New hires will focus on advancing the company’s growth, sustainability commitment and customer experience initiatives
EdgeConneX has deepened its executive bench hiring two new executives to help accelerate the company’s global expansion and development of customer-centric and sustainable data center solutions. The new hires include, Don MacNeil as Chief Revenue Officer and Brian Green as Executive Vice President of Operations, Engineering & Project Management.
“Don and Brian have held some of the most demanding posts within our industry and the military and have demonstrated success everywhere they’ve served,” said Randy Brouckman, Co-Founder and CEO at EdgeConneX. “We’re thrilled to have them on board as we embark on the next decade of our highly successful business. As one of the largest private data center operators in the world, EdgeConneX is built on a legacy of bringing premier data center facilities right to where our customers need them most. The new hires are a testimony to our customer-focused ethos and we’re honored to have them as part of our leadership team that are building a premier, sustainable global data center platform which serves some of the largest cloud, content and network service providers in the world.”
Notably, MacNeil served as CTO of EdgeConneX previously and returns to the company as Chief Revenue Officer. His responsibilities include the alignment and execution of the EdgeConneX global sales, customer delivery, and go-to-market strategy. In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at GTT, Don was responsible for worldwide network operations, service delivery, assurance and vendor management teams, and the company’s product organization. Don graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in naval architecture. He went on to serve 27 years in the U.S. Navy, both on active and reserve assignments, attaining the rank of captain. He holds an MBA from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, and a Master of Science in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
Green has been responsible for the operations of Visa’s global data centers and leased colocation facilities for the better part of the last decade, driving and implementing data center standards and operations. H brings extensive, international operations and engineering expertise to the EdgeConneX team. His responsibilities at EdgeConneX include managing the operations of the company’s global data center platform in the most sustainable way possible, as well as leading the engineering and data center project management teams. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
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