Alan is the founder and owner of EcoCooling – the largest supplier of evaporative cooling systems in the UK.

An engineer by profession and, having held senior roles in food, print and FMCG manufacturing operations, he founded EcoCooling in 2002.

He is acknowledged as a thought leader in the direct ventilation and adiabatic cooling of data centre, telecommunication and HPC equipment. 

As a consortium member of the EU H2020 funded Boden Type Data Centre he is credited with helping design one of the most efficient data centres in the World.