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Switch CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Rob Roy is the Switch's CEO. Switch has 759 employees, of which 60 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Switch executive team is 43% female and 57% male.
  • 64% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of Switch management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Rob Roy

CEO

Rob has worked as Chairman at SWITCH, INC. and Founder at SWITCH, INC..

Adriel Darvish

Founder

Elliott Darvish

Founder

Melissa Young

Chief Information Officer

Melissa Young's LinkedIn

Missy Young is the CIO (Chief Information Officer) at Switch. She drives the company’s solutions architecture to create a fundamental and sustainable change in the way clients ultimately design and implement intelligent data strategies. As a technologist, Missy has played an imperative role in the company’s evolution from the most innovative data center company in the world to the world’s only hyperscale retail colocation ecosystem that it is today. Since joining the company in 2005, Missy has also held roles with leadership responsibilities for all sales operations and solutions engineering with respect to potential clients and win-win contract negotiations. Her expertise in technology trends, forecasting client needs and connecting those trends with results has been a great asset to Switch and its success. Prior to becoming a partner at Switch, Missy was the Director of Sales Engineering and VoIP services for Mpower Communications. Her portfolio of experience also includes senior sales engineering positions at ICG Communications, InteleNet Data Centers, and FirstWorld Communications. She entered the industry back in the dot-com days of the mid-90s, as a network engineer through her Cisco, Microsoft, and Novell certifications. Missy serves on the FIRST® Nevada Robotics Board, the Foundation Board of the College of Southern Nevada, the Foundation Board of Opportunity Village, the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Research Board, the Desert Research Institute Foundation Board, and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Board of Directors. Additionally, Missy is a strong advocate for the certification path of education for young students who desire to enter the technology field.

Chris Donnelly

Chief Connectivity Officer

Chris Donnelly's LinkedIn

Chris Donnelly is a CXO (Chief Connectivity Officer) at SWITCH, INC. and Exec VP:Connectivity at SWITCH, INC. and is based in Las Vegas Del Mar, California. He has worked as President at Splice Communications. Chris works or has worked as Board Member at American Red Cross. He studied at Miami University between 1986 and 1989.

Eddie Schutter

Chief Technology Officer

Eddie Schutter's LinkedIn

Eddie Schutter is a Chief Technology Officer at SWITCH, INC. and Director at Infrastructure Masons.

Gabe Nacht

Chief Financial Officer

Gabe Nacht's LinkedIn

Heather Ellerbe

VP of Marketing

Heather Ellerbe's LinkedIn

Jessica Battaglia

VP of Human Resources

Jessica Battaglia's LinkedIn

Jonathan H. King

Chief Revenue Officer

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Name & TitleBio
Rob Roy

CEO

Rob has worked as Chairman at SWITCH, INC. and Founder at SWITCH, INC..

Adriel Darvish

Founder

Elliott Darvish

Founder

Switch board members

Name & TitleBio
Rob Roy

CEO

Rob has worked as Chairman at SWITCH, INC. and Founder at SWITCH, INC..

Jeff Oberschelp

Board Member

Donald D. Snyder

Board Member

Kimberly H. Sheehy

Board Member

Liane J. Pelletier

Board Member

Angela N. Archon

Board Member

Bryan Wolf

Board Member

Jason I. Genrich

Board Member

Thomas A. Thomas

Board Member

Zareh H. Sarrafian

Board Member

Switch leadership demographics

Switch gender distribution in management team

  • The Switch executive team is 43% female and 57% male.
  • Switch is 33% female and 67% male company-wide.
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Male
57%
Company-wide: 67%
Female
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Company-wide: 33%

Switch executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Switch executive officers is White.
  • 64% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of Switch's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 57% of employees are White.
  • 19% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of employees are Black or African American.
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What employees say about the executives at Switch

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros of working at Switch

Love the culture, Pay/ Benefits and overall team dynamic.

Cons of working at Switch

Because of the nature of what we do, everything is deemed critical. This can foster a lot of stress at times.

Switch benefits

Medical Benefits. Switch covers me and my dependents premiums 100%.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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