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As founder and former president of MSE Power Systems, Mark led the company’s growth to more than 200 employees and $75 million in revenue before its sale in 2008. With more than 30 years of broad experience across the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries, Mark has completed over 300 T&D projects at voltages up to 765 kV. He was a pioneer in the wind industry, interconnecting more than 10 GW of wind power. Mark is a past member of the AWEA’s transmission committee and contributing author to the AWEA Grid Code. He holds a BS in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a licensed professional engineer in eight U.S. states.

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Susanna Kass ranked 1st in the Top 10 Women in Data Centers in the U.S. and 4th in the Top 10 Women in Data Centers worldwide and is one of the Top 10 Data Center Influencers on LinkedIn. Susanna led over 3.8 gigawatts of clean energy data center projects across 18 countries for over 30 years as a global data center operation executive, a clean energy researcher, and an AI scientist. Susanna is an inventor holding patents and is featured in publications on Amazon Press as a Best-Selling Author and in WSJ, Forbes, Inc. CIO, TEDx, and Data Center magazines. She led new ventures to billions from the ground up in her role as COO at eBay International, General Manager of HP Asia Pacific Data Center Operation, VP of Global Data Center Business Operations at Sun Microsystems/Oracle, Head of Innovation and Development at NextEra Energy, EVP Sustainability and Development at Baselayer I/O with Fortune 500 clients: Goldman Sachs, Citi, BofA, Walmart, GE, hyperscale cloud content providers AWS, Google, Meta-Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Akamai, with numerous electric utilities.

Susanna is a Data Center Advisor to UNSDG-EP, an Energy Fellow at Stanford University, and a Board Member of Stanford University Graduate School of Business Women’s Circle, leading Impact Analysis Communication. Susanna is currently an Operating Partner at Digital Gravity Infra on sustainability infrastructure investments and a co-founder and Board Chair at InfraPrime℠, a Net Zero Switzerland startup funded by The European Union for Clean Energy Transition; her Net Zero designs and data center builds deliver net-positive results towards the transition to a carbon-free future, by using AI optimized digital infrastructure, green grids to scale the growth of accelerated computing to protect human safety, alleviate poverty, promote prosperity, and advance sustainability for head of states.

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Roland Ruprecht joined Teknor Apex in 2004, where he has held a variety of roles in operations, laboratory, product development, and technology management. His expertise in flame retardant technologies, consumer products, and weatherable polymer blends has led to several patent publications. As the global technical director, he currently oversees vinyl technology, chemicals technology, support services, and the Asia technology group.

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Miranda Gardiner is the Executive Director of the iMasons Climate Accord, a non-profit composed of 250+ member companies, representing more than $6T in market cap, and aligned on global carbon accounting of digital infrastructure. The organization is focused on influencing market-based decisions and driving the data center industry to ultimately achieve net zero carbon.

With over 16 years of experience, Miranda is a driven, professional manager with extensive industry experience in green buildings, energy and water efficiency, and sustainable master plans and policies. She is passionate about the environment and improving sustainability practices through local and global engagement, with a proven record of working for international sustainability organizations like the US Green Building Council and in 2020, was recognized by USGBC as a LEED Fellow.

Miranda is an enthusiastic author and public speaker who clearly communicates with peers, clients, and corporations to achieve individual and departmental goals. She thrives in implementing sustainable practices that result in significant cost savings, improved efficiency, and reduced environmental impact. Additionally, she is distance running coach and cycling instructor, who believes that caring for oneself resonates in caring for the planet; she has completed 8 marathons and 3 ultramarathons.

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