Brian Lillie Email Address

Chief Product and Technology Officer

A market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide.

Senior Executive with 25+ years experience leading functionally diverse teams in challenging private and public sector environments -- examples of these teams and environments are provided below: * As Chief Customer Officer and EVP of Technology Services, Lillie directly leads the Global Customer Success Organization, which includes Global Customer Care, Global Customer Experience, Global Customer Process, and Global Technology Services, including IT and Interconnection Product Engineering. * Previous assignment was as Global CIO of Equinix where he helped lead enterprise-wide It initiatives and develop the innovative Equinix Cloud Exchange portal and API platform, the Equinix Customer Portal, and the Equinix Internet Exchange Portal. * Led the Global Sales Operations function for VeriSign * Led VeriSign's Executive PMO reporting to the CEO charged with the task of reorganizing the global company from a divisional structure to a functional structure * Led Global IT team at VeriSign charged with integrating over 50 acquisitions * Led Global ERP team at SGI (30 countries, two factories, multi-function) * Led multi-national EMEA IT infrastructure team for SGI; lived in Switzerland for 2 years * Led large networking organization for SGI; built all network, voice and video infrastructure for what is now the "Google-plex" * Served 8+ years in the United States Air Force in various roles including command of a large, classified IT organization and project officer and operational roles on various classified satellite programs Specialties include: * Driving innovation, whether Product, IT Systems or Business Process * Enterprise-wide Reorganizations (strategy and execution) * Acquisition Integration and Divestiture (operational experience in both) * Design, Development and Operation of a Global Sales Organization (sales ops perspective) * Developing Business-IT Governance Constructs * Developing Business-focused Global IT Strategy * Leading Global ERP Implementations