Rick Drescher , Corporate Managing Director of Technical Services , and Ian Zilla , Executive Managing Director , discuss Savills Critical Facilities and building client trust through IT expertise
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W hile Savills was founded in 1855 , Critical Facilities Services only became a part of its brand in the mid-2010s , when it purchased American-based tenant representation specialist , Studley Inc . The Critical Facilities team has served clients since 2000 , when it began working as a consultancy focused on helping companies define strategy around its data center needs , whether that meant building a facility or leasing space from a provider . “ Our core focus ,” Rick Drescher , Corporate Managing Director of Technical Services , says , “ is representing users of space and services . Across all business lines , we focus on user representation .” In the late 2000s , cloud service providers rapidly gained popularity , which led to an increased client demand for analysis and discussion of outsourced infrastructure alternatives . Ian Zilla , Executive Managing Director , adds that “ it became clear that , to really engage with customers appropriately , we needed to understand their entire infrastructure stack from a detailed technology perspective , starting with