NTT
America, a global IT infrastructure services provider and
wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT
Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the data, cloud and
international communications business within NTT
(NYSE: NTT), today announced the appointment of Christopher P. Eldredge
as the company’s Executive Vice President of Data Center Services. The
Data Center Services Business Unit, one of NTT America’s three business
units, offers comprehensive services designed to accommodate rapid
deployment and implementation of IT initiatives with Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS) solutions, including managed hosting, cloud and
colocation services.
Christopher Eldredge, Vice President of Data Center Services for NTT America (Photo: Business Wire)
Reporting directly to Kazuhiro Gomi, NTT America’s President and CEO,
and based out of the company’s Virginia office, Mr. Eldredge will be
responsible for overseeing all facets of the Data Center Services
Business Unit, including product and service delivery of NTT Com’s
pioneering Enterprise Cloud in the United States; product and service
delivery for managed hosting, colocation solutions and NTT Com’s data
centers located throughout the US; as well as product mapping and
strategic business planning. His additional responsibilities will
include full profit and loss accountability, driving business
development activities with system integrator partners, and directing
new business strategy for data center services.
Mr. Eldredge brings 16 years of executive management, strategic business
development, mergers and acquisitions, and operational and sales
experience in the telecommunications industry to NTT America. Most
recently, Mr. Eldredge was the President and General Manager of Ethernet
Exchange and Product Management at Telx, a provider of interconnection
and data center services in the US. While at Telx he engaged in
significant strategic business decisions, including a re-leveraged
buyout of the company in 2011. Prior to Telx, he held executive
leadership positions at Silver Lake Private Equity, Broadview Networks,
Frontier Communications and Cablevision. His previous experience
includes full profit and loss responsibility for up to $600 million in
annual revenue, advising on considerable merger and acquisition deals,
and building a new business unit from zero to more than $140 million in
annual revenue within four years.
“Chris brings an ideal blend of executive management, corporate strategy
and financial experience to NTT America, along with a proven track
record of driving revenue growth at a number of companies within the
data center and telecommunications space,” said Kazuhiro Gomi, President
and CEO of NTT America. “We’re confident he will hit the ground running,
spearheading the continued growth of our Data Center Services Business
Unit, and uphold the high quality delivery of our superior products and
services to our customers. We welcome Chris and look forward to his
contributions at NTT America.”
Mr. Eldredge is a highly sought after speaker and has presented at a
number of industry events, including North American Network Operators’
Group (NANOG), Capacity, Uptime Institute, Pacific Telecommunications
Council (PTC) and Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) events. He holds an M.B.A.
in Strategic Management from Dowling College, an M.A. in Public
Relations and Advertising from New York Institute of Technology, and a
B.B.A. in Marketing from Hofstra University.
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About NTT Communications
NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and
cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology
(ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the
company’s worldwide infrastructure, including leading global tier-1 IP
network, Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching over 160
countries/regions, and over 140 secure data centers. NTT Communications’
solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including
Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.
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