
Jim Poole
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Jim Poole is the Vice President for Global Ecosystem Development at Equinix. In this role he explores new and emerging digital ecosystems with a focus on how interconnection can be used to strategic advantage by Equinix customers.
Prior to his current role, Jim served as the Vice President for Global Service Provider Marketing, where he was responsible for vertical strategy, messaging and sales activation. Jim has more than 20 years of experience in the ICT industry, and has held executive-level positions at Roundbox, Savvis, C&W Americas, NTT, dynamicsoft and UUNET.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Jim Poole and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.


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