10 Equinix data center leaders
Regional Vice President IBX Operations, AMER West, Senior Director, Data Center Operations (Texas Region) and Director Datacenter Operation - Campus Frankfurt North-East are among the current titles held by these Equinix data center leaders. A reader can learn how data center leaders run their sites at Equinix from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Debbie Phillips
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Data Centre Operations · Equinix
Debbie Phillips has been Senior Director, Data Centre Operations at Equinix since February 2024, based in the United Kingdom. Debbie Phillips was Chief Operating Officer at 24i from 2021 to 2023, Business Unit Director at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) from 2020 to 2021 and Head of Global Operations at Red Bee Media from 2007 to 2017.
Dorén Fischer
LinkedInExperience: Director, IBX Operations Campus West (FR4/5/6/7/8) · Equinix
Dorén Fischer has been Director, IBX Operations Campus West (FR4/5/6/7/8) at Equinix since February 2025, based in Hanau am Main, Germany. Dorén Fischer was Director, IBX Operations - FR4/6/8 at Equinix from 2024 to 2025 and Head of Global Data Center & Cloud at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany from 2022 to 2024.
Ganesh Pawar
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Data Center Operations · Equinix
Ganesh Pawar has been Senior Director Data Center Operations at Equinix since March 2026, based in Mumbai, India. Ganesh Pawar was Director Data Center Operations Equinix India at Equinix from 2021 to 2026 and Senior Manager-Data Center Operations at CtrlS Datacenters from 2016 to 2021.
Gilbert Martinez, DCEP
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Data Center Operations (Texas Region) · Equinix
Gilbert Martinez has been Senior Director, Data Center Operations (Texas Region) at Equinix since February 2026, based in Dallas, Texas. Gilbert Martinez was Director, Data Center Operations (Texas Region) at Equinix from 2022 to 2026 and Senior Manager, Data Center Engineering Operations, US East at Oracle in 2022.
James Dawson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director IBX Operations north west region · Equinix
James Dawson has been Senior Director IBX Operations north west region at Equinix since February 2018, based in Livermore, California, and has also held the role of Director facilities operations north west region there since February 2005. James Dawson worked in facilities at abovenet from 2002 to 2005.
Jason Brick
LinkedInExperience: Director of IBX Operations · Equinix
Jason Brick has been Director of IBX Operations at Equinix since October 2020, based in Evans, Colorado. Jason Brick was Senior IBX Manager at Equinix from 2018 to 2020, Chief Datacenter Engineer at Flexential from 2017 to 2018 and Datacenter Operations Manager at Microsoft from 2015 to 2016.
Joanie Lester
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President IBX Operations, AMER West · Equinix
Joanie Lester has been Regional Vice President IBX Operations, AMER West at Equinix since May 2023, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and the profile says the role oversees 38 data centers across seven metropolitan areas. Joanie Lester was Senior Vice President; Global Data Center Strategy - Chief Technology Organization at Bank of America from 2016 to 2023.
Jong-Rae Lee
LinkedInExperience: Director, IBX Operations / Head of Data Center Operation · Equinix
Jong-Rae Lee has been Director, IBX Operations / Head of Data Center Operation at Equinix since November 2020, based in South Korea. Jong-Rae Lee was Vice President at 제주신화월드 Jeju Shinhwa World from 2015 to 2020 and Vice President - Audit Manager / Technology, Change and Third Parity at Citibank Korea, Inc. from 2013 to 2015.
Joseph Arbour
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Canada IBX Operations · Equinix
Joseph Arbour has been Senior Director, Canada IBX Operations at Equinix since June 2023, based in Hamilton, Ontario. Joseph Arbour was Senior Director Data Centre Operations Canada at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2004 to 2007 and Service Delivery Executive for CIBC Account at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2011.
Wolfgang Langhammer
LinkedInExperience: Director Datacenter Operation - Campus Frankfurt North-East · Equinix
Wolfgang Langhammer has been Director Datacenter Operation - Campus Frankfurt North-East at Equinix since March 2025, based in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area. Wolfgang Langhammer was Senior Manager IBX - Datacenter Operations at Equinix from 2023 to 2025 and IBX Manager - Datacenter Operation there from 2021 to 2023.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your data center role at Equinix?
- 02How do you balance uptime against maintenance and expansion work on the sites you oversee?
- 03What has your own work taught you about keeping practices consistent across many data center sites?
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