nLighten
Ronald Akkerman is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in business development and sales in the telecommunications and digital infrastructure sectors. Currently serving as Senior Director of Business Development at nLighten and as a volunteer at Fietsmaatjes Almere, Ronald also holds the position of Senior Industry Advisor and Sparring Partner at Taakk Impact, where expertise spans digital infrastructure and telecommunications platforms. Prior roles include significant leadership positions at Equinix, where Ronald contributed to global account management and sales strategy for Network Service Providers in EMEA. Ronald's career also features directorial roles at TATA Communications and Verizon, as well as foundational roles at MCI and KPN Telecom. Ronald holds an MBA in finance and a BSc in Finance, complemented by early career experience in banking.
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nLighten
nLighten is a digital infrastructure platform of I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investor. We are developing innovative edge data centers distributed across European key economic hubs to provide best-in-class network access to regional, national and global enterprises, private users and the mobile workforce. With the strategic distribution of its edge data centers, nLighten is working towards having a pan-European presence in all major cities and providing access to low latency and proximity to end users across Europe. The nLighten edge data centers are designed to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable data processing and storage, while also being mindful of environmental impact. nLighten was founded in 2021 by a core team with many years’ experience and wide-ranging expertise in the data center sector. The team’s main motivation was to create the next step for the data center industry and align edge data centers with the green transition. nLighten’s goal is to build and operate the leading pan-European edge data center platform. We are hiring: nLighten is driven by a dynamic and creative international team and the company is fast-growing, future-oriented and innovative. That’s why we’re always looking for talented and driven individuals to join us and take their career to the next level. Interested? Contact us at hr@nlighten.eu