December 16, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Rackspace (NYSE: RAX), a company engaged in hosting and cloud computing, has named Mark Roenigk as chief operating officer. Roenigk joins Rackspace after recent executive experience with eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU).

Roenigk comes from the online retailer eBay, where he was Chief Procurement officer & vice president of Operational Excellence.

Previously, Roenigk was senior vice president of Operations for XM Satellite Radio, where he was responsible for all supply chain activities and global procurement in the manufacturing and distribution of XM products. He also served as vice president of supply chain operations at Intuit and general manager for Microsoft. His experience with Microsoft spanned 10 years and included operational roles across multiple business units.

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