Veteran builder brings hands-on delivery experience across hyperscale, advanced manufacturing, and energy-intensive facilities
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 11, 2026 — QII, an Infratech Intelligence™ company developing energy-ready infrastructure for AI factories, advanced manufacturing, and other energy-intensive operations, today announced that Mark Rainey has joined the company as executive vice president of development services.
Jeremy Bardin, a QII advisory board member and former co-president of HITT Contracting, is helping build the development and delivery team that will support QII’s growth and future projects. Rainey will help guide execution efforts across the company’s development activities, working closely with Eric Hanson, vice president of construction and development services.
“Great infratech depends on people who know how to get hard things done,” said Chad Williams, chairman and CEO of QII. “Mark is a builder. He has delivered complex projects for hyperscale customers, advanced manufacturing facilities, and other energy-intensive operations, so he understands the realities that shape successful execution at scale. That practical experience, leadership, and judgment are exactly what this work requires.”
Rainey comes to QII from Hourigan, where he led mission-critical construction projects and helped build the firm’s data center practice. Before that, he spent more than nine years at HITT Contracting delivering hyperscale data center campuses, ultimately serving as project executive and leading one of HITT’s largest hyperscale accounts. His experience managing projects from planning and development through commissioning and operational readiness will help strengthen QII’s distinctive Option-Preserving Platform™, designed to maintain flexibility as customer requirements change.
“I am building this team around operators who have taken projects all the way from planning and construction through commissioning and production-ready operations,” said Bardin. “Mark has done that for major customers in demanding environments where execution matters. He understands what it takes to deliver safely, meet expectations, and keep complex projects moving. That is the standard we are setting at QII.”
QII’s Option-Preserving Platform™ brings together energy readiness, capital, development expertise, and project execution under a coordinated approach that helps projects maintain flexibility as customer requirements are defined.
“Planning matters, but the real test is making sure the plan still works when conditions change,” said Rainey. “QII brings the right disciplines together so teams can make informed decisions as requirements become clear. That flexibility is increasingly important for projects supporting AI, advanced manufacturing, and other energy-intensive operations.”
Hanson leads construction and development services across QII’s development efforts. He brings more than a decade of digital infrastructure experience, including leadership roles at QTS Data Centers and STACK Infrastructure. Before digital infrastructure, he worked in civil construction and as a wildland firefighter, a background that still shapes how he leads in the field.
“Eric and Jeremy are two of the strongest people I could ask to work alongside as QII moves toward delivery,” said Rainey. “We are proven leaders who have built at scale and understand the expectations, teamwork, and standards required to get the work done safely and on time. That kind of alignment is rare, but essential to meeting the demands of today’s and tomorrow’s AI, advanced manufacturing, and energy-intensive infrastructure projects.”