 Hi everyone and welcome back to JSA TV and JSA podcast where we're covering the latest stories news trends and innovations from leaders across our industry and One of those leaders joining me right now is NJFX leader Felix Seda Always nice to chat and always nice to catch up. Thank you. Thank you for having me always nice to chat with you as well Yeah, I was trying to remember when was the last time we chatted. I'm sure it was recent But maybe a few months ago. Yeah, most likely. Yeah So I know it's been a busy show we're on day two you literally just walked off of a panel and straight into our Booth here. Tell us about what you were chatting on the panel about. Yeah, it was the the keynote panel this morning It was and it was the topic was disruption and yeah, which is a pretty broad topic Covering our industry. So we talked a little about about the technological advancements that disrupting our industry and One of the one of the topics that's near and dear to my heart is obviously talent, right? Yeah, and the the growth of talent of talent and new talent in our industry and retaining that talent and something that I've been working Working on for for a couple years now is this PTC beyond initiative, right? with the with with a larger group, it's not just myself, but it's it's a program focus on Developing young leaders in our industry, right? And it's I think it's very important You know The established veterans are our industry had done a great job pushing it forward Yeah, and getting it to where it's today, which is incredible But at a certain point that is going to sort of shit shift, right? Yeah, people move on people retire and I think the idea of cultivating new upcoming talent and Getting them to assume leadership positions is is vital to keeping our industry Where it is today and pushing it forward. Yeah, it's so important, isn't it? I mean you hear that in a lot of New markets, but new and old alike, right? The importance of building that talent pool Maintaining it and growing it to support your business. You guys have done a great job of that year You've just celebrated seven years. Yeah, is that right? Yeah We just celebrated seven years of our of our facility being open back in September so It's been a it's been a crazy wild ride. Yeah, and you know, it's been a fun seven years Yeah, and then looking forward to feels like longer actually. It does Feels double that yeah, I bet it was for you especially yeah And so talk about some of the the growth that's happened over that time. How your ecosystems grown Yeah, I mean so when we started njfx We were originally meant to be a co-location Facility leveraging the existing cable landing station that was there in in Walden, New Jersey What we saw is that? New subsea developers and operators wanted to be in a carrier neutral environment, which is exactly what njfx is And so we've become our own cable landing station now with multiple subsea cables coming into our campus and potentially more and Because of that we're seeing a robust growth in our in our ecosystem. What was mainly Really a place for wholesale networks to integrate as a as a as a unique marketplace hub Now we're starting to see that shift a little bit not just from the wholesale providers But then to obviously the OTT then content guys who are Owners on these subsea systems are being developed, but also the enterprise as well, right? they want to be owners of their own fate and They're starting to look at unique models of interconnectivity not just the traditional ways of tying back to their To their existing data centers, but utilizing a place like njfx as their main interconnectivity hub where those Tentacles can kind of reach out across both transatlantic Lee and it's rush really across the US. Yeah, and Amazing just growth trajectory in terms of that whole ecosystem It's been amazing to watch and see the importance of what you're doing grow But there's more to come. I know you have new products. I believe rolling out is that right anything you can share There's potentially new products that we're involved in Again, we're a cable landing station So always looking at development of infrastructure And you know, we're excited to be part of that right as as new subsea cables come on board And you know, there's new products being talked about up across the US we're hoping to be a part of that solution and I'm keeping our industry going. Yeah, great. Well, we I'm sure we'll be talking to you more you the week's not over and What's next? You know, what do you have planned for the rest of this week? Anything. Well, I've been here since Saturday. I got here early and a little, you know Exploring and then and adjusting for the time and you know, it's it's been it's been the usual busy busy busy Like I said, I just got off the the keynote panel this morning Yeah, and I just jumping into into meetings all day and then tonight is the the carry awards dinner That's right, which is the the black tie event, which is always pretty fun. It gives us an opportunity to kind of You know dress up and be in a nice fun environment. So I'm looking forward to that as well. Yeah, that's great It's always a great event. Yeah, enjoy And so for our viewers who may miss you this week, but want to connect in the future, how can they reach out? My email is pretty simple Felix that MJ FX net unless we get another Felix that's not gonna change. Yeah, and obviously I'm on LinkedIn So, you know, hopefully to reach out. Have you happy to have you to connect great? Thanks so much for joining us. It was it's always great to make time to have a quick conversation with you Absolutely, and we look forward to more I think for having me. I appreciate it. Of course, of course And thank you viewers for tuning in again here to JSA TV and JSA podcast Stay tuned for more throughout the rest of day two here at Capacity Europe. Happy networking