EXECUTIVE TEAM
The Switch Executive team is comprised of passionate, dedicated industry experts, bringing decades of experience to a leading technology infrastructure company. Switch’s founder and CEO, Rob Roy, cultivates a unique client-oriented culture at every level of the company. The team’s motivation and drive to produce the absolute best results for our clients manifests in unparalleled client value and the industry’s best customer service.
Chris Donnelly
Chief connectivity officer
Rob Roy
FOUNDER & CEO
Rob Roy is widely recognized as the inventor of many critical data center innovations that have become industry standards. His patented designs for cooling, power distribution, software, networking and physical security have enabled data centers to scale to densities and efficiencies that were previously thought impossible. Since founding the company in 2000, he has led Switch as founder, CEO, designer and inventor — engineering digital infrastructure as an integrated system long before the industry recognized its importance.
Combining business leadership, engineering precision, commercial strategy, and advanced technology vision, Mr. Roy has designed some of the largest and most advanced technology ecosystems ever built. His breakthroughs in the data center industry first materialized as a modular design in 2005 and the world’s first gigawatt scale campus in 2015. These Switch campus ecosystems are currently growing to multiple gigawatt scale locations across the United States. These original industry leading extreme density designs have now evolved into the world’s most powerful Cloud/AI Factories — hybrid air- and liquid-cooled environments purpose-built for accelerated computing and engineered to scale with Cloud and AI’s multi-generational roadmaps.
Decades before artificial intelligence reshaped global infrastructure demand, Rob Roy anticipated the need for AI-native environments. Today, his vision powers the foundation of the Cloud/AI economy — positioning Switch as a leading owner, developer, and operator of digital exascale data center ecosystems.
Jason Hoffman
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Jason Hoffman is the Chief Strategy Officer at Switch. Jason is a thought and execution leader in the industrialization trend for datacenters where he pioneered hardware and software designs that could drive wholesale supply chain efficiencies while making these systems highly accessible and usable to developers. There are variations of this called “cloud computing”, “edge computing”, “industrial internet” etc. Jason also serves as the Executive-in-Residence at Automattic, Inc and a Managing Partner at S8 Advisory Partners, a board, shareholder and corporate development advisory firm.
Previously, Jason was the Executive-in-Residence at Counterpoint Global in Morgan Stanley (a public equities growth investor), the founding CEO of MobiledgeX, Inc., an edge computing company acquired by Google in 2022; a CTO and Product Area head at Ericsson AB in Sweden where he led the industry’s virtualization of mobile networks, and the founder and CTO at Joyent, a cloud computing company acquired and still operated by Samsung. He was also the founding Chair of the Board at NPM, Inc. (acquired by GitHub) and Incredible Labs (acquired by Yahoo) and an outside Board Member at the Wordpress Foundation and an Advisor at Automattic, Inc.
Prior to his work in computer science, Jason was a fellow at the Novartis Institute for Functional Genomics, obtained his PhD at the Burnham Institute (now “Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute”) with Erkki Ruoslahti, MD PhD, and earned a BS/MS in Biochemistry from University of California, Los Angeles. Broadly speaking, he studies adaptive complex systems that result in disease and his predominant scientific areas of interests are in Cancer, Infectious Diseases and Aging, and interdisciplinary areas: Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology and Combinatorial Methods.
His hobbies are Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Combat Sports. He’s a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), a Lifetime Member of USA Judo/USJF and a certified coach with USA Wrestling and USA Fencing.
Chris Donnelly
Jesse Burros
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Jesse Burros is the Chief Investment Officer at Switch. He is a member of the executive leadership team and plays a key role in Switch’s capital allocation and capital formation. In addition to shaping Switch’s long-term investment strategy, he partners across the organization to align capital deployment with Switch’s growth and return objectives.
He joined Switch in 2023 and brings over 20 years of experience across both finance and technology. Prior to joining Switch, he was Managing Director of Investment Banking at BMO Capital Markets, where he led M&A transactions and structured debt and equity financings for digital infrastructure clients, including multiple financings for Switch.
Jesse lives in New York City with his family. He is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an A.B. degree in Social Studies.
Madonna Park
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Madonna Park is the Chief Financial Officer at Switch. In this role, she is responsible for the financial management of the company, including leading the Accounting, Finance, Internal Audit and Investor Relations teams.
