Yanbing Li joins Equinix Board of Directors
Digital infrastructure company Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX) today announced the appointment of Dr. Yanbing Li to the Equinix Board of Directors.
Li currently serves as Chief Product Officer at Datadog, where she leads the team responsible for scaling the Datadog product portfolio to best meet the needs of its global customers and drive business growth.
“Yanbing is a proven technology and business leader with deep expertise in AI, cloud, enterprise software and global operations,” said Charles Meyers, Executive Chairman, Equinix. “She brings a proven track record for innovation and execution, having built market-leading products and scaled billion-dollar businesses at several of the world’s leading technology companies. Yanbing’s experience will be a tremendous asset as we drive our next wave of growth and extend our leadership position. We’re thrilled to welcome her to the Board and look forward to the impact of her leadership.”
Prior to joining Datadog, Li was the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Aurora, the first company to launch commercial driverless trucking services on public roads in the U.S., where she led all software development efforts for the company’s flagship autonomous driving product.
Prior to Aurora, as Vice President of Product and Engineering at Google, Li was responsible for multiple product areas of Google Cloud, including Google Cloud Commerce and Cloud Operations. Before joining Google, Li served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Storage and Availability Business Unit at VMware.
Li previously served on the Board of Directors for AVEVA and NeoPhotonics.
She holds a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, as well as a master’s degree from Cornell University in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. She completed the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2014.