Linkedin Facebook-f Twitter Vimeo

Client Portal

NJFX Names New Vice President of Sales and Customer Relations

 Doug Corbett Appointed to Develop Strategic Domestic and International Subsea Partnerships for Interconnection at NJFX’s Tier 3 Carrier-Neutral Collocation Facility

JUNE 13, 2016

WALL, NJ –  New Jersey Fiber Exchange (NJFX), the first Tier 3 carrier-neutral colocation facility that intersects where subsea cables from the United States, South America, Europe and the Caribbean meet, announces today the appointment of Doug Corbett to the position of Vice President of Sales and Customer Relations.  A telecommunications industry veteran with over 25 years of sales leadership experience, Mr. Corbett has driven revenue growth and profitability, and contributed his expertise to the go-to-market strategies of a number of high-profile telecom and technology companies. As Vice President of Sales and Customer Relations, he is responsible for developing strategic domestic and international subsea partnerships for interconnection within NJFX’s Tier 3 carrier-neutral collocation facility.
 

Prior to joining NJFX, Mr. Corbett was Vice President of Allied Fiber, where he expanded the company’s dark fiber and collocation business, and developed sales campaigns across various industry segments in the U.S. and internationally.  Previously, he held senior sales executive positions at Tellabs, Dell, Force 10 Networks and Turin Networks.  While Executive Account Manager at Tellabs, a provider of optical network solutions, and Global Sales Director at Turin, a carrier Ethernet solutions provider for wireline and wireless network operators, Mr. Corbett developed strategic multinational partnerships that resulted in the deployment of over $200 million of optical and packet transmission equipment in total. He began his telecommunications career in networks sales at Rochester Telephone.  Mr. Corbett earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

“We are delighted to welcome a senior executive of Doug Corbett’s caliber and results-oriented approach,” comments Gil Santaliz, CEO of NJFX.  “He is well-known in the industry and is a great addition to the team.  This is an exciting time for NJFX, and Doug’s breadth of sales leadership experience on both domestic and international stages makes him an invaluable asset to forming new subsea interconnection partnerships.”

“As NJFX embarks on a historic journey to create a new edge that offers customers greater control of their networks and the freedom to decide how they interconnect U.S. domestic networks with international subsea systems, I am excited to play a pivotal role in contributing my experience to the company’s objectives,” states Doug Corbett.  “As the first Tier 3 carrier-neutral colocation facility that intersects where subsea cables from the U.S., South America, Europe and the Caribbean meet, NJFX’s positioning is nothing short of visionary, and to become a member of this game-changing organization is an exhilarating proposition.”

For more information about NJFX and its carrier-neutral “Tier 3 by the Subsea” data center, visit www.NJFX.net.

###

About NJFX:

NJFX is a Tier 3 Carrier Neutral Cable Landing Station campus. Our colocation ecosystem has expanded to over 35 network operators offering flexibility, reliability, and security. Our Wall, NJ location provides direct access to multiple subsea cable systems giving our carriers diverse connectivity solutions and offers direct interconnection without recurring cross-connect fees.

More In the News

Why operators and enterprises will need an AI data center strategy

February 21, 2024 No Comments

Enterprises are prioritizing low-latency networks to ensure that their AI applications function at optimal efficiency and accuracy. This focus on reducing latency is about more than speed; it’s about creating a seamless, responsive experience for end-users and maintaining a competitive edge in an increasingly AI-driven market.

Read More »

The New Wave of SMART Cables

February 2, 2024 No Comments

The Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (SMART) Subsea Cables initiative seeks to revolutionize deep ocean observing by equipping transoceanic telecommunications cables with sensors to provide novel and persistent insights into the state of the ocean, at a modest incremental cost.

Read More »
Explore More
Eastlink is excited to expand our network into NJFX’s robust telecom ecosystem. This will provide diverse routing for key destinations such as Ashburn, VA while avoiding the congested NYC metro area."
Steve Irvine
Steve IrvineSenior VP Engineering and CTO
We are pleased to be participating in this unique, carrier neutral ecosystem NJFX has created to deepen our relationship with the wholesale carrier community as well as provide the enterprise customers optionally for access to diverse terrestrial networks and our Seabras-1 subsea cable system. This is an exciting opportunity to reach new customers with flexibility and scale while driving end-user enablement at this world-class facility.
Steve Orlando
Steve OrlandoCEO
We are continually looking for ways to strategically expand our offerings to customers, through our new Point-of-Presence at NJFX, we have added another critical location to address customer’s growing requirements for access to our advanced and powerful global network, including our extensive fiber footprint in the U.S., which is now available coast-to-coast for wholesale customers.”
Michael DeChiara
Michael DeChiara Associate Vice President, AT&T Wholesale Solutions
Our collaboration with NJFX gives Colt customers rapid access to critical digital infrastructure and satisfies the diversity and low latency needs of some of the most demanding customers in the financial sector,
Robin Farnan
Robin FarnanEVP – Operations & Engineering at Colt
On-Demand connectivity opens incredible possibilities for different verticals or even carriers looking to expand into Latam while minimizing risk and cost of entry. With this unique offering we are introducing a new way to improve the traditional model, providing the right flexibility and dynamicity to scale resources as needed”
Jeremy Villalobos
Jeremy VillalobosCOO at Orchest.
As we embark on this strategic partnership with NJFX, we’re not just connecting infrastructure; we’re forging a pathway for our customers to traverse the digital landscape faster and more efficiently than ever before. We are excited to be partnering with NJFX and this collaboration amplifies opportunities for our customers to access Europe with unprecedented speed on the EXA network. We are committed to providing cutting-edge solutions in today’s digital era that is defined by connectivity.
Steve Roberts
Steve RobertsVP Network Investments
We are excited to expand our network to NJFX. Today’s network expansion furthers our goal of providing more connectivity globally to as many enterprises as possible, while satisfying critical bandwidth demands.
Mike Leber
Mike LeberPresident
United Fiber & Data is excited to bring our geographically diverse fiber network and flexible, low latency lit services of 10G and 100G to provide secure, high capacity network connectivity to NJFX and its clients. United Fiber & Data’s fiber infrastructure and scalable capacity on its unique route and the ability to turn up services quickly positions us to be the provider of choice for secure, high capacity, low latency network connectivity.
Christopher Lodge
Christopher LodgeCOO and interim CEO
Establishing a PoP at NJFX provides Console Connect and PCCW Global users with access to direct, low latency routes to major business hubs along the east coast. At the same time, we are excited to bring Console Connect’s on-demand global connectivity to NJFX customers, who can experience the agility and flexibility of Software Defined Interconnection®.
Marc Halbfinger
Marc HalbfingerCEO
Previous
Next

Experience the flexibility, reliability, and security yourself

Schedule A Tour

njfx state of the art facility
Linkedin Facebook-f Twitter Vimeo
small_c_popup.png

Let's have a chat

Learn how we helped 100 top brands gain success.