Joe Cavanaugh came to Stream Data Centers to do what he loves best: Build and grow an IT organization capable of scaling efficiently.
As CIO, Joe leads the company’s cybersecurity, technology strategy, infrastructure and day-to-day IT operations, championing resilient solutions that empower the performance and reliability Stream’s customers depend on.
Developing the right tool to meet the customer’s needs — and doing it right the first time — is an approach Joe has honed over a 25-year career guiding large-scale IT transformations to fuel rapid global growth. During his time as a software developer, he sharpened his ability to build efficient systems, and as a sales engineer, he became an expert at understanding customers’ existing and anticipated needs, creating solutions that can evolve alongside dynamic requirements.
A collaborative and decisive IT leader, Joe mirrors Stream’s philosophy of trust, hiring passionate, high-performing team members and empowering them to apply their skill and ultimately deliver exceptional outcomes in fast-paced mission-critical environments. Joe knows that there is rarely a single path to a solution — but he also knows that smart people using their expertise creatively will always find the best way forward for teams, customers and beyond.
Bona Fides
- Leading an IT organization designed for scale at Stream Data Centers
- 4 years leading IT at Vantage Data Centers
- 9 years leading sales engineering at a range of software-as-a-service startups
- 6 years architecting network operations and service management software at Level 3
- 4 years developing software for organizations as varied as Fidelity Investments and ESPN
