Company: 365 Main, Inc.
Company Description: 365 Main is the leading data center in the United States known for it’s state of the art facility, equipped with ten 2.1 Megawatt continuous power systems, N+2 facility-wide redundancy, award- winning base isolation system and 60,000 gallons of fuel on-site to guarantee continuous operations. 365 offers unparalleled uptime before, during and after a major disaster.
Nomination Category: Company, Office & Product Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best New Company

Nomination Title: 365 Main - Architecture for a New Economy in Technology

Tell the story about what this nominated company achieved in 2003 (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

365 Incorporated (“365 Main”), founded by a group of individuals intensely involved in building and operating Internet Data Centers during the boom of the late 90’s through 2001, created a plan that would change the face of the existing data
center ownership and ultimately transform its industry position.  The goal of 365
Main is to operate a profitable Internet data center in the Bay Area, a seismic
Zone 4 earthquake region, providing trusted, secure, world-class services in a
super-structure built to withstand an earthquake and other disasters of biblical
proportions.

Developing the business plan of an owner-operator partnership, 365 Main stepped
forward offering a flexible data center infrastructure with staff that understands and
adapts to customer needs.  The base line for re-positioning 365 as an industry
leader was to offer premium data center space at below current market rates. 
365’s ability to support this offering is through the acquisition of the $130 million data center improvement for $2.3 million and new improved operating efficiencies resulting in reduced overall operating expenses.  These cost savings are directly passed on to 365 customers.  365 also highlights  maximum customer choices.  365 operates as a neutral data-center, offering customers a wide range of choices for bandwidth and managed services.  This philosophy differs from the old offerings where the providers offered a subjective set of services that often times were more expensive and of lower quality.

365 revenues have continued to grow quarter after quarter signing an average of
two new customers every week.  365 is on target to achieve Earnings Before
Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and  Amortization (EBITDA)   positive Q3 2004 and
profitable by Q4 2004.  365 has emerged as the most secure and reliable data
center available on the West coast.

The operational plan was simple -  provide customers with a financially stable real
estate platform operated by industry professionals enabling the customers’
competitive choices for services. 

List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: List each link on a separate line, begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.website.com]:

http://www.365main.net
http://www.365inc.net/pr_disaster_recovery.html
http://www.365inc.net/pr_five_nines.html
http://www.365inc.net/pr_up_ans_running.html

Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader of this nominated company:

Chris Dolan, President

Chris Dolan brings over 10 years of professional management and leadership
experience in design and construction to 365 Main.  Dolan is responsible for the
company’s over-all vision, strategy and expansion of the data center infrastructure
and company growth.   Prior to 365 Main, Dolan served as Director of Design and
Construction for MFN, Inc. West Coast operations where he was responsible for
managing the design and construction of over 800,000 square feet of data-center
co-location facilities.  Dolan’s has extensive experience in the business concepts
and infrastructure model of the data center business and brings a wealth of
experience in team management and client relations to the company. 

Dolan also held the position as Project Engineer with The Clark Construction
Group, Inc., Washington, DC's largest general contractor and as a Project
Manager with HITT Contracting, the largest TI contractor in Washington, DC where he was responsible for managing project teams and maintaining  client
relationships.  Dolan’s vast experience in the construction industry has included
managing commercial base building, renovation, and interior construction projects.  His highlighted projects include multiple private school developments and the AOL
Headquarters located in Sterling, Virginia.

Dolan graduated from The Catholic University of America with a degree in
Architectural Design.