WILLIAM G. LAPERCH - Corporate Board Profile

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2017-03-29	Mr. LaPerch is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University.
2018-03-29	William G. LaPerch has served as a director since March 2013. Since July 2016, Mr. LaPerch has served as the Executive Chairman at Hylan Datacom, a construction services company in the communications infrastructure space. Prior to that he served as a consultant at LaPerch Consulting providing services to various private equity firms in the network, data center and cloud segments. From January 2004 to July 2012, Mr. LaPerch was Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the board of directors at AboveNet, Inc., a provider of bandwidth infrastructure services. Prior to AboveNet, Inc., Mr. LaPerch served as President, Network Services from 2001 to 2003 and as President, Enterprise Services from 2000 to 2001 of Metromedia Fiber Network, a provider of metro fiber services. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. LaPerch held various operations and engineering positions at MCI Worldcom, Inc., a global communications company, including most recently as Vice President, Network Services. Prior to joining MCI Worldcom, Inc., Mr. LaPerch held sales and operations positions with NYNEX Corporation, a communications company. Mr. LaPerch is a member of the board of directors and serves as chairman of the compensation committee of Windstream Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Windstream Corporation, a provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions, which is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Mr. LaPerch also serves on the board of directors of several privately held network services and technology companies. Until August 2015, Mr. LaPerch was a member of the board of directors and served on the audit, compensation and nominating and governance committees of Imation Corp., a global scalable storage and data security company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. LaPerch is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University. Our Board selected Mr. LaPerch to serve as a director because it believes he possesses valuable expertise in the bandwidth, colocation, interconnection and communications industries, including extensive experience working with and leading public companies in these industries.
2019-04-01	Skills and Expertise: Colocation/interconnection, Communications, 2017 NACD Board Leadership Fellow, Recipient of CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight. Education: BS - US Military Academy at West Point, MBA - Columbia University.
2020-04-29	Skills and Expertise: Colocation/interconnection, Communications, 2017 NACD Board Leadership Fellow, Recipient of CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight.
2021-04-23	Skills and Expertise: Colocation/interconnection, Communications, 2017 NACD Board Leadership Fellow, Recipient of CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight; Education: BS - US Military Academy at West Point, MBA - Columbia University.
2022-04-22	• BS - US Military Academy at West Point • MBA - Columbia University Recipient of CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight.
2023-04-28	Our Board selected Mr. LaPerch to serve as a director because it believes he possesses valuable expertise in the bandwidth, colocation, interconnection and communications industries, including extensive experience working with and leading public companies in these industries. Education: BS – US Military Academy at West Point; MBA – Columbia University; Recipient of CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight.
2024-04-26	Our Board selected Mr. LaPerch to serve as a director because it believes he possesses valuable expertise in the bandwidth, colocation, interconnection and communications industries, including extensive experience working with and leading public companies in these industries.