With nearly three decades of sales, marketing, and data center experience ranging from operating a single data center through to leading the world’s third-largest data center company, Doug Adams has been a massive growth engine for the digital infrastructure industry. As CEO and President of NTT Global Data Centers, he helped bring autonomous regional entities together to form one truly global business and now oversees 160 data centers across 20+ countries as well as 10 billion USD in capital development. Before that, he was part of the executive leadership team that started RagingWire, a pioneer in colocation services that became the Americas division of NTT Global Data Centers (of which he served as CEO). Prior to his roles with NTT Global Data Centers, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for NEC Technologies, Inc. after holding various sales and marketing management positions within Mars, Kal Kan Foods, Inc., Dove Ice Cream, and Uncle Ben’s Rice.
In his leadership, Adams emphasizes a people-first mindset. Rather than imposing a one-size-fits-all culture, he works to draw on the strengths of individual people, departments, and regions and cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce with opportunities for growth.
