Garrido brings technological expertise and proven leadership to the top position at Vertiv in the region
Sao Paulo, [Nov. 03, 2020] Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, announced the appointment of Rafael Garrido to the position of vice president for the Latin America region. Garrido served as Vertiv Brazil’s country manager for the past four years, and replaces Fernando Garcia, who will be taking on a new role as Vertiv’s vice president, Global Channel.
In his expanded role at Vertiv, Garrido will be responsible for directing sales and service operations and business development in the Latin America region. With a career spanning 20 years at Vertiv, Garrido has helped guide Vertiv’s transformation and led its business in Brazil to become a market leader.

“The acceleration of digital transformation represents a fundamental challenge for mission critical infrastructure in Latin America. Under Garrido’s capable leadership, we will continue to help our customers meet the challenge head-on by delivering intelligent, integrated solutions that offer them the extreme flexibility, scalability and efficiency they require,” said John Hewitt, president of Vertiv in the Americas."
“Remote work and learning and other mission-critical applications are requiring new levels of connectivity,” says Rafael Garrido. “Vertiv is in a position to offer our customers innovative solutions that provide continuity and achieve breakthrough outcomes - from design and commissioning through deployment, operation and service.”
To learn more about Vertiv infrastructure support and service solutions, visit Vertiv.com.
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. As Architects of Continuity™, Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
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