Roger Kim

Current

• Vice President, Marketing & PAIX at Switch and Data, Inc.

Past

• Partner at PeerNow, LLC
• VP/GM, Data Services at Arbinet Inc.
• VP, Marketing and Product Management at Aleron

• Director, Internet Product Management at Teleglobe International
• Product Manager, Global SprintLink at Sprint

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Education

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
• The Johns Hopkins University

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Industry

Internet

Roger Kim’s Summary

A senior marketing, product, sales & engineering executive with over twenty years of successful execution in fortune 500 and start-up companies. Creative, self-motivated, strategic, technically adept, sales and results-oriented leader with personnel management skills. Proven track record of developing and managing Internet technologies, identifying significant market opportunities by focusing on customer needs, and driving revenue growth while managing costs. Senior management experience in running a start-up company to a successful IPO and scaling the business in large corporation to capture market leadership. Interested in managing a start-up that is ready to emerge, or managing a business unit in global Internet or telecom.

Roger Kim’s Specialties:

- IP and Web 2.0 Technologies
- Product Development and Management, Marketing Communication
- International Expansion & New Market Penetration
- Direct & Channel Sales, Sales Operations
- Corporate Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Corporate Strategy & Financial Analysis
- Intellectual Property / Patent
- Engineering & Operations

Roger Kim’s Experience

• Vice President, Marketing & PAIX

  Switch and Data, Inc.

  (Public Company; SDXC; Internet industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Responsible for strategic market development, corporate business development, strategic customer and partner relationships. Lead PAIX Internet exchange and interconnection business growth. Stabilized Internet exchange business and positioned it for revenue growth. Managed 164% YoY traffic growth in 2008.

• Partner

  PeerNow, LLC

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  June 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  Software development, marketing and consulting company.

• VP/GM, Data Services

  Arbinet Inc.

  (Public Company; ARBX; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2002 — June 2005 (2 years 11 months)

  Built and grew Data Services business unit. Responsible for Sales, Product Development & Management, Engineering and Operations. Led due deligence and acquisition of Band-X. Member of the senior executive team that led the company to a successful IPO valued over $1B.

• VP, Marketing and Product Management

  Aleron

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2001 — May 2002 (1 year 5 months)

  Managed all aspects of marketing communication, product development and management of $21M Aleron Internet Product Portfolio. Acquired and managed integration of Telia Internet Inc / AGIS (AS4200).

• Director, Internet Product Management

  Teleglobe International

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TGO; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1997 — January 2001 (4 years 1 month)

  Responsible for Teleglobe's Globeinternet product (AS6453 and AS8297). Member of the Internet business unit executive team that built and grew Teleglobe's Internet business from $1M to $330M with customers in 110 countries within 4 years. Teleglobe was acquired by Bell Canada for $4.5B.

• Product Manager, Global SprintLink

  Sprint

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; S; Telecommunications industry)

  March 1993 — January 1997 (3 years 11 months)

  Successfully managed the growth and expansion of Sprint's Global SprintLink product in Europe, Asia and Latin America - Sprint's premier global Internet access product. Consulting Engineer at Sprint Business Services Group supporting National Accounts.

Roger Kim’s Education

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  MBA , Marketing & Corporate Finance , 1994 — 1998

• The Johns Hopkins University

  BSEE/MS , Electrical Engineering & Computer Science , 1983 — 1987

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity

Additional Information

Roger Kim’s Interests:

swimming, skiing, guitar...

Roger Kim’s Honors:

US Patent No. 7,236,575 : System and Method for IP Bandwidth Trading
Operation Desert Storm, NSA Service Appreciation Award