Senior Vice President of Portfolio and Technical Operations
 James R. Trout became Senior Vice President of Portfolio and Technical Operations in August 2006 and has served as Vice President, Portfolio Management for Digital Realty Trust since the completion of its initial public offering in November 2004. Since 2003, Mr. Trout had been a Managing Director of Proferian, an operating partner of GI Partners, with acquisition and leasing responsibilities within the GI Partners portfolio. Mr. Trout has more than 21 years of real estate management, acquisition, leasing and development experience and was most recently President of CRG West, an operating partner of The Carlyle Group, formed in 2001 to oversee and enhance strategic telecom assets managed by Carlyle Realty Group. Prior thereto, Mr. Trout was President of TeraSpace Networks, a data center development joint venture within Ross Perot, Jr.'s Hillwood Development Corporation, and a Vice President of ProLogis, a leader in industrial, technology and manufacturing facilities globally. Mr. Trout received a B.S. degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and an M.B.A from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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