About Us | Telehouse Management Team

	Masaaki Nakanishi - President and CEO Masaaki Nakanishi is the President and Chief Executive Officer of TELEHOUSE America and KDDI America. In this role, he oversees all USA activities and strategies for domestic and global outreach. Masaaki Nakanishi joined TELEHOUSE America and KDDI America in October, 2011 from his position as Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Business for KDDI Corporation in Japan. Masaaki Nakanishi joined KDDI Corporation in 1975 after graduating from Sophia University with a degree in Business Law. He has worked in senior Management positions since his appointment as Managing Director of KDDI Europe Ltd in 2000. Among many other roles, he has is also a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of DMX Technologies, another KDDI subsidiary and provider of digital media software and solutions throughout Asia.
	Satoshi Adachi - Vice President Satoshi Adachi was appointed Vice President of Telehouse America in October 2011. His role includes Corporate Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, and Sales Planning & Support. Before joining the Company, Mr. Adachi was in charge of sales support for Global Network Services in the Global Business Department, at Telehouse’s parent company, KDDI Corp. At KDDI, he was responsible for sales enhancement of their global network services like lease line, IP-VPN and Ethernet. In addition, he also served as an assistant manager at KDDI Singapore. His current commitment at Telehouse America is to provide the services which will fulfill our customers’ needs, satisfaction and piece of mind. Mr. Adachi graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BA in Economics in 2000.
	Minoru Suzuki - Vice President Minoru Suzuki is the Vice President of Facility Operations. In this role, he oversees the company's facility needs, quality assurance and operational development. He joined the company in April 2011 as a Director of Quality Assurance Development from his role as Deputy Director of Network development and Wholesale Operations in KDDI Europe, UK. Mr. Suzuki joined KDDI Corporation in 1985 after graduating from Tohoku University in Japan with a bachelor's degree in Electronics Technology. While working for KDDI in Japan, Mr. Suzuki worked for network planning, network development, and network operations for the development of the KDDI Global network.
	Atsushi Iizuka - Vice President - Facility Planning and Sales Engineering Atsushi Iizuka is the Vice President of Facility Planning and Sales Engineering. In this role, he oversees the company's Sales and Operations functions. He joined Telehouse America in April, 2004 as VP, Business Development and was responsible for the development of the Company's partnership and new service strategies and initiatives. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Iizuka worked for KDDI America as VP, Network Business being in charge of business and service development with US carriers and ISPs, and holding responsibility of network operation. Previously, he had worked for Telehouse America for six years holding positions of Director of Operations and Deputy Director, Sales. Mr. Iizuka earned a BS in Systems Engineering from Science University of Tokyo in Japan.
	Akio Sugeno - Vice President - Internet Engineering, Operations and Business Development Akio Sugeno has been with Telehouse America since 1989. He is also the founder of the New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX)-Metro NY's largest, most active Internet exchange-and the Los Angeles International Internet Exchange (LAIIX)--a key peering exchange for connecting US-based companies to the Pacific Rim. In his current role, Mr. Sugeno is charged with five major responsibilities: network engineering, managing the Company's exchange points, software/database engineering, operations and overall business development. Before joining Telehouse, he served as a software engineer at DNP Lab. Mr. Sugeno is actively involved with various network engineering organizations, and frequently speaks at both the Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE) and North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) conferences. He earned a BS in telecommunications from Waseda University in Japan.
	Ann Cecio - Director of Human Resources Ann Cecio joined Telehouse America in 1998 as the Director of Human Resources. In this capacity, she has responsibility for directing and managing legal and compliance issues, staff recruiting, benefit administration, training and development, and employee relations. Prior to joining Telehouse America, Ms. Cecio served as the Human Resources Director for M-Pen, an international software technology company, and New Plan Realty Trust, a national REIT involved with major shopping centers and apartment complexes. Ms. Cecio earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Staten Island College in New York.
	Fred Cannone - Director of Sales and Marketing Mr. Cannone is an information and telecommunications industry veteran with more than 25 years experience in executive management, technical sales and marketing for data center and hosting providers, international voice, IP and data carriers, as well as global trade intelligence. Appointed the Director of Sales & Marketing for TELEHOUSE America in 2007, Mr. Cannone is responsible for developing and managing sales and marketing programs to address business needs for a wide variety of vertical markets including Internet and content delivery service providers, telecommunication carriers, financial and media companies and large enterprise clients. Mr. Cannone joined TELEHOUSE America in 2004 as a Sales Manager where he focused on managing new and existing client relationships for disaster recovery, colocation, managed services, peering and Internet services. Prior to joining TELEHOUSE, Mr. Cannone served as Telecom Sales Consultant for MCI Telecommunications where he was responsible for analysis and sales of voice, data, and Internet communication needs of new corporate clients. Mr. Cannone graduated from St. Francis College in New York with a Bachelor of Science degree.