Online Tech adds 9 staffers as it expands in the Midwest

Online Tech is on the brink of turning its plans for midwestern expansion into a reality this summer. The Ann Arbor-based data center firm received a $20 million investment last year to expand its operations across middle America. It has identified two target markets where it has seen high demand for its data center and cloud-computing services and is close to making those plans public. "We are not more than 90 days away from telling that story," says Yan Ness, Co-CEO of Online Tech. The 10-year-old firm has been staffing up for the last year to prepare for the expansion. It has hired nine people, including three executive level personnel. The company currently employs 47 people and a handful of interns. It is also looking for a new director of infrastructure management to help the company with its pending expansion plans. "It's one of the coolest tech jobs in the Midwest," Ness says. Online Tech is looking to expand its footprint within a 200-500 mile radius around its Ann Arbor home. Ness expects to have his company solidly positioned in two new markets by the next year and two more on top of that by 2017. He means being the No 1 or No 2 player in the market when he says solidly positioned. Source: Yan Ness, Co-CEO of Online Tech Writer: Jon Zemke Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.