Sara
Baack joined Equinix in 2012 as Chief Marketing Officer, and is responsible for
the company’s overall global brand, product and service portfolio, industry
analysis, communications and vertical market development. Ms. Baack brings to
Equinix more than 20 years of strategic corporate experience, joining the
company from Level 3 Communications, Inc., where she served in a variety of
senior positions, most recently as Senior Vice President of Voice Services. In
this role, Ms. Baack was responsible for strategy, product management, pricing
and commercial support, interconnection/regulatory policy, vendor management,
network planning and routing for the $1b business unit. In addition to her
career at Level 3, Ms. Baack also worked at PaineWebber Incorporated as Vice
President of Principal Transactions where she invested proprietary private
equity capital in the communications sector. Ms. Baack
holds a B.A. from Rice University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University
Graduate School of Business.