ViaWest Hires New Vice President & GM of Sales in the Utah Region

DENVER, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaWest, a leading provider of adaptable colocation and managed hosting solutions, announced the company's hiring of David Tietjen to head up Sales for the Greater Utah Region.  As a Vice President and General Manager, David will be based at the company's Utah headquarters in Salt Lake City.  David will oversee all Sales and administration for the company's three regional data centers in Salt Lake City and Lindon/Provo area.

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"The hire definitely illustrates the company's deep commitment to the success and growth of our Utah operations," said Bill Hobstetter, ViaWest Sr. Vice President of Sales & Marketing.  "David brings with him a wealth of industry experience, and well established relationships in the local business community."  Bill continued, "We are very excited to have him on board, and I wholly anticipate he will bring ViaWest enormous success in the region."

Before ViaWest, David served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for a division of Merit Medical Systems of South Jordan, Utah.  Previous to that he also held key positions in Utah for MarketStar, TRW & Iomega.  Mr. Tietjen is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he also received his MBA.

For additional information on ViaWest and the company's available services, please visit the company web site (www.viawest.com).

About ViaWest

Headquartered in Denver, ViaWest provides a unique set of colocation, managed hosting solutions, and comprehensive services to mid-sized and enterprise level businesses.  As a super-regional service provider ViaWest maintains 16 enterprise-class data center facilities in Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Utah, and Nevada, and offers broad expertise to furnish customers with leading technology infrastructure solutions, as well as the critical resources to support their unique business needs. ViaWest currently serves thousands of customers nationwide including Frontier Airlines, The Denver Broncos, Chipotle, and Northrop Grumman.  The company was also recently named 'Technology Company of the Year' 2008 by CSIA, and one of 'Colorado's Top 10 Companies to Work For'.  For additional information on ViaWest, please visit www.ViaWest.com or call 1-877-448-9378.

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