Wendy Crespo

Wendy Crespo is the Co-Founder for Forum for Women in Data Centres. With a career spanning telecoms, customer success and commercial leadership, Wendy brings a broad and deeply practical understanding of how the data centre ecosystem operates, from operational delivery through to strategic growth.

Originally from the United States and based in London for over 20 years, Wendy began her career in telecoms following the 2008 financial crisis. Starting in an administrative role, she progressed by actively seeking opportunities to add value, moving through sales support, service delivery, and customer-facing roles. Her curiosity and willingness to step beyond her remit enabled her to develop expertise in account management, operational escalation and project delivery.

Wendy later moved into customer success leadership roles, working closely with operational and engineering teams to create more customer-centric approaches for hyperscale clients. Now at Global Switch, her role is highly commercial and strategic, encompassing brand positioning, pipeline development, site identification and long-term relationship management. She operates across both business development and operational performance, bringing strategic insight based on real customer intelligence and market engagement.

As a co-founder of the Forum for Women in Data Centres, Wendy is passionate about widening access to the sector and supporting emerging professionals. Having benefited from mentorship herself, she understands the impact of guidance, challenge and perspective, and is keen to provide that support to others.

Wendy is particularly well-suited to mentoring individuals early in their data centre journey who are looking to build confidence in networking and industry engagement. She can offer practical advice on navigating the sector, prioritising which events to attend, building a meaningful network, and positioning oneself in a competitive, fast-moving market. Her adaptive, commercially minded approach ensures mentees gain both clarity and confidence as they shape their career paths.