Madonna brings more than 20 years of experience as an investment banker and equity research analyst. She joins Switch after more than 17 years with RBC Capital Markets, where she most recently served as Managing Director and Global Head of Communications Infrastructure. In this role, she was focused on providing companies in the data center and fiber sectors with comprehensive financial advisory services including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and equity and debt underwriting. Madonna has successfully led and executed numerous high-profile M&A and capital market transactions in the data center space across North America, Europe and Asia.
Joshua Ewing
CHIEF CONSTRUCTION OFFICER
Josh Ewing is the Chief Construction Officer at Switch. He has been instrumental since 2012 in the deployment and construction of Rob Roy’s modular optimized designs (MODs) and his exascale data center campus locations in all Switch Prime locations. His technical background and understanding are what have made him a key member of Switch with the unique ability to deploy and quickly assist in engineering of complex and cutting edge of technical projects.
Josh serves as one of the key collaborators for the core data center teams to integrate all their mission critical stages into the Switch construction model. He also oversees our in-house licensed Electrical Customer Power Team, Energy Management Team, and Control Team. These teams monitor and install the customer’s critical power needs as well as control the overall health of the Switch facilities including the critical power, cooling and monitoring systems.
Josh holds a Master Electrician License in each of the Switch Prime Locations while holding the Legal and Trade qualifiers for Switch’s B General Contractor, C-2 Electrical, and An Offsite Utility licenses which allow Switch to construct and deploy our cutting-edge data centers at a quicker scale.
Prior to joining Switch, Josh was the Senior Project Manager for a large electrical contractor in the southwest. He managed and constructed multiple power plants, water treatment facilities, mining plants, and mission critical data centers in Nevada. Prior to his role as Senior Project Manager, Josh worked as a General Foreman in the field after completing 4 years of electrical apprenticeship while working in the field.
Zia Syed
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Zia Syed is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Switch, where he leads the company’s end-to-end technology vision across the full spectrum of capabilities required to design, build, and operate AI factories. His scope extends beyond software platforms to encompass the integrated systems that power next-generation AI and high-performance computing environments, including cloud platforms, infrastructure software, data pipelines, telemetry, and AI-enabled operations.
In this role, Zia is responsible for shaping Switch’s holistic technology strategy, enabling large-scale, high-performance, and sustainable data center operations purpose-built for AI-driven workloads. He oversees the convergence of software, hardware-aware platforms, and operational intelligence required to deliver resilient, efficient, and scalable AI factory ecosystems across Switch campuses.
Zia is a seasoned technology executive with deep expertise in software systems, artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and large-scale distributed infrastructure. At Switch, he has been a key voice in advancing internally developed cloud platforms and real-time telemetry systems designed to support power-intensive and AI-driven environments, delivering unprecedented visibility, efficiency, and operational control.
Prior to Switch, Zia held senior leadership roles across global technology companies, including Rakuten Symphony, Dell Technologies, and Ericsson, where he served in CTO- and VP-level positions spanning 5G, product engineering, and platform software. His career reflects a consistent focus on building scalable platforms, modernizing enterprise systems, and leading high-performing engineering organizations through periods of rapid technological change.
Zia holds a Master of Science in Advanced Software Engineering from the University of York and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology. He has also pursued advanced doctoral research in mobile computing, combining rigorous academic training with decades of hands-on leadership in enterprise- and infrastructure-scale technology environments.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zia works closely with Switch’s executive leadership team to align technology innovation with the company’s long-term mission of delivering resilient, efficient, and future-ready digital infrastructure.
Lindsey Caplan
CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER
Lindsey Caplan serves as Chief Accounting Officer at Switch, leading the company’s accounting, tax, and internal audit functions. With 30 years of finance and accounting experience, he brings a practical, business-focused perspective to supporting teams across the organization.
Before joining Switch, Lindsey was Chief Accounting Officer at CBRE, where he spent 19 years and held several leadership roles, including CFO for two operating segments and global head of FP&A. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of M&A and FP&A at Marsh Inc. Lindsey began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Audit and later moved into Transaction Services.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Jonathan H. King
CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
Jonathan H. King is the Chief Business Officer at Switch. In this role, Jonathan leads sales, go-to-market, power and land development needed to deliver the business to Switch’s customers. Jonathan brings over 25 years of diverse operating experience in every facet of the data center business and surrounding technology ecosystem. Jonathan joined Switch from Google Cloud where he led partnership and ecosystem development including the launch of Google Cloud VMware Engine and Google Cloud’s Telecom & Edge ecosystem.
