REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
July 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection
and data center company, today announced that it has appointed
Mike Campbell as Chief Sales Officer
(CSO). In this newly expanded role, Campbell will directly
lead Equinix's Global Accounts, Business
Development and Channel Programs, coordinating sales
execution across regional teams globally and delivering more
tightly integrated solutions to customers. Campbell will also
fill a strategic role in aligning Equinix's execution with the
tremendous opportunity in the rapidly growing and maturing market
for interconnection and data center services.
Highlights/Key Facts
- Campbell joined Equinix in 2015 as Senior Vice President of
Sales, with more than 30 years of experience managing global teams
and working within respected technology companies, including NCR,
UUNET, CompuServe, MCI and WorldCom.
- Prior to Equinix, Campbell ran global renewals and website
security businesses at Symantec that drove almost $2 billion annually. His career at Symantec began
after the merger with VeriSign's authentication business unit,
which had previously acquired Guardent, where he ran the enterprise
and channel sales teams. Prior to Guardent, Campbell led
Akamai's U.S. sales operations and nearly doubled the company's
revenue in just one year, from $89
million to over $160
million.
- In addition to leading the global sales organization, Campbell
will oversee the Equinix Global Solutions Architects, Business
Development and Equinix Professional Services teams.
Quotes
- Steve Smith, CEO,
Equinix:
"Mike has a proven track record as a sales leader
in large-scale global organizations. Not only does he have a
deep understanding of both the high-touch service provider and
channel-based enterprise sales models, his track record of growing
businesses to achieve new revenue targets while never losing sight
of delivering exceptional customer experiences will be invaluable.
We are thrilled to have Mike on board to help accelerate our growth
and strengthen our go-to-market execution."
- Mike Campbell, Chief Sales
Officer, Equinix:
"I am excited to move into this new role
at an important time in the company's history. As chief sales
officer, I look forward to furthering Equinix's mission of being a
customer-focused organization that enables enterprises, service
providers and technology companies to optimize their IT
infrastructure at a time when the shift to digital is transforming
businesses globally."
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects
the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and
partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 40 markets
across five continents, Equinix is where companies come together to
realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and
cloud strategies. www.equinix.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in
such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such
differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of
acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing,
deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or
difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have
acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive
significant revenue from customers in recently built out or
acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing
arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from
existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient
cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding
indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key
customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular,
see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available
upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation
to update the forward-looking information contained in this press
release.
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