Equinix Appoints Jeremy Deutsch as President of Asia-Pacific
Jul 24, 2019
HONG KONG – July 24, 2019 – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the appointment of Jeremy Deutsch, a ten-plus year Equinix veteran, as President of Asia-Pacific. In this role, Deutsch will be responsible for the regional management, strategy and growth plans for Equinix in Asia-Pacific, including existing operations in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Singapore.
Deutsch will succeed Samuel Lee, who has been in the role of President of Asia-Pacific since 2008. Deutsch will relocate from Sydney to Hong Kong and report directly to Karl Strohmeyer, Chief Customer and Revenue Officer.
Highlights/Key Facts
- Deutsch joined Equinix in 2008 as Sales Director of Equinix Australia. In that role, he had successfully grown the business and the team in the country, and he had ranked as the company’s top-performing sales leader in the Asia-Pacific region for three consecutive years. In 2014, Deutsch was promoted to Managing Director of Equinix Australia, leading the company’s business strategy in Australia. In 2018, he led the company’s US$804 million acquisition and integration of Metronode, adding 10 data centers, which made Equinix the market leader in the country.
- Deutsch has more than 19 years of experience in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry. Prior to joining Equinix, he was General Manager of Products at Unwired Australia, a SingTel Optus group company, managing product strategy, alliance partnerships and user experience delivery. He also worked for Pihana Pacific, which was acquired by Equinix in 2002, where he supported all aspects of its sales process and managed the life cycle of existing and new products.
Quotes
- Karl Strohmeyer, Chief Customer and Revenue Officer, Equinix
“Jeremy has a successful track record of growing and managing Equinix’s business in Australia over the last decade. His tenured experience working with customers as well as running Equinix’s business in Australia uniquely contributed to our success there, and I look forward to working closely with him on our growth strategy in all of Asia-Pacific.”
- Jeremy Deutsch, President of Asia-Pacific, Equinix
“I am incredibly honored and thrilled to now serve the company in the role of President of Asia-Pacific. Asia-Pacific continues to be one of the fastest growing regions for us with both our global and local customers moving quickly to digitize their businesses and expand across our platform, and we continue to grow our business here. Together with the world-class Asia-Pacific team, we will continue to deliver unmatched services to our customers to accelerate their digital transformation journeys.”
About Equinix
Equinix,Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most-interconnected data centers. On this global platform for digital business, companies come together across more than 50 markets on five continents to reach everywhere, interconnect everyone and integrate everything they need to create their digital futures. Equinix.hk.
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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