Mike Wills

Director of Facilities Management, Corporate Real Estate, BMO Financial Group

Mike Wills is responsible for facilities operations at BMO Financial Group including data centers, trade floors, contact centers, major office complexes, and the retail branch network. His accountabilities include the development of a highly complex infrastructure that is effectively and efficiently deployed and supported to ensure BMO's critical systems remain operational.

Under Mr Wills' leadership, BMO has received industry-leading recognition, delivering 11 consecutive years of 100% IT component availability in its major data centers. Mr Wills has more than 30 years of IT and facilities management experience in the North American financial services sector and is internationally recognized for his thought leadership and knowledge in managing highly critical facilities.

Mr Wills has served as a Judge for the Uptime Institute Green Enterprise IT Awards since the Awards' inception in 2008.

Mike Wills Sessions at Symposium 2011

Organizational Changes Needed: Strategies to Cut Data Center TCO