CityFibre's incoming Head of Product Clayton Nash brings 20 years industry experience to the role including a stint at Openreach where he improved the build of NGA and managed a Carrier Ethernet, DWDM and TDM product portfolio worth over £900m.
Nash went on to head up Network Rail's internal telecom products and prior to joining CityFibre he worked on various projects at Vodafone, undertaking a full strategic assessment of consumer fibre network futures, advising on network investments plus technical input into regulatory programmes.
"CityFibre is approaching fibre with the right mindset, believing that bandwidth at gigabit speeds will become common and affordable and that we should stop managing scarcity and start delivering abundance," stated Nash. "This aligns perfectly with my view of where the industry is going, so turning down the opportunity to be part of making that happen simply wasn't an option."
When he joins CityFibre on September 1st Nash will set about 'merging simplicity with the abundance of bandwidth' to make products easier to consume. "I also want to break down the perception that dark fibre is an exotic choice and make it a simple alternative to traditional lit services; and I'll be working on some new and distinct uses for our long distance network.
"Gigabit speeds used to be the preserve of large business, but as more and more small businesses shift to cloud and hosted applications, the hunger for fast, affordable gigabit speeds, enterprise grade service and superior reliability is going to be non-negotiable for everyone."