{"id":11359,"date":"2026-01-27T21:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rax-stg-wp-aws.com\/news\/joseph-vito-strategic-alliance-partnerships\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:52:25","slug":"joseph-vito-strategic-alliance-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/news\/joseph-vito-strategic-alliance-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Vito Joins Rackspace Technology to Lead Strategic Alliance Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>San Antonio, TX \u2013 January 27, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rackspace.com\/\">Rackspace Technology<\/a>\u00ae (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company, today announced the appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/josephrvito\/\">Joseph Vito<\/a> as Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliance Partnerships. In this role, Vito will lead Rackspace\u2019s global strategy for building and strengthening technology and channel partnerships that drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to customers.<\/p>\n<p>Vito brings more than 25 years of experience in technology leadership, cloud transformation, and enterprise solutions across financial services, life sciences, energy, and consumer manufacturing. Most recently, he served as a Strategic Transformation Principal on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Business and Advisory teams, where he guided some of the world\u2019s largest organizations through cloud adoption strategies, helping them migrate from legacy systems to modern, cloud-based capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe\u2019s deep expertise in cloud transformation and his proven ability to build strategic partnerships will be instrumental in advancing Rackspace\u2019s mission to deliver modern cloud environments that enable AI at scale,\u201d said Gajen Kandiah, CEO of Rackspace Technology. \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome him to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his tenure at AWS, Vito was a Transformation Advisor at Dell-EMC, assisting clients with investments, design, and deployment of integrated solutions including DevOps and workload management. Other leadership roles include CIO for UBS AG\u2019s Global Data Services division, CTO and Head of Data Operations for Dun &amp; Bradstreet, and CTO\/CIO for US Trust &amp; Merrill Lynch, where he drove technology strategies and integration initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Vito holds a Bachelor of Arts in Managerial Economics from U&#78;ION College and a Master\u2019s Degree in Finance from Pace University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Rackspace Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nRackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company. We can design, build, and operate our customers\u2019 cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products, and adopt innovative technologies.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Rackspace Technology and its strategic partnerships, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rackspace.com\/about\/strategic-alliances\">Cloud Alliance Partners and Shared Solutions | Rackspace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact: Cheryl Amerine,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:publicrelations@rackspace.com\">publicrelations@rackspace.com<\/a>\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio, TX \u2013 January 27, 2026 \u2013 &nbsp;Rackspace Technology\u00ae (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company, today announced the appointment of Joseph Vito as Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliance Partnerships. In this role, Vito will lead Rackspace\u2019s global strategy for building and strengthening technology and channel partnerships that drive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","headline":"Joseph Vito Joins Rackspace Technology to Lead Strategic Alliance Partnerships","seo_title":"Joseph Vito Joins Rackspace Technology","seo_description":"Rackspace Technology announced the appointment of Joseph Vito as Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliance Partnerships.","card_image":"","insights_image":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/newsroom_images\/28116-insights_image-LI-New-Leaders-1_0.png","featured_image":"","author_name":"jord4473","content_type":"news","video_embeds":"","og_image":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/newsroom_images\/28116-og_image-LI-New-Leaders-1.png","twitter_image":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/newsroom_images\/28116-og_image-LI-New-Leaders-1.png","drupal_nid":"28116","drupal_path":"\/newsroom\/joseph-vito-strategic-alliance-partnerships","drupal_changed":"2026-01-27T13:14:06","footnotes":""},"categories":[208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11359","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11360,"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11359\/revisions\/11360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}