NTT America, subsidiary of the Japanese telco giant NTT Communications Corp., has appointed Christopher Eldredge as its executive VP of data center services. One of the company's three business units, the data center services unit offers services to accommodate deployment and implementation of IT initiatives with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions, including managed hosting, cloud and colocation services.

Reporting directly to Kazuhiro Gomi, NTT America's President and CEO, Eldredge will be responsible for overseeing product and service delivery of NTT Com's Enterprise Cloud in the US, product and service delivery for managed hosting, colocation solutions and NTT Com's US data centers, as well as product mapping and strategic business planning.

“Chris brings an ideal blend of executive management, corporate strategy and financial experience to NTT America, along with a proven track record of driving revenue growth at a number of companies within the data center and telecommunications space,” Gomi said. “We're confident he will hit the ground running, spearheading the continued growth of our Data Center Services Business Unit, and uphold the high quality delivery of our superior products and services to our customers.”

His additional responsibilities will include full profit and loss accountability, driving business development activities with system integrator partners, and directing new business strategy for data center services.

Most recently, Eldredge was the president and general manager of Ethernet exchange and product management at Telx, a major US colocation and interconnection services provider. Prior to Telx, he held executive leadership positions at Silver Lake Private Equity, Broadview Networks, Frontier Communications and Cablevision.