Before joining Google, Jonathan was VP of Strategy, Data Center & Cloud at World Wide Technology (“WWT”) where he was responsible for technology and services strategy, data center solutions and founding WWT’s multi-cloud architecture practice. Prior to WWT, Jonathan served as VP, GM at Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden where he launched a new as a service business unit and led product area cloud strategy, portfolio management, business development and alliance development.
Jonathan also held various executive positions with CenturyLink as VP of Platform Strategy and Business Development, VP of Cloud Strategy & Business Development and VP of Global Cloud Solutions. Prior to CenturyLink, Jonathan was SVP of Business Development at Joyent, now a Samsung company, where he led alliance development, ecosystem formation and strategic business development. Before Joyent, Jonathan was a Client Partner Director with the Global Solutions group of Verizon Business where he led teams designing and selling complex hosting, managed services and transformational outsourcing solutions for commercial and government customers. Jonathan joined Verizon by way of acquisition when Verizon/MCI acquired Totality where he was VP of Alliance Development. Moreover, he held various executive positions with Exodus Communications, a market leading global hosting provider, including VP of Channel Marketing and VP of Strategic Alliances.
Jonathan is a regular keynote speaker at various technology and policy conferences and has served on numerous advisory boards. Jonathan holds a B.A. in History from Miami University, a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a LL. M. in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from Washington University in St Louis School of Law. Jonathan’s academic publications include The Three Paradoxes of Big Data (Stanford Law Review Online 2013), Big Data Ethics (Wake Forest Law Review 2014), Big Data and the Future For Privacy (Handbook of Research on Digital Transformations, Elgar 2016) and Big Data Sustainability, An Environmental Systems Analogy (Washington and Lee Law Journal, March 2016).
Lisa Maronski
CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Lisa Maronski is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Switch, where she leads the company’s global people strategy with a focus on aligning talent initiatives to business growth and innovation. With deep expertise in talent acquisition, organizational design, compensation, career architecture and leadership development, Lisa is known for building high-performing teams and scalable HR frameworks that drive enterprise-wide excellence.
With more than 25 years of experience leading transformative HR strategies across diverse industries and global organizations, Lisa has earned a reputation as a dynamic, results-oriented leader. Her ability to scale operations in high-growth environments and foster inclusive, future-ready cultures has made her a trusted advisor to executive teams and boards.
Before joining Switch, Lisa served as Chief People Officer at Klaviyo, where she was instrumental in guiding the technology company through its successful IPO in 2023. Her career also includes senior leadership roles at Iron Mountain – where she led global talent acquisition and strategy – as well as Santander Bank North America, John Hancock/Manulife Financial and Apple.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts. She is widely recognized for her collaborative leadership style, commitment to innovation and passion for cultivating diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces.
Matthew Johnson
CHIEF OPERATIONS & INFORMATION OFFICER
Matthew Johnson is the Chief Operations & Information Officer at Switch. He leads the integration of engineering, operations, and digital platforms to deliver next-generation data center and AI infrastructure. The work is industrializing innovation, turning complex systems into repeatable, high-performance operating models.
For over two decades Matthew has built, scaled, and operated the infrastructure that underpins how nations connect, compute, and defend. From hyperscale data centers and AI platforms to 5G networks, subsea cables, and space communications, the through-line has always been the same: take what is complex and make it work at scale, reliably, and in service of something larger than itself.
His career began in U.S. national security, leading cyber and secure systems programs across some of the most sensitive defense initiatives globally. That foundation shaped how he thinks about trust, resilience, and the weight of getting things right.
Since then, Matthew has served as an executive and operator across private equity, sovereign infrastructure, and global telecommunications. Leading multi-billion dollar platforms, building teams across continents and working at the intersection of technology, capital, and execution where ideas either become real or stay on the slides.
Scott Hettema
GENERAL COUNSEL
Scott Hettema is General Counsel at Switch, where he oversees the company’s legal function. Scott supports the responsible and accelerated growth of Switch while protecting its legal interests and advancing its business objectives.
Before joining Switch, Scott spent nearly 20 years at Equinix, where he was the chief counsel for the Americas, leading a legal organization that successfully scaled as Equinix grew revenue from $250 million to more than $9 billion. His experience spans the full spectrum of developing, owning, and operating a rapidly growing, publicly traded global technology infrastructure platform.
