Balles Named Data Center Services Account Manager at Murphy

Date Posted: September 14, 2017

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Michael Balles has been named data center services account manager at Murphy Company, a leading mechanical contracting and engineering firm. The announcement was made by Eric Gottschlich, director of data center services.

Balles has more than 30 years’ experience in the design and construction of data centers, network switching facilities, call centers, cable television head ends, cell sites, and healthcare facilities. Most recently, he was director of design services for Venyu Solutions LLC, a Baton Rouge, LA-based company offering datacenter colocation; hosted exchange; cloud and virtual hosting; cloud backup; and managed hosting services. Prior to that, he served as technical director for Data Specialties, Inc. From 2001 to 2012 he was director of design services, then vice president of design services for the Bick Group. Earlier, he served as a project manager, senior designer and CAD-IS manager for The Wischmeyer Architects.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental design from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the AutoCAD Users Group International. He is a past member of the Construction Specification Institute, AFCOM, Uptime Institute, ICOR, and BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Service International).

Murphy Company is one of the nation’s top mechanical contracting and engineering firms delivering innovative solutions to the commercial, industrial and institutional markets. Murphy offers process piping, HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, design-build, piping fabrication, energy solutions and 24-hour service emanating from its five locations in St. Louis, Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder and Northern Colorado. Murphy is ranked No. 17 on Engineering News-Record’s list of largest mechanical contractors in the United States. Founded in 1907, the firm employs more than 1,000 people nationwide.