Board of Directors
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Stephen M. Smith
Stephen M. Smith has served as chief executive officer and president of Equinix, Inc., a global Internet infrastructure company, since April 2007. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Smith served as senior vice president of HP Services, the services segment of Hewlett-Packard, Co., where he was responsible for management of the organization's Consulting and Integration, Managed Services, and Technology Deployment and Support business groups.
Before holding this position, 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 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 Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.