Scott earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in California. Scott lives with his family in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Yosemite National Park.
Rob Roy
FOUNDER & CEO
Rob Roy is widely recognized as the inventor of many critical data center innovations that have become industry standards. His patented designs for cooling, power distribution, software, networking and physical security have enabled data centers to scale to densities and efficiencies that were previously thought impossible. Since founding the company in 2000, he has led Switch as founder, CEO, designer and inventor — engineering digital infrastructure as an integrated system long before the industry recognized its importance.
Combining business leadership, engineering precision, commercial strategy, and advanced technology vision, Mr. Roy has designed some of the largest and most advanced technology ecosystems ever built. His breakthroughs in the data center industry first materialized as a modular design in 2005 and the world’s first gigawatt scale campus in 2015. These Switch campus ecosystems are currently growing to multiple gigawatt scale locations across the United States. These original industry leading extreme density designs have now evolved into the world’s most powerful Cloud/AI Factories — hybrid air- and liquid-cooled environments purpose-built for accelerated computing and engineered to scale with Cloud and AI’s multi-generational roadmaps.
Decades before artificial intelligence reshaped global infrastructure demand, Rob Roy anticipated the need for AI-native environments. Today, his vision powers the foundation of the Cloud/AI economy — positioning Switch as a leading owner, developer, and operator of digital exascale data center ecosystems.
Jason Hoffman
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Jason Hoffman is the Chief Strategy Officer at Switch. Jason is a thought and execution leader in the industrialization trend for datacenters where he pioneered hardware and software designs that could drive wholesale supply chain efficiencies while making these systems highly accessible and usable to developers. There are variations of this called “cloud computing”, “edge computing”, “industrial internet” etc. Jason also serves as the Executive-in-Residence at Automattic, Inc and a Managing Partner at S8 Advisory Partners, a board, shareholder and corporate development advisory firm.
Previously, Jason was the Executive-in-Residence at Counterpoint Global in Morgan Stanley (a public equities growth investor), the founding CEO of MobiledgeX, Inc., an edge computing company acquired by Google in 2022; a CTO and Product Area head at Ericsson AB in Sweden where he led the industry’s virtualization of mobile networks, and the founder and CTO at Joyent, a cloud computing company acquired and still operated by Samsung. He was also the founding Chair of the Board at NPM, Inc. (acquired by GitHub) and Incredible Labs (acquired by Yahoo) and an outside Board Member at the Wordpress Foundation and an Advisor at Automattic, Inc.
Prior to his work in computer science, Jason was a fellow at the Novartis Institute for Functional Genomics, obtained his PhD at the Burnham Institute (now “Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute”) with Erkki Ruoslahti, MD PhD, and earned a BS/MS in Biochemistry from University of California, Los Angeles. Broadly speaking, he studies adaptive complex systems that result in disease and his predominant scientific areas of interests are in Cancer, Infectious Diseases and Aging, and interdisciplinary areas: Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology and Combinatorial Methods.
His hobbies are Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Combat Sports. He’s a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), a Lifetime Member of USA Judo/USJF and a certified coach with USA Wrestling and USA Fencing.
Chris Donnelly
Jesse Burros
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Jesse Burros is the Chief Investment Officer at Switch. He is a member of the executive leadership team and plays a key role in Switch’s capital allocation and capital formation. In addition to shaping Switch’s long-term investment strategy, he partners across the organization to align capital deployment with Switch’s growth and return objectives.
He joined Switch in 2023 and brings over 20 years of experience across both finance and technology. Prior to joining Switch, he was Managing Director of Investment Banking at BMO Capital Markets, where he led M&A transactions and structured debt and equity financings for digital infrastructure clients, including multiple financings for Switch.
Jesse lives in New York City with his family. He is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an A.B. degree in Social Studies.
Madonna Park
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Madonna Park is the Chief Financial Officer at Switch. In this role, she is responsible for the financial management of the company, including leading the Accounting, Finance, Internal Audit and Investor Relations teams.
Madonna brings more than 20 years of experience as an investment banker and equity research analyst. She joins Switch after more than 17 years with RBC Capital Markets, where she most recently served as Managing Director and Global Head of Communications Infrastructure. In this role, she was focused on providing companies in the data center and fiber sectors with comprehensive financial advisory services including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and equity and debt underwriting. Madonna has successfully led and executed numerous high-profile M&A and capital market transactions in the data center space across North America, Europe and Asia.
