Laura Ortman (CRO) and Dawn Smith (COO) join Cologix

Cologix, a network and cloud-neutral interconnection and data-center company, today announced it has added two new executives to its leadership team as the company prepares to rapidly expand its data center colocation and interconnection services.

Laura Ortman joins Cologix as President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), to help build upon the company’s role as a strategic and trusted advisor to its customers. In this role, Ortman will develop the strategic sales and revenue plan, focusing on deepening customer relationships and broadening the Go To Market Strategy to include the fast growing ecosystem of hyperscale cloud providers. Ortman will also be responsible for all aspects of how the company interacts with current customers and prospects.

Ortman and her team will look to leverage Cologix’s unique domain expertise, from large-scale cloud deployments to deep understanding of the pressures facing today’s CIO’s, to establish deeper relationships with customers at every point of engagement from initial acquisition and sales, through customer relationship management and client services.

Dawn Smith will serve as Cologix’s President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), to lead Cologix’s strategic initiatives and real estate development and to maintain strong administrative support across the company, from human resources management to corporate strategy. In this role, she will support the company’s commercial strategy and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity and will serve as the Secretary to the Board of Directors. She will also be responsible for all the legal, human resources and administrative functions at Cologix.

Read the rest of the press release at: Businesswire.com