FIVE MINUTES WITH ...
ZACHARY S M I T H
Zachary Smith runs the global edge infrastructure services of Equinix , including product management , engineering , and the performance of its network edge and metal services in the market .
He also moonlights as President of the Open19 Project , where he helps establish industry standards for sustainable data centre infrastructure .
Q . TELL US ABOUT YOUR EDUCATION AND CAREER PATH
» When I was 17 , I was convinced I was going to be a musician ! I dropped out of high school and made my way to NYC , where I went to study classical double bass at Juilliard .
It turns out , while I was there , I found out I loved computers ( fixing them , learning about them , etc .), so I ended up landing at a small , cloud-hosting startup after I left school . It was the most fun I ever had , and I never looked back ! I ’ ve been an entrepreneur and data centre infrastructure junkie ever since .
Q . WHAT LED YOU TO THIS INDUSTRY ?
» A good friend of mine suggested that , if I couldn ’ t get a job as a Juilliard graduate ,
18 February 2023