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Ricardo as founder and Managing Director of Quark is responsible for the leadership and growth of the company including strategic planning, business development, digital transformation, corporate relations, corporate marketing services and corporate communications.
Ricardo founded Quark after being an executive in engineering consulting firms, construction companies, M&E contractors and critical equipment manufacturers, always with his main focus on Data Center sector.
A Mechanical Engineering by training Ricardo has spent his 30-year career helping to develop and deliver some of the most notable Data Center projects in Europe and Latam, totaling more than 250,000 sqm of IT space.
Certified as ATD (Accredited Tier Designer) by Uptime Institute and Data Center Design Specialist by DC Pro, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Spain DC (Spanish Data Center Association).

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Ingeniero Superior en Telecomunicaciones e Ingeniero en Organización Industrial. Master en Mercados de Emisiones de Carbono por la EOI y Master en Gestión de Proyectos por la UEM, PGD por el Instituto de Empresa, DCPro Operations por Data Center Dynamics, CDCP y CDFOM por EPI, Certificado ITIL V4, Scrum Master y Green Belt en Six Sigma.

Inicia su carrera profesional en los Data Centers en el Departamento Comercial de Telvent lo que le permite conocer las necesidades de housing de las empresas, tanto nacionales como internacionales desarrollándose y liderando los departamentos de Eficiencia Energética, Sostenibilidad, Desarrollo de Producto, Consultoría y Explotación de los Data Centers de Madrid. Completa su desarrollo con el liderazgo en el Diseño, Construcción, Puesta en Marcha y Operación de Alcalá Data Center por Ferrovial Servicios para posteriormente expandir el servicio de Operación y Mantenimiento especializado a clientes en España, Portugal, Inglaterra, Australia.

Su know-how en las necesidades y requerimientos de los Data Centers se ve complementado por la formación continua en las normas, métricas, tendencias y certificaciones que acompañan al sector de las Tecnologías de la Información.

Actualmente coordina y desarrolla a nivel global los servicios y operaciones orientados a Data Centers.

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Robert Assink is Managing Director of Digital Realty in Spain. Since 2000, Robert has been working to facilitate a more interconnected world; first by interconnecting telecommunications networks, then by linking digital content and distribution, and now by bringing enterprise IT traffic to cloud platforms. All these interconnections take place in Interxion's Data Centers.

Robert is Dutch by birth and Spanish by adoption. He holds a degree in business management from the European University of Antwerp (Belgium) and an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona.

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David McCall is the VP of Brand Evangelism for QTS Data Centers. He is responsible for building teams, setting strategic goals, and serving as an evangelist for one of largest and fastest growing data center service providers in the United States. He has more than 14 years of solutions engineering experience in the data center, telecommunications, and internet technology industries.

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Marco is a professional with 20 years experience in Operating and Managing data centers from small cable landing stations to hyperscale facilities. Has worked for Redbus Interhouse, Telecity and now Equinix, bringing his expertise not only on the physical infrastructure side but also managing quality, compliance, manager services and customer operations.

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Paul is a Senior Executive, with over 32 years of international construction, engineering, and enterprise management expertise. Leadership scope includes large regional infrastructure projects, mission critical, systems and facilities, consisting of semi conductor manufacturing plants, data centres, chemical processing plants and nuclear facilities.

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Bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering, and after 25 years of professional career in Nokia with multiple positions across different business groups, from 2010 I am focused in Business Development of IP and SDN products for Data Center in EMEA, targeting Large Enterprises, Public Administration and Service Provider markets.

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Francesc holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Girona, a Master in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California Irvine, and an Acredited Tier Designer (ATD) from the Uptime Institute.

He has 12 years of experience in Data Center consulting and engineering and is currently the Director of Engineering at Quark. During his career he has participated in multiple designs for national and international companies, as well as designs for major colocation operators, including numerous Uptime Institute certifications in Tier III and Tier IV categories.

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Angie Garza is the Director of Advanced Technology and Infrastructure Sourcing at Google, where she is responsible for the Sourcing & Procurement of Data Center Infrastructure and Advanced Technology which includes Power Generation, Power Distribution, Mechanical Cooling and Modular Equipment for Data Center Construction. Before that she was the Sr. Director of Engineering at X Corp (f.k.a.Twitter), where she was responsible for running the organizations that design, launch, maintain and operate Data Center infrastructure and hardware to support the X platform and where she was responsible for delivering X Corp's first AI deployment. She also worked for almost 10 years at Amazon Web Services, where she first managed the global supply chain for servers and then became the Head of Global Data center Infrastructure Procurement and Supply Chain as well as Lenovo, Celestica and other leaders in the tech space before that.

