Transformative Industry Leader Mark Thiele Joins IDCA

Washington, DC – August 13, 2025 – IDCA has announced that transformational leader Mark Thiele has joined the organization as an entrepreneurial counsel. Mark is the former CEO and Co-Founder of Edgevana. He has a three plus decade career as a technology executive, building global infrastructure for companies including HP, Gilead, Brocade, VMware, Switch, Ericsson and Edgevana.

Mark has always been deeply involved in the industry. He is co-founder of Data Center Pulse, former Chair for the IDCA Technical Committee, Member IBM Cloud Minds, Board member for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and is currently an advisor/board member to a number of startups and completed an Accelerated MBA Program for Top Performers from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Previously, he also served as Chairman of the Technical Standards Committee in 2017-2020.

“Mark has always been a transformative agent for our industry. He formerly chaired the IDCA technical standards committee and it's great to have him back with us in this critical capacity,” said IDCA Chairman and CEO Mehdi Paryavi in making the announcement. “As IDCA leads the digital infrastructure industry in empowering and enabling digital economies of the world, having Mark on-board enhances our capacity to support our partners worldwide.”

“Over the years, I have watched IDCA become the icon of thought-leadership and global transformation for nations and the big-tech alike, and I am honored and grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the global digital economy in my capacity as a board member of IDCA,” I look forward to continuing my work with IDCA during these most innovative and transformative times,” Mark said on the occasion of his joining IDCA.

About IDCA

International Data Center Authority (IDCA) is the global bipartisan digital economy think tank that works with nations to create AI policies, Digital Hubs and Digital Economies through the standardization of the approach, selection, design, feasibility, operation, and various processes and methodologies of digital infrastructure and related processes and systems.

The global IDCA team works with its partners and affiliates worldwide to achieve the optimum delivery of its advanced services locally and effectively at every project. IDCA is represented in more than 40 countries and active globally in North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Asia Pacific.