Company

Stephen M. Smith

President & CEO

Stephen M. Smith joined Equinix in 2007 from Hewlett-Packard Co., where he served as Senior Vice President of HP Services. There he was responsible for management of the organizations Consulting and Integration, Managed Services, and Technology Deployment and Support business groups.

Prior to joining HP, Mr. Smith served as Vice President of Global Professional and Managed Services at Lucent Technologies. He has also held various management and sales positions during his 16 years with Electronic Data Systems Corporation, including Chief Sales Officer, President of EDS Asia-Pacific, and President of EDS Western Region. At EDS, his roles spanned sales, business development, operations, acquisition-driven integration, and the management of international growth. Mr. Smith also had a successful eight-year career in the U.S. Army where, among other roles, he was aide-de-camp to the office of the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Pacific. Mr. Smith graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a B.S. in Engineering.

Keith D. Taylor

Chief Financial Officer

Keith D. Taylor joined Equinix in 1999 and has served in a variety of roles, such as Equinix's Director of Finance & Administration, Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, and now as CFO. Before joining Equinix, Mr. Taylor served as Vice President of Finance and Controller for International Wireless Communications, Inc., an operator, owner, and developer of wireless communication networks throughout Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining International Wireless Communications, Inc., Mr. Taylor was employed by Becton Dickinson & Company, a medical and diagnostic device manufacturer, as a Senior Sector Analyst for the diagnostic businesses in Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

Mr. Taylor holds a B.B.A. from Bishops University in Quebec, Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Peter Ferris

President, Equinix North America

Peter Ferris has held several senior-level positions with Equinix since July 1999 and now serves as President, Equinix North America, overseeing the strategy and growth of the company’s U.S. operations. From July 1999 until October 2007, he served as the vice president of global sales for Equinix. Mr. Ferris has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Equinix, he held senior management positions at Frontier Global Center, Genuity and MFS Datanet.

Mr. Ferris holds a degree in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Eric Schwartz

President, Equinix Europe

Eric Schwartz joined Equinix in 2006 and has played various senior-level management roles with the company. He spearheaded Equinix’s expansion to Europe – including the 2007 acquisition of IXEurope – and the ongoing integration of Equinix’s European operations into its global business. As President of Equinix Europe, Mr. Schwartz oversees the management, strategy, and growth for Equinix in Europe.

Mr. Schwartz came to Equinix from BellSouth where he was Vice President of IP Communications and led the development and implementation of advanced technologies including VoIP. Prior to joining BellSouth, he was Executive Vice President of Harold A. Dawson Company, an Atlanta-based real estate development company. Mr. Schwartz also is a former member of McKinsey & Co., where he consulted with telecommunications and financial services companies in the United States. and Asia on strategic issues.


Mr. Schwartz earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and was an undergraduate at Stanford University where he earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Economics.

Samuel Lee

President, Equinix Asia-Pacific

Samuel Lee joined Equinix in 2000 and now serves as President of Equinix Asia-Pacific, overseeing the management, strategy and growth of the company’s Asia Pacific operations. Previously, he served as the Managing Director of Equinix Hong Kong, where he successfully led the Equinix Hong Kong team in building a strong position for Equinix in the financial services industry in Hong Kong.

Mr. Lee brings a wealth of experience in telecom and Internet services as well as expertise in startup operations.
Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Lee served as Managing Director of Pacific Gateway Exchange (PGE), a provider of wholesale and retail long distance, Internet, and bandwidth services. He founded Telekom Consulting Ltd., a consulting firm offering strategic assistance to network providers in the deregulated telecommunications market in Hong Kong and Asia. He also held management positions at Teleglobe International, Intel, and Sprint.

Mr. Lee holds a B.A. from City University of Hong Kong.

Jarrett Appleby

Chief Marketing Officer

Jarrett Appleby joined Equinix in 2008 and is a 25-year veteran of the telecommunications industry. Most recently, Mr. Appleby served as chief strategy and marketing officer for Reliance Globalcom LTD, where he re-branded the $1.6 billion company under a single, consistent global brand. He also led the acquisition and integration of Vanco Group LTD that expanded Globalcom’s capabilities in more than 230 countries, and the acquisition and integration of Yipes Enterprise Services which was a leader in Managed Ethernet Services for applications such as financial trading networks. Prior to Reliance Globalcom, Appleby was founder and CEO of ILV Group, a boutique consultancy for technology companies looking to accelerate growth with partnerships in hosting services, storage, managed services and application & content delivery services. Before starting ILV Group, Appleby served as senior vice president of strategy & corporate development for MCI (now Verizon Business) where he was the chief architect of MCI’s next-generation global service-delivery platform, and senior vice president of MCI Solutions which was a multi-billion dollar global enterprise services strategic business unit which included managed network, hosting & security services. He has also held senior positions at AT&T, Qwest Solutions and @Link Networks.

Mr. Appleby holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics & economics and a master’s in business administration from Lehigh University.

