OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 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.
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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.”
ABOUT QII
QII is an Infratech Intelligence™ company built for the AI-driven economy, developing energy-ready infrastructure to support AI factories, next-generation advanced manufacturing, and other energy-intensive operations. Through its Option-Preserving Platform™, QII integrates energy readiness, capital, development expertise, and project execution under a single operating approach, helping customers maintain flexibility as requirements change. Founded by Quality Growth Companies, QII brings together experienced teams and trusted partners to deliver complex projects with safety, speed, and certainty. For more information, visit qii.com.
ABOUT QUALITY GROWTH COMPANIES
Quality Growth Companies is a family office and business-building platform founded by Chad and Jeannie Williams. QGC builds growth-oriented operating businesses where its people and experience can create lasting value for employees, partners, and communities. Its work spans real estate and investments, infrastructure, motorsports, and philanthropy through QII, QMotorsports, QFoundation, and other strategic ventures. Guided by People. Forward.™, QGC believes people are the strength behind its work and the foundation for value built to endure. Visit qualitygc.com to learn more.
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Mark Rainey, EVP of Development Services at QII - Infratech Intelligence
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama surely knew he was overstating the obvious, when he pointed out that there are two possible outcomes for Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night.
— San Antonio wins and extends the series.
— New York wins and becomes NBA champions.
That's it. It's one or the other. After 1,321 games — 1,230 in the regular season, 84 in the playoffs, six more in the play-in tournament and one between the Spurs and Knicks that decided the NBA Cup — it really is that simple. If Wembanyama and the Spurs win in San Antonio, the season lives for at least one more game. If the Knicks win, all that'll be left in this season will be a parade.
The Spurs trail the series 3-1 and Wembanyama understands the reality. Of the previous 38 teams that trailed 3-1 in the NBA Finals, 37 wound up watching the other team celebrate the title. And if that bit of history didn't look daunting enough, the Spurs will try to climb out of this 3-1 hole after the biggest collapse in NBA Finals history — wasting a 29-point lead in a Game 4 loss at New York.
“I think it’s going to go one of two ways,” Wembanyama said shortly after Wednesday's 107-106 loss in Game 4, a game where the Spurs were outscored 55-25 in the final 21 1/2 minutes. “One of two ways. A bad one and a good one. The bad one would be giving up. The good one would be getting stronger through this, getting more together. I know this is what we’re going to do.”
Thursday was an off day for the teams, at least in terms of formal practices. Both sides are scheduled to practice in San Antonio on Friday, and then Game 5 is there on Saturday night — with the Knicks one win away from what would be their first championship in 53 years.
New York won Games 1 and 2 of the finals in San Antonio — rallying from double-digit deficits in both games — to take command of the series. The Knicks, with a win Saturday, would become the first team since Houston in 1995 to go 3-0 on the Spurs' floor in a single postseason series.
“Our mentality has to be 0-0, the way it’s been,” Knicks guard Jalen Brunson said, repeating the mantra he's cited time and time again in this postseason run. “It has to be that way, and I feel like us moving forward with that mindset can really benefit us. There's nothing to celebrate. It’s not over yet, not even close.”
It's common sense for the team with a 3-1 lead to hold off on celebrating. But in this case, there's also some truth to what Brunson is saying.
Yes, the 3-1 deficit has been proven to be virtually insurmountable in NBA history; the only team that successfully escaped its grip in the finals was LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, when they rallied to beat the Golden State Warriors for that title.
This series, however, isn't exactly a statistical runaway.
The Knicks have outscored the Spurs by a total of eight points over the four games. Shooting is basically even; the Knicks are at 44%, the Spurs at 43%. The Knicks have made 52 3-pointers, the Spurs 49. Free-throw percentage, Knicks 79%, Spurs 78%. The Knicks have three more rebounds and both teams have exactly 90 assists through four games.
“Just take this one game at a time,” said Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox, who took heavy criticism for electing to try a layup — which was blocked — in the final seconds of Game 4 instead of taking time off the clock with a one-point lead. “It obviously looks like a steep hill, but this is something that’s happened before. Take this thing one game at a time. We’ve been in a position to win all these games. We’ve been up double digits. We have to figure out what we need to do to be able to put some of these games away.”
It has been a baffling problem for the Spurs.
They led Game 1 by one with 1:51 left, then lost after the Knicks finished on an 11-0 run.
They had the ball in a tie game with 11 seconds left in Game 2, then lost after Wembanyama threw a pass that Stephon Castle never saw and became a turnover that led to Brunson's game-winning free throw.
And now, this — a 29-point lead wasted in Game 4, and they still led by one until Anunoby's tip-in with 2.1 seconds left.
"We have to try to put this behind us," Fox said.
If they don't, the Knicks' 53-year wait for a title could end Saturday night.
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San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell passes the ball as New York Knicks guard Mikal Bridges (25), guard Jalen Brunson (11) and center Ariel Hukporti (55) defend during the first half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) shoots past San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle during first half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, right, drives as New York Knicks forward Og Anunoby, left, defends during the second half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama shoots against the New York Knicks during the first half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Monday, June 8, 2026, in New York. (Al Bello/Pool Photo via AP)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) shoots against the New York Knicks during the second half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Monday, June 8, 2026, in New York. (Al Bello/Pool Photo via AP)
