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Josh Rayner Joins Hut 8 Mining as VP of Sales
This appointment follows the Company's acquisition of TeraGo and is the latest in a series of strategic hires supporting Hut 8's advancements in
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[{"type":"text","content":"This appointment follows the Company's acquisition of TeraGo and is the latest in a series of strategic hires supporting Hut 8's advancements in diversification and scaling\nTORONTO, Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Nasdaq: HUT) (TSX: HUT) (\"Hut 8\" or \"the Company\"), one of North America's largest, innovation-focused digital asset mining pioneers, supporting open and decentralized systems since 2018, is pleased to announce the appointment of Josh Rayner to the new role of Vice President, Sales, effective February 21, 2022. Mr. Rayner joins Hut 8 to lead sales with a focus on the Company's recently acquired data center and managed services business under the direction of CEO Jaime Leverton.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nMr. Rayner is an experienced sales leader who brings technical knowledge and market expertise in data centers to Hut 8's team. Prior to joining Hut 8, Mr. Rayner served as Director of Sales at Beanfield Metroconnect where he led a high performing sales team.\n\"We are excited to welcome Josh to our team to help us strengthen our existing position and expand our new customer base,\" said Jaime Leverton, Chief Executive Officer of Hut 8. \"As both a leader with diverse experience in the data center realm and a passionate champion of digital assets, Josh is well positioned to support our continued momentum and will be an asset to our team.\"\nOver the last decade, Mr. Rayner has worked in a number of roles including sales, management, and data center operations within the technology sector.\n\"I am thrilled to be joining the passionate team at Hut 8. The rapid growth of Hut 8 and the digital asset space is something I'm excited to contribute to,\" said Mr. Rayner. \"I look forward to continuing that trend and helping Hut 8 expand its position as a leading facilitator of digital assets and web 3.0.\"\nAbout the Company:\nHut 8 is one of North America's largest innovation-focused digital asset miners, led by a team of business-building technologists, bullish on bitcoin, blockchain, web 3.0 and bridging the nascent and traditional high performance computing worlds. With two digital asset mining sites located in Southern Alberta and a third site in North Bay, Ontario, all located in Canada, Hut 8 has one of the highest capacity rates in the industry and one of the highest inventories of self-mined Bitcoin...