David Pickut

Chief Technology Officer

Dave Pickut joined Equinix in 2004 and served in several roles before settling into his current role as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Pickut held Vice President positions with a Tier 1 ISP and an IT products/services company, with responsibilities for data center operations and business management. His engineering experience encompasses both consulting services and product design related to mission-critical data center power, cooling, security, controls, and fire protection systems.

Mr. Pickut received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University and is a registered professional engineer, a member of the IEEE and NFPA.

Brian Lillie

Chief Information Officer

Brian Lillie held several senior-level executive roles at VeriSign, including Vice President of Information Systems, before joining Equinix in 2008. Prior to VeriSign, Mr. Lillie was Senior Director of Enterprise Applications at Silicon Graphics (SGI), where he successfully implemented Oracle ERP globally and built out IT infrastructure for the company’s European business. Mr. Lillie also held several leadership roles in the U.S. Air Force, where he worked in space research and development, satellite operations, and military computers and communications.

Mr. Lillie holds an M.S. in Management from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, an M.S. in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate University, and B.S. in Mathematics from Montana State University.

Mark Adams

Chief Development Officer

Mark Adams joined Equinix in 2008 and is a seasoned strategy and business development executive with over 20 years of experience across various sectors of the high-tech industry. Most recently, Mr. Adams was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy for Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (EFI), where he led a series of acquisitions and equity investments that helped reposition the company for new growth initiatives. Prior to EFI, Mr. Adams held senior leadership positions in corporate strategy, business development, and M&A transactions at several companies, including General Electric Capital and Adaptec.

Mr. Adams has an M.B.A. in Strategic Planning and Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.

Sushil (Sam) Kapoor

Chief Operating Officer, Equinix United States

Sam Kapoor joined Equinix in 2001 from WorldCom, where he held the position of Vice President of Hosting Operations and was responsible for the build-out and day-to-day operations of six hosting centers. Prior to the company's acquisition by WorldCom, Mr. Kapoor served as Vice President of Global Network Operations for CompuServe Network Services and was responsible for the engineering, implementation and operations for CompuServe’s worldwide network. Before joining CompuServe, Mr. Kapoor held the position of Senior Director of Telecommunications for over 10 years at Lexis-Nexis in Miamisburg, Ohio.



Mr. Kapoor holds an M.B.A. (Operations Research) from Miami University of Ohio and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

Brandi Galvin Morandi

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Brandi Galvin Morandi joined Equinix in January 2003 and has served as Equinix's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since that time. Before joining Equinix, Ms. Morandi practiced in the corporate securities group at the law firm of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP (Gunderson Dettmer) in Menlo Park, California. At Gunderson Dettmer, Ms. Morandi represented public and private companies in a variety of debt and equity offerings, mergers, and acquisitions as well as providing general corporate public company representation. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Morandi held various positions in the field of public relations.


Ms. Morandi holds a B.A. in International Relations and Journalism from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Keri Crask

Sr. Vice President, Global Human Resources

Keri Crask joined Equinix in 2005 and is responsible for leading the company's global human resource functions. Prior to joining Equinix, Ms. Crask built and led the global human resource team for Engenio Information Technology, an external RAID OEM storage system subsidiary of LSI Logic. Ms. Crask has also served in human resource management roles in the service and healthcare industries and in higher education.

Ms. Crask has completed the Stanford Human Resource Executive Program and holds an M.S. in Adult Education from Kansas State University along with a B.A. from Southwestern College.

Howard Horowitz

Sr. Vice President, Global Real Estate

Howard B. Horowitz joined Equinix in 2005 with more than 20 years experience in commercial real estate acquisition, leasing, and development. Prior to Equinix, Mr. Horowitz was a Senior Vice President and Principal of Trammell Crow Company, where he led the company’s development and corporate advisory services group, specializing in mission critical facilities. Prior to Trammell Crow Company, Mr. Horowitz was President and Principal Broker of Telecom Realty Group, Inc., a Northern Virginia-based real estate consulting and brokerage company that represented major telecommunications and high-tech companies throughout the U.S. Mr. Horowitz is nationally recognized in the field of data center site acquisition and development.

Dan Walker

Vice President, Sales, North America

Dan Walker joined Equinix in 2000 and has over fifteen years of sales experience in the high-tech industry. He has held several senior-level sales management positions within Equinix prior to assuming his current role at the start of 2008. He spearheaded Equinix’s solution offering to the financial industry by helping create the Equinix Financial Exchange (EFX) product in 2003. Prior to Equinix, Mr. Walker has also held high-level sales positions at AMP Incorporated and Globix.

Mr. Walker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Dayton. 

Jason Starr

Sr. Director, Investor Relations

Jason Starr joined Equinix in early 2000 and has served in a variety of roles including product development, product management and channel marketing, prior to assuming his current role in 2003. Mr. Starr joined Equinix from Excite@Home where he was Director of Channel MSO Accounts, and was most notably instrumental in signing and launching the commercial HFC Internet offerings for AT&T Broadband and Cox Communications commercial divisions. He was also one of the first employees at NETCOM OnLine communications where he managed the companys strategic partnership with WorldCom, as well as other sales management roles.

Mr. Starr has more than 13 years experience in the Internet telecommunications industry and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University, Chico.