Management Team


Our management team brings an impressive track record and extensive global experience in the IT infrastructure services industry.

Philip Koen, Chief Executive Officer

Philip Koen

Chief Executive Officer

Mary Ann Altergott, Senior Vice President of Corporate Services

Mary Ann Altergott

Senior Vice President of Corporate Services

Eugene Defelice, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Gene Defelice

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer

Bryan Doerr

Chief Technology Officer

Bill Fathers, Managing Director, U.S.

Bill Fathers

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, US

Gregory Freiberg, Chief Financial Officer

Greg Freiberg

Chief Financial Officer

James Mori, Senior Vice President of Client Services

Jim Mori

Senior Vice President of Client Services

Tom Riley, Managing Director, International

Tom Riley

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, International

Jeffrey Von Deylen, Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Client Services

Jeff Von Deylen

Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Client Services


Phil Koen

Chief Executive Officer

Philip Koen, Chief Executive Officer

Phil has served as CEO of Savvis since 2006 and is a director of the company. Prior to joining Savvis Phil was the President and CEO for Equinix a provider of data center and Internet exchange services. Phil has served Pointcast as President and CEO, COO and CFO respectively. Prior to Pointcast he served as CFO for Etec Systems, Inc.

Currently Phil serves on the Boards of United Way of Greater St. Louis, Regional Business Council, St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association and Webster University Board of Trustees. He holds a B.A from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.

Mary Ann Altergott

Senior Vice President of Corporate Services

Mary Ann Altergott, Senior Vice President of Corporate Services

As a member of the senior management team, Mary Ann leads the company's global procurement, real estate, information technology, human resources and payroll departments.

Previously, she was a Principal at The Clermont Group, which delivers global human resources, executive coaching and organizational development consulting services to a multi-national client base. Mary Ann also served in a senior human resources role for global risk management at Bank of America. She was responsible talent management, compensation, organizational development and senior leadership selection. Additionally, Altergott spent over ten years in a series of senior HR and operational roles with The Pillsbury Company.

Gene Defelice

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Eugene Defelice, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

As a member of the senior management team, Gene leads the company’s legal function, as well as the corporate secretary’s office.

Previously, Gene was the founder of Novo Strategic Partners LLC, which provided business consulting services including legal services management, intellectual property, M&A, and governance services. Gene previously served as the General Counsel of several public companies — including Spacelabs Medical, Inc., which specialized in medical software, hardware, and Internet technology — and has over 20 years of broad legal experience. In addition to a Juris Doctorate, Gene also holds an M.B.A. and has significant operational experience both domestically and internationally.

Bryan Doerr

Chief Technology Officer

Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer

Bryan provides technology leadership for infrastructure and product development, M&A support, and next-generation platform evaluation.

Before joining Savvis, he held positions in management, software technology research, and software development at Bridge Information Systems, Boeing, and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Bryan holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and a Master’s Degree in Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bill Fathers

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, US

Bill Fathers, Managing Director, U.S.

Bill is responsible for Savvis’ hosting, network and financial services business units as well as sales, solutions consulting, and go-to-market strategies that ensure Savvis continues to drive growth from other key industry verticals such as media, software and consumer brands.

Bill has significant experience in the financial services, media, and telecom industries, most recently as Global Head of Product Development at Reuters, the global information provider to the financial services sector. Bill has deep expertise in delivering low-latency application and infrastructure solutions to all members of the electronic trading community.

Bill has a broad base of global management experience, having also served in a number of senior roles spanning product development, marketing, and business development as the CEO of a midsized pan European and Asian telecom and hosting business. Bill holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.

Greg Freiberg

Chief Financial Officer

Gregory Freiberg, Chief Financial Officer

As a member of the senior management team, Greg oversees finance, legal, corporate development and investor relations.

Greg has held senior financial positions for both domestic and international communication service providers. Most recently, Freiberg served as Chief Financial Officer for XO Holdings, Inc. Prior to XO Holdings, Freiberg held positions as Senior Vice President of finance with Asia Netcom and Asia Global Crossing, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for all Lines of Business for Level 3 Communications and he was the founding Chief Financial Officer for MCI-WorldCom in Asia Pacific. Greg has served on the board of directors for joint ventures in Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, and Singapore.

James Mori

Senior Vice President of Client Services

James Mori, Senior Vice President of Client Services

Jim has responsibility for customer service, sales enablement, and support. His team focuses on maximizing the client experience and profitability through asset optimization.

Previously, Jim served as Savvis’ Managing Director of U.S. Sales and has held a variety of sales leadership and operational roles since 1999. Prior to this, he served in various sales roles at Digital Equipment Corporation, Southwestern Bell, and AT&T Information Systems. Jim received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Missouri.

Tom Riley

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, International

Tom Riley, Managing Director, International

Prior to joining Savvis, Tom served as a U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, culminating almost three decades of work in international business, technology, and energy management.

Tom began his professional career as an Associate Engineer for the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington. He spent four years overseas with TRW managing European operations. He then returned to California and co-founded General Resources Corporation. Tom has a strong foundation in technology, working in the Silicon Valley in California for the past 20 years. He has served as the President and CEO of Unity Systems (automated building controls), Web State (online training) and most recently ActivePhoto (online digital photo services).

Tom earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1972 and attended Harvard Business School, where he was awarded an MBA in 1975.

Jeffrey Von Deylen

Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Client Services

Jeffrey Von Deylen, Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Client Services

Jeff leads our Global Operations and Client Services team.

Prior to joining Savvis, Jeff served as Vice President for Corporate Development and Financial Analyst at America Electric Power Company. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for KPNQwest, a leading European telecommunications company providing data and Internet services.

Earlier, Jeff was Senior Vice President of Finance for GTS Telecommunications, a leading provider of voice and data communications services in Europe and Asia. Jeff has also served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of LCI International, Inc., a long distance operator, until it was acquired by Qwest Communications International, where he continued as Vice President and Controller. Jeff received a B.S. degree in Accountancy from Miami University.


Management Team


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