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Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced that Dick Theunissen has joined the company as its Vice President of Marketing for Europe. Theunissen joins Equinix from Santiva Europe, a consultancy that helps technology firms enter international markets, where he was a Partner.
Theunissen brings to Equinix more than 15 years’ experience of business development and strategic marketing in the telecommunications and hosting industry. Prior to Santiva Europe, Theunissen was Chief Marketing Officer at colocation provider, Interxion; and he was President of Amen International, a European webhosting company. Theunissen also held senior leadership positions at VIA NET.WORKS, KPNQwest and KPN.
Theunissen will spearhead Equinix marketing in Europe, focusing on how organizations in the region can rely on Equinix’s global platform of high performance International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers and services to expand geographic reach and improve application performance.
“These are exciting times for Equinix; in the last year alone we have opened eight new state-of-the-art facilities in Europe, boosting our business, particularly in high-growth, digital-dependent sectors such as financial services, cloud and digital media,” said Eric Schwartz, President of Equinix Europe “Dick is an asset to the Equinix team; his extensive industry experience developing go-to-market strategies for leading technology firms means he’s ideally placed to help Equinix continue its growth trajectory.”
“As the world’s largest network neutral data center company, Equinix is in a unique position to help organizations expand their operations, whether it is by entering new markets around the world, or connecting to new business partners within our data centers,” said Theunissen. “My role is to show the strategic business value of partnering with a firm like Equinix, illustrating how data center services are no longer just confined to providing space and power.”
