Justin Mescher is the Vice President of Cloud, Data Center, and AI Solutions for ePlus. As part of ePlus’ Global Strategy Team, he leads the overall strategy and go-to-market for both the Cloud, Data Center, and AI practices.

Justin started his career in Corporate IT, managing the Data Center for a hospital in Central Illinois. Justin expanded his experience from end-user to manufacturer (EMC Pre-sales Engineer), to Midwest based Value Added Reseller and hosting provider (IDS).

Justin’s unique exposure and experience in understanding and developing strategy for organizations’ IT environments led to him becoming IDS’s CTO where he led their engineering team and developed their cloud practice.

IDS was acquired by ePlus in 2017. As ePlus’ VP of Cloud, Data Center, and AI Solutions, Justin is utilizing and leveraging his experiences to grow those practices for ePlus. Justin spends his time meeting with strategic customers discussing their Cloud and AI journeys and developing new solutions within the ePlus portfolio to align with customer needs.

Areas of Expertise

Cloud Strategy
– Cloud Workshops
– Multi-Cloud Architecture
– Security and Governance
– Disaster Recovery and Backup
– Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Design, Implementation, Migration
– Foundational Cloud Design
– Automation and IaC
– Migration Planning
– Application Modernization
– Cost Optimization/FinOps
– Data Protection

Artificial Intelligence
– AI Envisioning Workshops
– Use Case Development Workshops
– AI Preparedness
– AI-Optimized Infrastructure