At Terremark, Medina brought his vision to deliver a comprehensive set of best-of-breed IT infrastructure services from purpose-built, carrier-neutral data center facilities to fruition. Medina began his career in 1974 as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He founded Terremark in 1980 and undertook complex infrastructure projects throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. Medina’s vision transformed Terremark from a commercial real estate company into a global technology leader. His track record of successfully raising funds across the entire capital structure during periods of rapid change in the macroeconomic environment was vital to Terremark’s successful growth as he raised over $1 billion for Terremark, expanded its industry leading services globally, and stewarded it through the very difficult financial environments in 2000 and 2008 to an ultimate $2 billion sale to Verizon Communications in 2011. Medina is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Technology Foundation of the Americas and the visionary behind the foundation’s mission to establish Miami as the technology hub of the Americas. In May 2014 the foundation hosted the inaugural eMerge Americas technology conference, the preeminent innovative thought exchange connecting global industry leaders and investors with top business executives, IT decision-makers, and innovative entrepreneurs. The event attracted more than 6,000 attendees, over 400 participating organizations, 115 innovative startup companies, and participants from over 30 countries from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Medina has been recognized with accolades from many business and community organizations for his leadership and community service and is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from technology trends and global business to entrepreneurship. He has also served as the keynote speaker and panelist at large conferences and IT industry tradeshows. Medina’s leadership in the IT industry and insightful analysis of market trends have resulted in appearances on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business as well as interviews with internationally recognized media outlets on topics such as the rising adoption of cloud computing, cybersecurity and the dynamics driving key government IT initiatives. Medina received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University.

Beach has been a regular contributor on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Squawk on the Street and Closing Bell for more than 10 years. From 1998 – 2002 he contributed commentaries on key tech issues to NPR’s “All Things Considered” program. Beach is a frequent guest speaker at many industry conferences as well as user events for firms such as Microsoft, IBM, Dell, EMC and CA. In 2008, Beach developed and moderated CIO magazine’s “How to Sell the CIO” sales development program. Prior to joining CIO magazine in 1997, Beach was publisher and president of two IDG publications, Computerworld and Network World. He joined IDG in 1987 after a 10 year career in managerial posts at McGraw-Hill, Inc. He is currently writing a book entitled “The Educational Disarmament of America: Why Middle School Math and Science Teachers Hold the Key to America’s Future.”