the company’s world-class sales execution, solutions consulting and successful go-to-market initiatives. He previously served as senior vice president and global head of sales and marketing, overseeing Savvis’ global strategic business direction as well as the company’s world-class sales execution, solutions consulting and successful go-to-market initiatives.

With more than 15 years of experience, Bill has helped shape the company’s international presence and significantly increase its market share. Savvis has become a leader in many of the global markets in which it competes with Bill being the driving force behind various leading-edge product initiatives in the financial services, media and telecom industries.

Bill came to Savvis from Thomson Reuters, the global information provider to the financial services sector, where he spent 10 years helping build businesses in a number of international markets throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Prior to that, he worked for PA Consulting Group in Europe.

A former officer in the British Army, Bill also holds a master’s degree in engineering from Cambridge University.

As chief technology officer at Savvis, Bryan Doerr leads internal IT systems development and provides technology and strategy input supporting network, hosting and security infrastructure and services. His role involves identifying new technologies related to IT services, assessing value to Savvis and its clients, leading initial testing and integration. Prior to his promotion to CTO in 2003, Bryan was vice president, software development, a position he held from the time he joined the company in 2002.

Before joining Savvis, Bryan held a variety of software and hardware development and management positions at Bridge Information Systems, Inc., The Boeing Company and the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University.

Bryan holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a master’s degree in information management from Washington University in St. Louis.

He is an advisory board member of the St. Louis Information Technology Entrepreneur Network (ITEN).

Jeff Von Deylen is senior vice president of global operations and client services at Savvis. Jeff leads teams responsible for client lifecycle support, including service transition, service operations and continuous improvement strategies for all product lines, including network, colocation, managed hosting and cloud solutions. He also oversees infrastructure deployment and management, vendor management and client loyalty initiatives.

Jeff joined Savvis in 2003 as chief financial officer and board member. During his six years as CFO, Savvis experienced steady growth in EBITDA and annual revenue. The growth strategy under Jeff’s leadership was the result of several acquisitions, the raising of significant financing and expansion of Savvis’ data center and network footprint.

Before joining Savvis, Jeff held financial and corporate development positions at American Electric Power Co., KPNQwest, GTS Telecommunications, Qwest Communications International and Arthur Andersen.

Jeff received a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Miami University.

Paul Hott has served as vice president, human resources at Savvis since November 2009. He heads the global human resources team and is responsible for building the capability of Savvis’ workforce through leading the company’s recruiting, talent development, compensation, benefits and organization development efforts.

A seasoned human resources professional, Paul joined Savvis in 2007 as vice president, talent acquisition and development. Prior to that, he spent two years at The Solae Co. working as senior director, human resources. Before that, he held a variety of management positions at Bank of America, GE Capital Fleet Services and The Pillsbury Co.

A graduate of the University of Iowa, Paul earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in business administration.

Pete Bazil has served as vice president, general counsel and secretary for Savvis since July 2010. For three years prior to assuming the role, he was vice president, associate general counsel overseeing several legal functions including securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance, litigation, intellectual property and real estate. Pete joined Savvis in 2003 as associate general counsel, a position he held for four years.

As general counsel, Pete’s responsibilities include leading the legal team, overseeing all legal matters and providing advice to the Savvis Board of Directors, senior executive team and the company on a global basis.

Before joining Savvis, Pete served as associate general counsel for WAM!NET, Inc., and was an associate with a large law firm based in Los Angeles.

Pete attended the University of California-Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. He holds a juris doctor degree and a certificate in dispute resolution from the Pepperdine University School of Law.