Hans Nipshagen joined the corporate on Could 1st, bringing over twenty years of expertise in enterprise gross sales, channel technique, and regional management. Earlier than becoming a member of nLighten, Hans held the position of Regional Vice President, Channel Gross sales EMEA at Akamai Applied sciences, the place he efficiently restructured the corporate’s EMEA channel gross sales group to enhance scalability and alignment with the direct gross sales groups. Throughout his 13-year tenure at Akamai, Hans additionally led cybersecurity gross sales efforts within the Center East, Africa, and Central and Japanese Europe, and served as Benelux Website Chief and statutory board member for Akamai’s Dutch and worldwide operations.
Arno van Gennip joined nLighten in April, bringing intensive management expertise in operations throughout vital infrastructure and sustainability. He most lately served as VP World IBX Operations Engineering at Equinix, overseeing international operations engineering. Throughout his 9 years at Equinix, Arno additionally led strategic initiatives in operational environmental sustainability, facility operations, and engineering transformation. Previous to that, he spent 15 years at Colt Expertise Companies in varied senior roles, overseeing the design, supply, and technical infrastructure of information facilities throughout Western Europe.
“Welcoming Hans and Arno to the management crew is a major milestone for nLighten as we scale throughout Europe,” mentioned Harro Beusker, CEO and Co-Founding father of nLighten. “Hans brings invaluable experience in constructing thriving companion ecosystems throughout complicated markets, whereas Arno’s operational management and sustainability focus can be essential as we develop responsibly. Each are strategic hires that may strengthen our capabilities and assist place nLighten as a vanguard information middle platform in Europe.”
As nLighten continues to develop its footprint with sustainable, low-latency information facilities throughout core enterprise hubs in Europe, the appointments of Hans Nipshagen and Arno van Gennip replicate the corporate’s dedication to combining deep native experience with robust pan-European management.
