Packet Hires Former Equinix CTO as Its New Chief Technology Officer

📅 August 1, 2018 - By hiring former Equinix CTO and veteran telecom executive, Ihab Tarazi , Packet (packet.net) – a bare metal cloud provider for developers – hopes to accelerate its product and technology leadership in hybrid cloud and edge computing.

At Equinix, Ihab Tarazi was accountable for technology innovation and strategic engagements with leading platforms as well as emerging players in the Cloud, Security, Storage, Edge and IoT sectors. In his former role, Ihab also oversaw engineering and operations for the Equinix interconnection platforms including Cloud Exchange, Internet Exchange, and Optical Metro Connect.

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