The election for the 2024-2025 term of the OIX board will open on December 5th and continue for one week. All OIX members will receive a ballot via email to the membership list. To obtain a ballot for the election, sign up as an OIX Member.

Candidates

Jean-Francis Ahanda - LinkedIn

Sameer Gahlot - LinkedIn

Ilissa Miller - LinkedIn

Founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations, Host of NEDAS Live! With over 25 years of experience in the digital infrastructure sector, Ilissa Miller is a sought after advisor offering cutting-edge strategies to companies including Data Center Operators, Internet Exchanges, Interconnection Platform Enablers, Edge Computing, Global Networking including metro, regional, national, and subsea networks and more. Through effective communication strategies including positioning statements and thought-leadership initiatives, Ilissa’s expertise helps companies communicate innovative solutions, develop and shape partnerships, and accelerate growth. As host of NEDAS Live!, a podcast exploring the convergence of wireline and wireless networks, Ilissa interviews industry executives about the constantly changing digital infrastructure landscape.

John Osmon - LinkedIn

Mona Weisberg - LinkedIn

Mona is currently active as a Consultant in the Digital Infrastructure business; her most recent past includes her role as the VP, Real Estate Sales and Marketing for Digital Crossroads at Lake Michigan, a mission critical Data Center Development in the NW corner of Indiana, servicing Chicagoland. She was also a Director at Colliers International, a global Commercial Real Estate firm, where she worked for the Management team of 60 Hudson in New York and most specifically supported the largest Tenant, DataGryd Data Centers. Mona Weisberg launched her Real Estate career in the late 1980’s and partnered to launch the Philadelphia tri-state area’s first and most successful on-going Retail Tenant Representation firm, Solomon Associates (now part of CBRE). Ms. Weisberg moved to Manhattan and became Director of Real Estate for Eureka Broadband Corporation, where she originated and maintained relationships with national and regional commercial real estate owners representing over 100 landlords, 200 million square feet/3000 commercial office buildings in five markets including New York, PA, Miami, TX and SoCal responsible for managing in-building services division for this leading provider of integrated communication services. Later, as Director of Real Estate for RCN Business Services, a tier one fiber provider, she was responsible for gaining the “access rights” for advanced and dedicated data, voice and video services. Ms. Weisberg graduated from Drew University and has been an active member of both ICSC and REBNY; she has been an active member for Open-IX, as a volunteer on the Marketing Committee, the board liaison/chairperson of the Marketing Committee and currently sits on the Board; she also sits on the Board of JSA and Associates.