Isle of Man based company Continent 8 Technologies is taking its technical expertise to the next level after onboarding Simon Booth and Teddy Elias. They have both been appointed as Technical Operations Managers, with Simon looking after the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, while Teddy will cover the Americas.
Working directly with Edward O’Connor , Technical Operations Director, and managing a regional team of multidiscipline engineers, they are responsible for managing the Continent 8 network functions (backbone, edge, peering and corporate), as well as the company’s private and public cloud infrastructure.
Along a distinguished 26-year career, Booth has experience across a range of complex IT roles. He started in the finance sector and moved to iGaming eight years ago, with various roles (Senior Architecture Specialist, Senior Manager of IT Projects and Head of Network Operations) at poker giant PokerStars.
Teddy has a similar 23-years’ experience in IT, initially working for diverse companies in the shipping and banking sectors, including roles as Technical Consultant and IT Manager. He joins Continent 8 from comScore and Inovvo, where he was responsible for building infrastructure for telco operators in issues such as big data, advanced analytics AI and machine learning solutions.
About these designations, O’Connor, Technical Operations Director at Continent 8 Technologies, commented: “It’s fantastic to welcome Simon and Teddy onboard and I’m confident that both will have a transformative effect on our team. They bring great leadership experience and technical expertise. Simon and Teddy will play a critical role in the daily operation of our company and the support of our growing customer base. I look forward to working closely with them as we continue to expand our global infrastructure and deliver market-leading managed connectivity, cloud and security services to the industry.”
For his part, Booth stated: “Continent 8 is a fast-growing business, delivering market-leading products and services to many of the biggest brands in iGaming. It is great to join this exciting and agile company. I can’t wait to be sharing my knowledge and experience with the team.”
While Elias said: “I am thrilled to join a company that is so technically advanced and that can offer its partners the best solutions in the market. The US iGaming market is growing rapidly, so it’s a particularly stimulating time to be on board and play a role in the businesses success.”