Management Team

Masatoshi Nobuhara

Masatoshi Nobuhara has an extensive background in executive management and company operations. He first joined KDDI Corporation in 1992 upon graduation from Rikkyo University in Japan with a Bachelor of Art degree in Economics.  Since October 2013, Mr. Nobuhara has been managing the KDDI overseas business operations in financial, governance, compliance, risk management and IT.  He also engaged  in the M&A project of Mobicom, No.1 mobile operator of Mongolia, and assigned to non-executive Chairman of the board in 2016, and drive its Post Merger Integration Project.

Aki Yamaguchi

EVP&CMO at KDDI America and COO at Telehouse America

Aki Yamaguchi is Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of KDDI America and the Chief Operating Officer of Telehouse America. Mr. Yamaguchi has been working for KDDI Group companies now for 26 years. He started his career in March 1990 and has held a series of different positions in both Tokyo and London, he finished his post at Telehouse Europe KDDI in 2004. After gaining experience in the EMEA marketplace he brought that knowledge back to KDDI HQ in Tokyo for an assignment as GM of the Global Enterprise Sales Department. Notably in 2012, Mr. Yamaguchi was then assigned as GM of the M2M Business development team. His current position is EVP & CMO at KDDI America and COO at Telehouse America. He lives in New York City.

Richard Levine

Director of Sales and Marketing

Richard Levine has been a sales management leader in telecommunications for over 30 years, where he has led business development teams providing voice and data services, as well as developing urban private network infrastructure, and creating strategic alliances. His primary focus is on global networks.

Mr. Levine joined Telehouse America to lead its Sales and Marketing teams by developing sales channels across a variety of vertical markets that include Internet and content delivery service providers, telecommunication carriers, financial and media companies and enterprise clients. He is also responsible for sales & corporate planning, increasing website traffic and developing targeted email marketing campaigns to identify additional opportunities in business related to disaster recovery, co-location, managed services, and internet provider peering.

Prior to joining Telehouse America, Mr. Levine was president of Telecom Italia Sparkle, NA, overseeing voice and data services.

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. Since 2011, he has been serving as an advisory board member of an FBI’s technical conference (International Conference on Cyber Security) and received a certificate from the then director of FBI for his long time contribution. His paper on peering was published from Fordham University Press in 2013. 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.

Milad Abdelmessih

Director of Corporate Divisions

Milad Abdelmessih has been with Telehouse in the human resources department since 2009. He started with the company as an HR generalist and quickly moved up the ranks to his current position as Director of Human Resources and Corporate Planning, overseeing a number of departments including Legal, Real Estate, Security, and Sales Support. During his time as HR manager, Milad was instrumental helping launch our newest U.S. facility, Telehouse Chelsea, located at 85 10^th Ave in Manhattan.

Milad studied at CUNY College of Staten Island, where he acquired a Bachelor of Science Degree with three majors: Accounting, Finance, and Economics.

Fred Cannone

Director of Channel Sales

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.

After serving as Director of Sales & Marketing from 2009, Frederick was appointed the Director of Channel Sales for TELEHOUSE America in 2014. In this role, Mr. Cannone is responsible for developing and managing the indirect sales channel 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.

Dave Kinney

Director of Facility Planning and Operations

Dave Kinney, Director of Facility Engineering and Planning Dave directs all activities, staff, and budget for the facility department at Telehouse America.

Overseeing a staff of 20, David develops and manages facility infrastructure specific to new construction, renovation, and acting as the central point of contact.

David holds high standards for ethics and excellence, and has a background that spans over 15 years working in Senior positions for T-Mobile and Sprint.