Equinix Secures Justin Dustzadeh as Chief Technology Officer
- Dustzadeh joins the company from Uber.
Global interconnection and data centre company Equinix, Inc. announced this week that it has a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), by securing former Uber employee Justin Dustzadeh for the role.
Justin Dustzadeh, Chief Technology Officer, Equinix
Source: Equinix
As the CTO, Dustzadeh is now responsible for creating a technology roadmap which will be used to support the company’s platform strategy. He will also be in charge of Equinix’s next-generation technology and innovation function, among other roles.
Justin Dustzadeh joins Equinix from Uber
Dustzadeh’s career has spanned for more than 25 years, all of which has been based in technology and architecture-focused roles. Most recently, he was the Head of Global Network & Software Platform for Uber.
Commenting on the appointment, Charles Meyers, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Equinix, said: "We are thrilled to have Justin join the Equinix leadership team."
“Justin's depth of experience in developing technology strategy and transforming some of the world's largest digital companies will be a powerful asset to Equinix as we drive the company forward, breaking new ground with our customers."
Before he was at Uber and responsible for the 24/7 operations of Uber's global network infrastructure and software platforms, Dustzadeh was working at Visa for more than two years.
As the Vice President and Head of Global Infrastructure Network Services, he helped move the payments company’s global infrastructure towards open, software-defined networking and Cloud Cloud The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc Read this Term technologies, the statement said.
Throughout his more than two-decade career, Dustzadeh has also worked at Huawei as the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Technology Strategy, Ericsson, Divvio, AT&T Labs and more.
"I am very honored to join this world-class team and look forward to helping Equinix Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term the power of technology to extend its market leadership. Having architected and implemented scaled technology platforms for some of the world's most mission-critical digital environments, I have huge appreciation for how well Equinix is positioned in the new connected economy,” added Justin Dustzadeh.
“Platform Equinix is an indispensable part of the Digital Transformation journey for many of the world's leading companies, and I am excited to help build on the company's long track record of success."
Global interconnection and data centre company Equinix, Inc. announced this week that it has a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), by securing former Uber employee Justin Dustzadeh for the role.
Justin Dustzadeh, Chief Technology Officer, Equinix
Source: Equinix
As the CTO, Dustzadeh is now responsible for creating a technology roadmap which will be used to support the company’s platform strategy. He will also be in charge of Equinix’s next-generation technology and innovation function, among other roles.
Justin Dustzadeh joins Equinix from Uber
Dustzadeh’s career has spanned for more than 25 years, all of which has been based in technology and architecture-focused roles. Most recently, he was the Head of Global Network & Software Platform for Uber.
Commenting on the appointment, Charles Meyers, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Equinix, said: "We are thrilled to have Justin join the Equinix leadership team."
“Justin's depth of experience in developing technology strategy and transforming some of the world's largest digital companies will be a powerful asset to Equinix as we drive the company forward, breaking new ground with our customers."
Before he was at Uber and responsible for the 24/7 operations of Uber's global network infrastructure and software platforms, Dustzadeh was working at Visa for more than two years.
As the Vice President and Head of Global Infrastructure Network Services, he helped move the payments company’s global infrastructure towards open, software-defined networking and Cloud Cloud The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc Read this Term technologies, the statement said.
Throughout his more than two-decade career, Dustzadeh has also worked at Huawei as the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Technology Strategy, Ericsson, Divvio, AT&T Labs and more.
"I am very honored to join this world-class team and look forward to helping Equinix Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term the power of technology to extend its market leadership. Having architected and implemented scaled technology platforms for some of the world's most mission-critical digital environments, I have huge appreciation for how well Equinix is positioned in the new connected economy,” added Justin Dustzadeh.
“Platform Equinix is an indispensable part of the Digital Transformation journey for many of the world's leading companies, and I am excited to help build on the company's long track record of success."