Name:Steve Smith
TitleCompany:Chief Executive Officer, Zayo, USA
Bio:Steve Smith is Chief Executive Officer at Zayo, the leading independent communications infrastructure provider. Steve has over 30 years of expertise as a global leader in the technology sector and a deep background in managing and scaling market-leading technology businesses.
Prior to joining Zayo, Steve served as Managing Director at GI Partners. From 2007 to 2018, he served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Equinix, the largest data center company globally. Under his leadership, Equinix grew from $2 billion to $34 billion in market value and from $400 million to $4.4 billion in revenue. He also previously held senior leadership roles with HP Services, Lucent Technologies and Electronic Data Systems Corporation.
Steve had a successful eight-year career in the U.S. Army where he was aide-de-camp to the office of the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Pacific. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a B.S. in Engineering.
Steve currently serves on the Board of Directors of Zayo and NextDC.