SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Megaport, the global leader in SDN-based elastic interconnection, today announced that Eric Troyer has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). This addition comes as Megaport continues its global expansion with newly established offices in North America, and ongoing service roll-outs in North America and Europe. In his role, Troyer will be responsible for all of Megaport’s external communications and growth strategies across the globe. Troyer is based in the company’s San Francisco headquarters and will report directly to Megaport CEO Denver Maddux.
A long-time leader in the Internet infrastructure industry, Troyer joins Megaport from Microsoft, where he was Director of Network Edge and Interconnection Strategy, in charge of the Microsoft’s overall planning for network expansion and IP capacity acquisition. Prior to his role at Microsoft, Troyer was Director of Interconnection and Mobile Services with Equinix, a global leader in interconnection and data center services where he spearheaded the growth of the Equinix Internet Exchange and built Equinix’s mobile industry vertical.
"Eric is a proven business leader within the Internet space and I personally have worked closely with him in several different roles for more than 15 years. I couldn’t be more excited about Eric joining us to transform our go-to-market efforts and support the global growth strategy. His deep understanding of industry pain points and experience in building ecosystems are crucial to driving Megaport’s business to the next level, and increasing the uptake of cloud and network services by enterprises across the Megaport Fabric,” said Denver Maddux, CEO of Megaport.
"This is an amazing time in the transformation of how cloud and network services are consumed. Until recently, very little innovation has taken place at the interconnection layer to align the networking model to the way cloud services are used,” said Troyer. “Combining a solution that right-sizes cloud connectivity with continued Internet peering growth capabilities across a common platform will transform the industry. I’m thrilled to join the talented Megaport team that has initiated this new innovation cycle. Taking the company that pioneered the SDN-enabled interconnection fabric into new global markets is an exciting opportunity.”
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About Megaport
Megaport is the global leader and pioneer in elastic interconnection. Established in 2013 and founded by Bevan Slattery, Megaport built the world’s first SDN-based neutral elastic fabric changing the way enterprises, networks, and services interconnect. The high demand for interconnects and the need to change bandwidth acquisition has pushed Megaport into new markets globally with full integration into the U.S. market expected by the end of 2015. Megaport has been built by a highly experienced team with extensive knowledge in building large scale global carrier networks. To learn more about Megaport, please visit: www.megaport.com.