Born and raised in Mexico and passionate about coaching and growing talent in the Technology Industry, Angie has more than 20 years of experience in supply chain and procurement and throughout her career she has helped organizations and customers save billions of dollars in terms of supply chain optimizations, cost efficiencies and value engineering efforts mainly in this space.

In 2023 she was the recipient of the Infrastructure Masons IM100 Award for her notable contributions in the Data Center Industry.

In 2024, Angie was awarded the 'Technology All-Star Achievement' Award for her contributions in the technology space. She was also awarded the HITEC100 Award which highlights the 100 most influential Global Hispanic executives in technology.

The best word to describe Angie is: GRIT.

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In Microsoft since 2001, more than sixteen years dedicated to the FSI market, initially as an Architect in ISD and later as an Account Technology Strategist in Enterprise Commercial.

By working with systemic banks (G-SIFI), I developed vertical skills for a hyper-regulated market especially in compliance, security and privacy in addition to a strong and broad competence on technology matters (modern workplace, cloud infrastructure and applications, intelligent data, business applications, etc.).

In November 2022 I moved into the Cloud Region Lead role responsible for Italy North region business development and launch, happened in July 2023; I'm now member of Western Europe Cloud Region Leadership Team focusing on both Italy and Belgium cloud regions.

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Ivan Antozzi obtained a master’s degree in computer science and engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan in 2018. A year later he started working in the Digital Innovation Observatories dealing with digital transformation and Cloud projects. He is currently a senior researcher in the Cloud Transformation & Data Center Observatories. He obtained the Executive master’s in project management in October 2022 and is currently attending the Executive master’s in management at the Polimi Graduate School of Management.

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In Microsoft since 2001, more than sixteen years dedicated to the FSI market, initially as an Architect in ISD and later as an Account Technology Strategist in Enterprise Commercial.

By working with systemic banks (G-SIFI), I developed vertical skills for a hyper-regulated market especially in compliance, security and privacy in addition to a strong and broad competence on technology matters (modern workplace, cloud infrastructure and applications, intelligent data, business applications, etc.).

In November 2022 I moved into the Cloud Region Lead role responsible for Italy North region business development and launch, happened in July 2023; I'm now member of Western Europe Cloud Region Leadership Team focusing on both Italy and Belgium cloud regions.

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Management Engineer, since 2016 she has been working in the Digital Innovation Observatories of the Politecnico di Milano carrying out research activities in the field of cloud, computing infrastructures and software. Currently, at the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano, she is Research Director of the Data Center, Quantum Computing & Communication and Software & Digital Native Innovation Observatories.

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Currently, CEO of Namex Rome IXP, where he has been working since 1996. He was involved in the early development of the Rome IXP within Caspur, a high-performance computing (HPC) center, where he managed network and data center services. After Caspur merged with Cineca, becoming one of the world’s largest HPC centers, he continued in a similar role as Head of the Hosting BU before fully dedicating himself to Namex.
Over the years, he has contributed to the growth of Namex, supporting its transition from a small, university-driven initiative to one of Italy’s leading Internet exchange points. His work has focused on expanding interconnection opportunities, strengthening Namex’s role as a neutral hub for ISPs, content providers, and enterprises, and developing a robust ecosystem of data centers and colocation facilities. He has also played a role in the expansion of Namex’s infrastructure, improving resilience, supporting low-latency connectivity, and meeting the growing demand for interconnection services.
He has been involved in discussions on Internet governance and interconnection policies, contributing to the broader development of the Italian and European Internet ecosystem.
Furthermore, he has been recognized by the European Union as an expert in Internet and telecommunications.

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Donata’s key responsibilities at VIRTUS are to oversee all aspects of our business in Italy, including expansions, sales, data centre design, construction, and operations. She brings expertise in areas such as renewable energy, sustainability, and cloud and AI infrastructure gained from 20 years of experience in the data centre and energy industries.

Donata previously worked at Google EMEA, Skanska and data centre start-up, Aligned Data Centers, where she built a strong track record in developing strategic partnerships and sales successes. She has worked across international markets and has an unwavering commitment to sustainable business innovation and a diversified work environment.

In 2020 Donata received the international iMasons award, for her exceptional contribution to the development of digital infrastructure, and in 2021 she was awarded “Best Italian Manager of the Year” by Federmanager and Confindustria.

Donata achieved a Master in Civil Engineering from La Sapienza in Rome, winning scholarships at Cambridge University, the UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) in Barcelona and Columbia University in New York, where she obtained a double Master of Science in Construction Management and Real Estate Finance.

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