Jarrett B. Appleby

Jarrett Appleby is a senior advisor with The Blackstone Group, where he brings more than 25 years of experience in successfully developing and executing growth strategies for technology platform and IT solutions companies in competitive global markets. Mr. Appleby has demonstrated expertise in transforming go-to-market strategies, execution and messaging in the integrated communications, data center and IT solutions industries.

He has held senior executive leadership roles with Digital Realty Trust and CoreSite Realty, Inc., where he was chief operating officer; Equinix, Inc., where he was chief marketing officer; Reliance GlobalCom, LTD, where he was chief strategy and marketing officer; and MCI Communications, where he was senior vice president of strategy & corporate development, among others. Mr. Appleby serves on various boards and as an advisor to various technology platform and IT solutions companies.

He received a Bachelor of Arts and an MBA from Lehigh University.