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As Vice President Equinix Asia-Pacific Mr. Samuel Lee holds overall responsibility for all Equinix operations in the Asia-Pacific region including Internet Business Exchange (IBX®) centers in Tokyo Hong Kong Singapore and Sydney. Mr. Lee brings a wealth of experience in telecom and Internet services as well as expertise in startup operations.
Most recently Mr. Lee was Managing Director of Equinix Hong Kong. Under his tenure the Hong Kong IBX became an EBITDA (defined as income or loss from operations before depreciation amortization accretion stock-based compensation expense and restructuring charges) and cash flow positive operation. Lee also successfully led the Equinix Hong Kong team in building a strong position for Equinix in providing business continuity and disaster recovery services for the financial services industry in Hong Kong.
Prior to joining Equinix in 2000 Lee served as managing director of Pacific Gateway Exchange (PGE) a provider of wholesale and retail long distance Internet and bandwidth services. In this position he spearheaded the companys expansion into the Hong Kong market focusing on carrier services such as voice wholesale bilateral relationships capacity and back haul sales and Internet business services including transit colocation and content delivery services.
Prior to PGE Mr. Lee founded Telekom Consulting Limited a consulting firm offering strategic assistance to network providers in the deregulated telecommunications market in Hong Kong and Asia. Lee also held management positions at Teleglobe International Intel and Sprint.
Mr. Lee holds a B.A. from City University of Hong Kong. | 