REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital
infrastructure company™, today announced the appointment of
Ron Guerrier to the Equinix Board of
Directors. His appointment brings the number of directors on the
Equinix Board to nine.
With a career in the information technology sector that spans
more than a quarter century, Guerrier is the chief information
officer (CIO) of HP Inc. and previously served as CIO to Fortune
500 corporations and government, including Toyota Motor
Corporation, Express Scripts, Farmers Insurance Group and the
State of Illinois. As a veteran
CIO, he will bring a unique perspective to the Equinix Board as the
company continues to innovate its digital infrastructure offerings
for CIOs globally.
Highlights/Key Facts
- In his current role at HP, Guerrier leads the organization that
supports the company's emerging technology efforts worldwide,
managing a world-class IT organization that delivers and enables
the highest levels of productivity for employees, contractors and
partners globally. He is also responsible for developing and
overseeing a comprehensive approach to digitization across HP, with
a focus on process automation and continuous process improvement,
while ensuring a positive end-user experience.
- As CIO and Secretary of Innovation and Technology for the
State of Illinois, Guerrier was
instrumental in broadband expansion, modernization of legacy IT
systems, STEM education and the sudden transformation of nearly
50,000 employees to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In
this role, he supported 48 State of
Illinois agencies and led efforts in securing a General
Assembly appropriation of $420
million to upgrade and expand state-wide broadband.
- Guerrier's experience at key enterprises as they were
undergoing the transition to digital will enable him to provide a
strong "voice of the customer" perspective to the Equinix Board. As
CIO of Express Scripts, he led a team of more than 6,000 and was
responsible for strategic initiatives as well as innovation and
process improvements to enhance end-user experience. During his
tenure as CIO of Farmers Insurance Group, he reorganized the IT
division to enhance delivery.
- Guerrier began his career with Toyota Motor Corporation, where
he spent 20 years, most recently as Vice President and Chief
Information Officer of Toyota Financial Services. In that role, he
led a team of more than 1,000 and drove digital innovations in
partnership with Toyota's CMO.
- Guerrier is a passionate advocate for multiple causes. He is
active in a variety of leadership roles with volunteer
organizations, including Junior Achievement, Habitat for Humanity,
Homeboy Industries and the disaster relief organization SBP. He is
a founding advisory board member of the STEM Advantage program, a
nonprofit platform focused on supporting underserved communities
interested in STEM fields through scholarships, mentoring and
internships.
- Throughout his career, Guerrier has earned numerous honors and
awards, including the Crain's Chicago Business Tech 50 Award in
2019 and 2020, HMG Strategy's Technology Executives to Watch in
2019 and Global Technology Executives Who Matter in 2020, the
GoldenGov: State Executive of the Year from StateScoop in 2020, the
Orbie Chicago CIO of the Year Awards in 2020, and Black
Enterprise's 2018 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America. He
has also led organizations that have been recognized in the CIO 100
awards and the IDG Communications Digital Edge 50 Awards honoring
organizations excelling at digital transformation.
Quote
- Peter Van Camp, Executive
Chairman, Equinix
"Ron is a seasoned business leader
with more than 25 years of experience helping both enterprises and
government with the digital infrastructure that underpins their
success. He also has a strong track record of advocating for
diversity, equity and inclusion within the tech sector. As we
advance our role as the trusted advisor to our customers' digital
journeys, Ron's perspective, especially through the lens of the
customer, will be invaluable in shaping the future direction of
Equinix."
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the
world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to
harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the
foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix
enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners
and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix,
they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services,
deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
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 data centers and
developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and
solutions, unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the
integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers
in recently built out or acquired data centers; a 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; risks related to our taxation as a REIT;
and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent
Equinix 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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