Women's Forum Global Meeting 2024

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John Eland

STACK Infrastructure EMEA

CEO

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John Eland is the Chief Executive Officer at STACK EMEA. John joined STACK in April 2022 to oversee the company’s expansion across the EMEA region. He brings a wealth of expertise to the role with more than 24 years of experience across the data center, telecommunications, and investment sectors. Prior to joining STACK, John served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Global Data Centers division at NTT Ltd., one of the world’s largest data center platforms with more than 160 data centers across APAC, EMEA, India, and Americas. In this role from 2017 to 2022, John led strategy and corporate development in existing and new markets. He also oversaw NTT’s ongoing expansion efforts through M&A, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and development, and was responsible for the go-to-market strategy and development management. In April 2019, John led the integration and rebranding of NTT’s global data center affiliates including e-shelter and Gyron in Europe, Ragingwire in the US, Netmagic in India and NTT Communications data centers in APAC. As part of this newly formed global platform, John took the role of Chief Strategy Officer, NTT Global Data Centers. John began his career in the telecommunications sector in the late 90’s in sales and channel management for Verizon and Virgin Media. He later assumed the role of CEO at Data City Exchange, a modular data center solution innovator. From there he transitioned to the investment side of the industry, joining AXA Investment Managers in 2014 to oversee the deployment and management of AXA IM’s £1billion data center investments program. In this role, John’s responsibilities included investment strategy, new data center development, acquisitions, and management of equity investments into data center operators.

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Plenary
Oct 23, 2024
8:35 AM9:10 AM
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Unity without uniformity: How can tech and AI champion diversity?

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As AI and smart algorithms advance, concerns about gender equality and diverse representation are mounting. Biases can reinforce harmful narratives and limit diverse perspectives in tech. Championing diversity in tech is critical. A diverse team brings varied viewpoints essential to developing inclusive and innovative technologies. By embracing diversity in gender, age, ethnicity, and perspectives in the workforce, we can foster innovations that not only promote critical thinking and dialogue, but also make sure the tech sector becomes a true vector of inclusion.
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