Dawn Smith is known as President of the Company
Chris Heinrich is Promoted to Chief Revenue Officer
DENVER, Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cologix, North America’s main network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge knowledge heart firm, at the moment introduced that it has made senior govt management modifications as a part of its succession planning course of.
Effective instantly, Dawn Smith, the corporate’s earlier President and Chief Operations Officer, is now the President of Cologix. As President of Cologix, Smith provides management for the data know-how and safety capabilities in addition to Cologix’s subsidiary fiber options firm, Metro Optic, to her current position main the corporate’s knowledge heart design, engineering, building, operations, compliance, provide chain/vendor administration, gross sales engineering, actual property improvement, expertise engagement, human assets and authorized capabilities.
Smith joined Cologix in 2018 as President and Chief Operations Officer, and has efficiently optimized and scaled the business by operational excellence in addition to constructing finest in school design and building group. Prior to Cologix, Smith held govt management roles with McAfee and VMware. Smith holds a BS from the U.S. Naval Academy and served within the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. Additionally, Smith holds an MBA from Providence College and a JD from Stanford Law School. She additionally had a profitable authorized follow within the know-how business at each Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and as a associate at Morrison & Foerster.
“Dawn has done a fantastic job serving as Cologix’s President and COO, and has played an instrumental role in our company’s success and operational excellence,” mentioned Cologix Chief Executive Officer Laura Ortman. “Dawn’s 30+ years experience in executive and business operations leadership positions across global technology companies, coupled with her proven track record and outstanding leadership will ensure continued success as we enter our next phase of growth.”
Additionally, Cologix has promoted Chris Heinrich to Chief Revenue Officer. In this position, Heinrich is accountable for overseeing gross sales, buyer expertise, product, income operations and strategic partnership efforts. Heinrich joined Cologix in 2019 as the corporate’s Chief Sales Officer. During this time, Heinrich constructed a world class gross sales group and developed a strategic strategy to give attention to multimarket, platform-based promoting in North America. Under his management, the Sales group has secured multimillion-dollar, long-term buyer commitments which have led to document bookings development.
Heinrich has 25 years of enterprise know-how gross sales expertise with a give attention to strategic partnerships in addition to channel packages and execution. Before becoming a member of Cologix, Heinrich led North American gross sales for Adobe’s Document Cloud/eSign SaaS business. He additionally spent over 9 years at VMware, the place he held quite a few gross sales and management roles. Heinrich holds a BA from Fresno State University the place he studied Communications, Marketing and Advertising.
“Chris’ leadership, professionalism and expertise have taken Cologix to new heights, accelerating a high-growth business with an expanded go-to-market strategy,” mentioned Ortman. “His promotion speaks to Chris’ ability to build a world class sales team full of talented, industry experts that will continue to lead our growth strategy.”
“We are excited for these two dynamic leaders to take on their new roles. Today’s announcements reflect our deep bench strength of talent, and each of these leaders represents proven strategic thinking, strong execution and a commitment to our value proposition – to accelerate growth for our customers’ businesses at the digital edge,” added Ortman.
About Cologix Inc.
Cologix offers carrier- and cloud-neutral hyperscale edge knowledge facilities and providers throughout North America. Cologix is the interconnection hub for cloud service suppliers, carriers and a wealthy ecosystem of companions who need to deploy purposes on the very edge throughout Canada and the U.S. With a rising portfolio of subsequent technology services that meet the distinctive necessities for hyperscale development with deep connectivity, Cologix gives huge scale and tailored knowledge heart options to speed up prospects’ digital transformation. For on-demand connectivity for scale and management, Cologix Access Marketplace offers quick, dependable, self-service provisioning. For a tour of one among our knowledge facilities in Ashburn, Columbus, Dallas, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Minneapolis, Montréal, New Jersey, Silicon Valley, Toronto or Vancouver go to Cologix or electronic mail. Follow Cologix on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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