REDWOOD
CITY, Calif., Feb. 27,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:
EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure
company®, today announced the appointment of
Merrie Williamson as Executive Vice
President and Chief Customer and Revenue Officer (CCRO), effective
March 25. With more than 20 years of
experience in helping companies evolve their digital business
through her leadership roles at Microsoft and Intel, Williamson
joins Equinix as the company continues to grow its position as the
trusted platform for enterprise digital transformation.
"Merrie is an operational and visionary leader with the unique
skills and experience to help drive the next chapter of
our growth and the increasing value we provide to customers," said
Charles Meyers, President and CEO
of Equinix. "She also has extensive experience aligning
complex go-to-market (GTM) organizations to deliver revenue growth.
Her proven track record positions her well to build new routes to
market, strengthen existing revenue streams, and continue our
journey to becoming a true platform company."
As CCRO, Williamson will be responsible for the company's entire
customer experience and overall go-to-market strategy. This
includes Sales, Marketing, Customer Care and Experience, Revenue
Operations, and the company's regional management across the
Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific
regions. Additionally, she will have the opportunity to leverage
the company's technology leadership and partner ecosystem to
generate exceptional customer experiences and enable businesses to
capitalize on emerging areas such as Private AI. She will serve on
the Equinix Executive Staff reporting to Equinix CEO Charles Meyers.
"For years, Equinix has played an important role in providing
the digital infrastructure critical for enterprises as their
businesses become increasingly digital," said Williamson. "As we
enter the age of AI and multicloud as the architecture of choice, I
am thrilled to be part of the platform that is enabling the success
of thousands of companies globally. In addition to the world-class
services it provides, Equinix also has a compelling vision where
technology and company culture combine to drive outstanding
business outcomes."
Williamson previously served as Corporate Vice President of
Azure Infrastructure and Digital and Application Innovation at
Microsoft. In this role, she was responsible for commercial sales
strategy and execution for the core multibillion-dollar Azure
business, leading a global team enabling customers across segments,
industries and geographies to reap the benefits of digital
transformation and the cloud.
Before joining Microsoft in 2019, Williamson spent two decades
at Intel. Through a succession of increasingly senior roles, from
technical program manager to senior director of data center sales
and marketing, she drove strategic product investments from
inception to launch—typically in emerging areas of the business—and
brought together internal stakeholders, external partners and sales
teams to drive revenue growth.
Williamson is passionate about service and community. She has
served on the boards of MESA (STEM pipeline for Seattle underrepresented schools) and the
Seattle YMCA, where she also spent two years as chairperson. She is
dedicated to creating opportunities for women and other
underrepresented communities in STEM, sales and the technology
industry overall. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial
Science at the University of
Michigan.
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure
company®. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to
bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at
software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the
right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility,
speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class
experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their
sustainability goals.
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, risks to our business and operating results
related to the current inflationary environment; foreign currency
exchange rate fluctuations; increased costs and increased
challenges to procure power and the general volatility in the
global energy market; the challenges of acquiring, operating and
constructing IBX® and xScale® 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; 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 potential cybersecurity breaches; 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 and upcoming 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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