Company

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT

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 Application Services at Silicon Graphics (SGI), where he successfully implemented Oracle ERP globally and built out IT infrastructure for the company’s European team. He also held several leadership roles in the U.S. Air Force, where Mr. Lillie 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 and an M.S. in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate 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.

Lane Patterson

Chief Technologist

Lane Patterson is Chief Technologist for Equinix. He runs network architecture and development projects for the company, including 10GigE switching platforms supporting BGP4 peering, ROADM-based metro optical services, emerging VoIP and SIP peering, and experimental IPv6 and Multicast exchanges. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Patterson was Director of IP Network Management Systems for GlobalCrossing, Inc., where he contributed to tools development, event reporting, traffic measurement, and trending for a large-scale IP backbone and content distribution centers. During 1995-96, he served as a Data Communications Consultant at MFS WorldCom, where he managed installations and operation of the MAE-East exchange point and related Frame Relay and ATM services during an explosive growth stage.

Mr. Patterson received a B.A. in Physics from Cornell University and an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.