About Us

Chesapeake Mission Critical has served the Maryland, Virginia, and DC markets for over 15 years, offering the most reputable data center products and solutions in the industry. Our company’s primary focus is on the latest advancements in our field, specializing in data center solutions, uninterruptible power supply, switchgear and transfer switches, power distribution, precision cooling solutions, and security/environmental monitoring solutions.

Chesapeake Mission Critical has led the way in the development and use of dependable, accessible, maintainable, easy to use and scalable mission-critical facilities. Our dynamic team has worked with clients on hundreds of mission-critical requirements, allowing us to develop a unique expertise in critical systems. The ultimate goal is to create 24×7 reliability for our customers.

Chesapeake Mission Critical has developed mission-critical solutions for many of the nation’s most secure and dependable facilities, from government institutions to Fortune 500 companies. Our team has a proven track record of helping clients fulfill hundreds of reliability requirements while meeting time and budget constraints. We offer tangible results in all phases of a project and have planned, designed, built, and maintained critical infrastructure solutions within facilities.

Our Clients Include:

  • American Chemistry Council
  • Brookings Institute
  • Burgess Collocation
  • CACI
  • Capital One Bank
  • COPT
  • Cyrus One
  • Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
  • Deloitte
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Justice
  • Digital Realty
  • Discovery Communications
  • DOD
  • Equinix
  • FBI
  • Federal Reserve
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • FEMA
  • General Dynamics
  • INOVA Fairfax Hospital
  • INOVA Health System
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Lockheed Martin
  • MedStar
  • MITRE
  • NASA Goddard Hubble Space Telescope
  • NAVSUP
  • Navy Federal Credit Union
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Naval Medical Center
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center
  • NIH
  • NIST
  • NOAA National Weather Service
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Northwest Hospital
  • Raytheon
  • Sentinel
  • Sinai Hospital
  • T. Rowe Price
  • Under Armour Inc.
  • University of Maryland Medical Systems
  • US Green Building Council
  • US State Department
  • VISA
  • Wells Fargo

Leadership

  • Mark Ryan

    President

    As the President and Founder of Chesapeake Mission Critical, Mark Ryan is responsible for the day-to-day operations, ensuring the design, build, and maintenance of critical infrastructure that supports Information Technology (IT). Mark works tirelessly to create solutions that are reliable, available, and maintainable for customers in the government, healthcare, and data center markets.

  • Suzanne Lewis

    Vice President,
    Sales

    Suzanne Lewis serves as the Vice President of Sales for Chesapeake Mission Critical. With over 20 years experience, she is responsible for growing our service sales, managing the day-to-day operations of the outside service sales team, while maintaining high customer satisfaction by executing our “go wide” sales strategy.

  • Bruce Frank

    Vice President,
    Engineered Power Solutions

    Bruce Frank serves as the Vice President of Engineered Power Solutions for Chesapeake Mission Critical. In this role, Bruce currently leads our Engineers Power Solutions Team and specializes in complex turnkey solutions. He has over 30 years of experience focusing on the needs of the data processing/mission critical industry.

  • Patrice Kirk

    Controller

    Patrice Kirk serves as the Controller for Chesapeake Mission Critical. With over 23 years of accounting and business experience, she leads the financial department and plays an instrumental role in strategic planning and forecasting to achieve our company vision.

  • Zane Gee

    Operations Manager

    Zane Gee serves as the Operations Manager at Chesapeake Mission Critical. With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and technology industries, he oversees the daily activities of assigned office operations, working closely with other departments to ensure efficient resource utilization, seamless scheduling, and high-level contract compliance to meet customer expectations and revenue goals. Zane plays an integral role in planning and evaluating processes at daily, weekly, monthly, and annual levels to ensure the continued success of Chesapeake Mission Critical.

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

Vince Lombardi

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