Joshua Ewing
CHIEF CONSTRUCTION OFFICER
Josh Ewing is the Chief Construction Officer at Switch. He has been instrumental since 2012 in the deployment and construction of Rob Roy’s modular optimized designs (MODs) and his exascale data center campus locations in all Switch Prime locations. His technical background and understanding are what have made him a key member of Switch with the unique ability to deploy and quickly assist in engineering of complex and cutting edge of technical projects.
Josh serves as one of the key collaborators for the core data center teams to integrate all their mission critical stages into the Switch construction model. He also oversees our in-house licensed Electrical Customer Power Team, Energy Management Team, and Control Team. These teams monitor and install the customer’s critical power needs as well as control the overall health of the Switch facilities including the critical power, cooling and monitoring systems.
Josh holds a Master Electrician License in each of the Switch Prime Locations while holding the Legal and Trade qualifiers for Switch’s B General Contractor, C-2 Electrical, and An Offsite Utility licenses which allow Switch to construct and deploy our cutting-edge data centers at a quicker scale.
Prior to joining Switch, Josh was the Senior Project Manager for a large electrical contractor in the southwest. He managed and constructed multiple power plants, water treatment facilities, mining plants, and mission critical data centers in Nevada. Prior to his role as Senior Project Manager, Josh worked as a General Foreman in the field after completing 4 years of electrical apprenticeship while working in the field.
Zia Syed
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Zia Syed is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Switch, where he leads the company’s end-to-end technology vision across the full spectrum of capabilities required to design, build, and operate AI factories. His scope extends beyond software platforms to encompass the integrated systems that power next-generation AI and high-performance computing environments, including cloud platforms, infrastructure software, data pipelines, telemetry, and AI-enabled operations.
In this role, Zia is responsible for shaping Switch’s holistic technology strategy, enabling large-scale, high-performance, and sustainable data center operations purpose-built for AI-driven workloads. He oversees the convergence of software, hardware-aware platforms, and operational intelligence required to deliver resilient, efficient, and scalable AI factory ecosystems across Switch campuses.
Zia is a seasoned technology executive with deep expertise in software systems, artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and large-scale distributed infrastructure. At Switch, he has been a key voice in advancing internally developed cloud platforms and real-time telemetry systems designed to support power-intensive and AI-driven environments, delivering unprecedented visibility, efficiency, and operational control.
Prior to Switch, Zia held senior leadership roles across global technology companies, including Rakuten Symphony, Dell Technologies, and Ericsson, where he served in CTO- and VP-level positions spanning 5G, product engineering, and platform software. His career reflects a consistent focus on building scalable platforms, modernizing enterprise systems, and leading high-performing engineering organizations through periods of rapid technological change.
Zia holds a Master of Science in Advanced Software Engineering from the University of York and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology. He has also pursued advanced doctoral research in mobile computing, combining rigorous academic training with decades of hands-on leadership in enterprise- and infrastructure-scale technology environments.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zia works closely with Switch’s executive leadership team to align technology innovation with the company’s long-term mission of delivering resilient, efficient, and future-ready digital infrastructure.
Lindsey Caplan
CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER
Lindsey Caplan serves as Chief Accounting Officer at Switch, leading the company’s accounting, tax, and internal audit functions. With 30 years of finance and accounting experience, he brings a practical, business-focused perspective to supporting teams across the organization.
Before joining Switch, Lindsey was Chief Accounting Officer at CBRE, where he spent 19 years and held several leadership roles, including CFO for two operating segments and global head of FP&A. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of M&A and FP&A at Marsh Inc. Lindsey began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Audit and later moved into Transaction Services.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Jonathan H. King
CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
Jonathan H. King is the Chief Business Officer at Switch. In this role, Jonathan leads sales, go-to-market, power and land development needed to deliver the business to Switch’s customers. Jonathan brings over 25 years of diverse operating experience in every facet of the data center business and surrounding technology ecosystem. Jonathan joined Switch from Google Cloud where he led partnership and ecosystem development including the launch of Google Cloud VMware Engine and Google Cloud’s Telecom & Edge ecosystem.
