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Q2 Newsletter

Dinner with Rubicon National Tour

By Bill Pirrone, President

In March of this year, we launched the first in a series of national power dinner events at New York City’s Sparks restaurant.  The event brought together Rubicon executives and high ranking officials from leading organizations including Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Citi Group, NYSERDA, and Deutsche Bank. The informal and informative discussions focused on current trends and challenges in mission- critical facility design and energy management.  Our second dinner was held at Chicago’s Gibsons Restaurant and included executives from such organizations as Centerpoint Properties, McGuire Engineers, Environmental Systems Design, University of Chicago, Mesirow Financial, and Argonne National Lab.

“The most recent dinner hosted by Rubicon executives was an excellent event. Rubicon has assembled an impressive team that clearly delivers tremendous value to its clients. The organizations represented at the dinner clearly indicate that Rubicon is on its way to establishing a major presence in this industry,” states Josh Rabina, Co-president, Sentinel Data Centers, a premier developer of data center space.

The Dinner with Rubicon events is an opportunity for us to meet with decision makers on a one-on-one basis and hold informal discussions concerning best-practices and future needs related to mission- critical facility design and construction. We know that construction management and energy strategies are a vital part of overall corporate competitiveness.  Rubicon is uniquely qualified to  provide innovative solutions and strategies in these areas because our best-in-industry professional engineers deliver unique and affordable strategies for building or upgrading core facilities – from design/build and construction management to energy services and equipment integration. The attendees not only learned first-hand about our innovative solutions but, more importantly, ways in which these solutions can positively impact their bottom line.

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Adhost Internet

Seattle’s leading provider of server colocation, dedicated servers and cloud hosting - Adhost Internet is our newest customer. Adhost leveraged Rubicon for construction of its newly expanded, energy efficient data center facility, leveraging our design/build solutions to expand its data center in a short four month timeframe.

Completion of the new data center, housed in Seattle’s Fisher Plaza, allows Adhost to expand services beyond its current 7,000 customers, offering capacity for potential revenue as part of its history of sustained growth. More importantly, the “green” energy efficient data center translates into cost savings to Adhost and its customers, including Microsoft, WatchGuard, Zumiez, and Tully’s Coffee.  All depend on Adhost and its 15 years of experience to ensure business‐critical Web sites are handled in a unified, safe and consistent manner through such services as: server colocation, cloud hosting, dedicated servers, server management, hosting, and e‐commerce.

“At Adhost, our data center is the lifeblood of our business,” said Will Riffle, CEO, Adhost Internet. “Our customers need to feel confident their data is being stored safely, which is why we take significant effort to provide secure, redundant internet connections with appropriate levels of power and cooling throughout our infrastructure.”

“Rubicon’s consummate professionals have a firm grasp of this business and truly understand the owner’s perspective and the expense margin,” concluded Riffle. “Rubicon offered an outstanding information flow throughout the project. We also appreciated their total approach to on‐site security procedures.”

New Rubicon Professional Services Staff Members!

With the addition of six new team members, Rubicon has further advanced its leadership in the energy efficiency and data center construction marketplace – having added more than 80 years of combined experience in construction, engineering, and financial/project management.

Alexander Sosin – LEED Accredited Professional (AP), joins Rubicon as Senior Electrical Engineer. Sosin brings nearly two decades of experience in design and engineering of various electrical systems for commercial, institutional facilities including power distribution systems, UPS and EPS systems, fire alarm, security, automated lighting and lighting dimming systems, and lightning protection, among others. Previously Sosin directed the electrical department at New York City’s AVCON Design Group and worked as an electrical engineer within the private and public sectors including Jaros Baum & Bolles, Atkinson Koven Feinberg Engineers, Bureau of Electrical Control, NY City’s Advisory Board, and State Consulting Engineering Company, in Kiev, Ukraine where he was the Electrical Design Engineer.

Cary Lusk -- The newest team member, Lusk is a hands-on CPA with more than 20 years of experience in audit, tax and financial management.  He offers a rich history of industry experience in construction, architecture and public accounting. Prior to Rubicon, Lusk served as a Comptroller in the construction industry with companies having annual revenues up to $200 million.

Denni Land -- Land joins Rubicon from Manhattan Construction Co., serving as a key Contract Administrator. While at Manhattan Construction, Land was responsible for the meticulous creation and maintenance of contract documents, including agreements, bonds, insurance certificates, change and purchase orders, and for thorough tracking and maintenance of construction logs. Prior to Manhattan Construction, Land held a number of quality management and client services positions at such companies as Hardin Construction and J. Walter Thompson.

Tim Fichter -- As Senior Project Manager, Tim Fichter comes to Rubicon from Nova Corporation, where he was a Senior Project Manager for more than five years and responsible for coordinating a range of design-build infrastructure projects.  He has been in the industry for more than 20 years.

Mark Novak -- As Superintendent, Mark Novak brings more than 32 years in commercial construction – 10 of which were with Nova Corporation.  Over the years, Novak led a range of data center development projects ranging from several hundred thousand to several hundred million dollars.

Steven Klein -- Steven Klein will assume responsibility as Safety Director, bringing to Rubicon 20-plus years’ in project management, execution and leadership in the construction industry. Klein has strong expertise as both a Project and Safety Superintendent, and is a OSHA certified trainer

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