BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2012--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated, (NYSE: IRM), the information management
company, today announced that
Jack Faer
has joined the company as chief
security officer. Faer will lead the global security team, responsible
for all aspects of Iron Mountain’s corporate security and safety, fraud
prevention, information security, crisis management and disaster
recovery programs as well as the vital security interests of the
company’s customers.
Jack Faer
has joined Iron Mountain as the company's chief security officer. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Jack is an accomplished leader with an extensive background in security
and more than 30 years’ experience in risk management, auditing and
investigation,” said
Richard Reese
, Iron Mountain’s chairman and CEO.
“At Iron Mountain, security is a core value of our company and one of
our most important and cherished brand attributes. We are pleased to
have him join Iron Mountain and are confident in his ability to uphold
and maintain our high standards for protecting our employees and our
customers’ information.”
Faer joins Iron Mountain from State Street Global Advisors, where he
worked as senior vice president and head of operational risk management
and continuity planning. Prior to State Street, he held numerous
positions at Fidelity Investments, including chief security officer.
Faer began his career as an accountant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and
was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“As a security professional, it’s exciting to join a company where
security plays such a prominent role in the organization’s overall
success,” said Faer. “It’s important to the brand, core to the company’s
value proposition for its products and services, and is one of the chief
reasons why organizations choose Iron Mountain to help them solve their
information management challenges. Iron Mountain’s reputation amongst
its customers and partners is built on security, and I’m thrilled to
play a role in strengthening that reputation.”
Faer holds an MBA from Pace University and a Bachelor of Science from
the University of Maryland. He is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board
at Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and sits on
the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer’s Association. Faer resides in
Newton, Mass.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) provides information management
services that help organizations lower the costs, risks and
inefficiencies of managing their physical and digital data. The
company’s solutions enable customers to protect and better use their
information—regardless of its format, location or lifecycle stage—so
they can optimize their business and ensure proper recovery, compliance
and discovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain manages billions of
information assets, including business records, electronic files,
medical data, emails and more for organizations around the world. Visit www.ironmountain.com
or follow the company on Twitter @IronMountain
for more information.
Source: Iron Mountain Incorporated
Iron Mountain
Christian T. Potts, 617-535-8721
Christian.Potts@ironmountain.com
or
Weber
Shandwick
Kristen Georgian, 617-520-7042
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