Before joining Google, Jonathan was VP of Strategy, Data Center & Cloud at World Wide Technology (“WWT”) where he was responsible for technology and services strategy, data center solutions and founding WWT’s multi-cloud architecture practice. Prior to WWT, Jonathan served as VP, GM at Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden where he launched a new as a service business unit and led product area cloud strategy, portfolio management, business development and alliance development.
Jonathan also held various executive positions with CenturyLink as VP of Platform Strategy and Business Development, VP of Cloud Strategy & Business Development and VP of Global Cloud Solutions. Prior to CenturyLink, Jonathan was SVP of Business Development at Joyent, now a Samsung company, where he led alliance development, ecosystem formation and strategic business development. Before Joyent, Jonathan was a Client Partner Director with the Global Solutions group of Verizon Business where he led teams designing and selling complex hosting, managed services and transformational outsourcing solutions for commercial and government customers. Jonathan joined Verizon by way of acquisition when Verizon/MCI acquired Totality where he was VP of Alliance Development. Moreover, he held various executive positions with Exodus Communications, a market leading global hosting provider, including VP of Channel Marketing and VP of Strategic Alliances.
Jonathan is a regular keynote speaker at various technology and policy conferences and has served on numerous advisory boards. Jonathan holds a B.A. in History from Miami University, a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a LL. M. in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from Washington University in St Louis School of Law. Jonathan’s academic publications include The Three Paradoxes of Big Data (Stanford Law Review Online 2013), Big Data Ethics (Wake Forest Law Review 2014), Big Data and the Future For Privacy (Handbook of Research on Digital Transformations, Elgar 2016) and Big Data Sustainability, An Environmental Systems Analogy (Washington and Lee Law Journal, March 2016).
Lisa Maronski
CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Lisa Maronski is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Switch, where she leads the company’s global people strategy with a focus on aligning talent initiatives to business growth and innovation. With deep expertise in talent acquisition, organizational design, compensation, career architecture and leadership development, Lisa is known for building high-performing teams and scalable HR frameworks that drive enterprise-wide excellence.
With more than 25 years of experience leading transformative HR strategies across diverse industries and global organizations, Lisa has earned a reputation as a dynamic, results-oriented leader. Her ability to scale operations in high-growth environments and foster inclusive, future-ready cultures has made her a trusted advisor to executive teams and boards.
Before joining Switch, Lisa served as Chief People Officer at Klaviyo, where she was instrumental in guiding the technology company through its successful IPO in 2023. Her career also includes senior leadership roles at Iron Mountain – where she led global talent acquisition and strategy – as well as Santander Bank North America, John Hancock/Manulife Financial and Apple.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts. She is widely recognized for her collaborative leadership style, commitment to innovation and passion for cultivating diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces.
Matthew Johnson
CHIEF OPERATIONS & INFORMATION OFFICER
Matthew Johnson is the Chief Operations & Information Officer at Switch. He leads the integration of engineering, operations, and digital platforms to deliver next-generation data center and AI infrastructure. The work is industrializing innovation, turning complex systems into repeatable, high-performance operating models.
For over two decades Matthew has built, scaled, and operated the infrastructure that underpins how nations connect, compute, and defend. From hyperscale data centers and AI platforms to 5G networks, subsea cables, and space communications, the through-line has always been the same: take what is complex and make it work at scale, reliably, and in service of something larger than itself.
His career began in U.S. national security, leading cyber and secure systems programs across some of the most sensitive defense initiatives globally. That foundation shaped how he thinks about trust, resilience, and the weight of getting things right.
Since then, Matthew has served as an executive and operator across private equity, sovereign infrastructure, and global telecommunications. Leading multi-billion dollar platforms, building teams across continents and working at the intersection of technology, capital, and execution where ideas either become real or stay on the slides.
Scott Hettema
GENERAL COUNSEL
Scott Hettema is General Counsel at Switch, where he oversees the company’s legal function. Scott supports the responsible and accelerated growth of Switch while protecting its legal interests and advancing its business objectives.
Before joining Switch, Scott spent nearly 20 years at Equinix, where he was the chief counsel for the Americas, leading a legal organization that successfully scaled as Equinix grew revenue from $250 million to more than $9 billion. His experience spans the full spectrum of developing, owning, and operating a rapidly growing, publicly traded global technology infrastructure platform.
Scott earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in California. Scott lives with his family in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Yosemite National Park.
