Marcus Hassen

Vice President - Mission Critical Operations Group Manager, Truist

Marcus Hassen is a seasoned technology leader with more than 25 years of experience

spanning management, engineering, construction, and operations with a focus on data

centers and advanced technology sectors. He has led various programs for planning,

designing, expanding, upgrading, and operating data centers, with an emphasis on

innovation, sustainability, constructability, and operational excellence. Marcus is

experienced both as an owner and consultant, a self-styled Seller / Doer that stresses

the forging of stakeholder partnerships as the foundation of success for every

assignment.

A recognized industry thought leader, Marcus has authored trade articles and appeared

as a speaker and panelist in forums on strategy, design, energy efficiency, sustainability,

and operational best practices for data centers. He is an Uptime Institute Accredited

Sustainability Advisor and Principal Network Member, contributes to Data Center

Dynamics’ Management and Operations channel, and is a 7×24 Exchange Carolinas

Chapter Board Member. Marcus is Chair of ASHRAE’s 90.4 Energy Standard for Data

Centers committee and a voting member on its Standards Committee and serves on the

Green Building Initiative (GBI) Board of Directors. Marcus is a graduate of Virginia Tech,

joining Truist in 2021 as Mission Critical Operations Group Manager. Previous to Truist,

Marcus was a Sr. Operations Manager for AT&T.