Chad Williams
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Our leadership team puts our employees first and as a result our people are well informed, self-motivated and highly knowledgeable.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Brent joined QTS in 2016 as CTO of Product Development and now serves as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer. Brent has led technology and innovation at QTS since joining and has been the driving force behind digitization of the QTS business.
Prior to joining QTS, Brent was VP of Operations and then promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Carpathia, a managed service and cloud company acquired by QTS in June of 2015. Carpathia specialized in complex and compliant hosting supporting the fastest growing startups, enterprises and government agencies.
During his time at QTS, he has been responsible for delivering the industry’s first Service Delivery Platform (SDP). In 2019, he created the QTS Innovation Lab (QIL) to create new enabling technologies with a focus on artificial intelligence, visualization and automation that radically reshape how customers interact with the data center providing transparency, visibility and digital services.
Brent graduated from University of Mary Washington in 2000 with a degree in Business. Brent has a passion for workplace health initiatives including sponsoring events such as annual blood drives and helping to gamify fitness initiatives between QTS offices. Brent values family first and most enjoys watching his three kids play sports on weekends; he’s also a die-hard Washington Caps fan.
Chief Financial Officer
Chief People Officer
EVP, Quality Special Operations
Chief Hyperscale Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Learn more about Clint's leadership philosophy by watching this interview with David Liggitt of datacenterHawk.
Chief Operating Officer
General Counsel
Matt Thomson joined QTS in 2020 as the company's second General Counsel. Prior to joining QTS, Matt was a partner with the international law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington, D.C., where he represented QTS as outside counsel for 12 years, including the company's 2013 initial public offering.
Matt has deep experience in the REIT industry, representing numerous public company REITs during his time in private practice, and has been recognized in Chambers USA for REITs (Nationwide). Prior to joining QTS, Matt focused his law practice in the areas of corporate law, securities and capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions, primarily for public companies and their boards.
Matt earned his J.D. from the University of Tennessee, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Tennessee Law Review, and earned his B.S. from Union University. Matt has a passion for flying and holds an FAA private pilot's license.