John Regan serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aphorio Carter and has been in the technology and facilities infrastructure space for over three decades. In his most recent role as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Chief Technology Officer for Landmark Dividend, he executed over $1 billion in digital infrastructure acquisitions.
Prior to Landmark, Mr. Regan worked with Carter Validus (CV) Advisors where he was instrumental in the development and execution of the CV Mission Critical REIT I & II data center platforms from inception. Mr. Regan made CV’s first acquisition in July 2011. By October 2017, pipeline development and management led to closing over 50 deals, amassing $2 billion of data center assets totaling more than 4.5 million square feet. Mr. Regan is a data center industry leader frequently speaking and moderating at conferences across the U.S. having a number of articles published by and about him.
Mr. Regan’s experience spans over 35 years within information technology, facilities infrastructure, business development, sales and acquisitions serving in various leadership positions while also providing advisory services and consulting for multiple startups. Mr. Regan served in leadership positions for 18 years with PWC, LLP as National Director of Data Center Services, National Director of Network Services, and Director of Infrastructure Delivery. In these roles, Mr. Regan led technology and facilities infrastructure engineers and project managers through the execution of more than 26 million square feet of real estate projects spanning renovations, restacks, retrofits, consolidations, new builds and the merger of technology and facility infrastructure of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse.
Mr. Regan achieved recognition by ComputerWorld for PWC as the number one Green IT organization worldwide in 2010 after completion of a state-of-the-art Tier III LEED Gold certified data center and driving other conservation practices organizationally. Mr. Regan is also an expert in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), having developed and executed a multi-tiered program creating PWC’s firm-wide Disaster Recovery program.
Mr. Regan has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from St. Leo University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He also holds several certifications in the infrastructure space having achieved Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) credentials. He holds multiple certifications and various systems designations through Digital Equipment Corporation, Research Triangle Institute, and NCSU.