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Hands on technology executive with over 30 years of leadership in architectural definition, team building, engineering execution, and launch success. Results oriented with a strong track record of execution, incorporating many first to market IP elements. Track record of talent acquisition, development, and retention. Core Competencies: Cultivating innovation, execution planning/steering, tech partner relationships, and customer collaboration.

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John Lee is an innovative technology executive focused on operational excellence through driving change. Combining a proven track record for providing outstanding results and building teams with diverse skills to deliver the highest-level of customer service. Core abilities regarding analysis and optimization. Passionate about continuous learning.

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Dagi provides architecture/design, engineering and construction leadership / expertise to internal and external resources for the delivery of IT capacity for greenfield, brownfield, retrofit and lease delivery projects globally.

His deliverables include data center site selection, managing efforts of land technical due diligence, engineering/designing/constructing the building shell/core, power, cooling, telecom, and controls infrastructure, environmental and building permitting all to align with Salesforce’s IT capacity roadmap for critical infrastructure builds, M&A, migration, optimization, decommissioning and leases.

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Jennifer is a sustainability leader within the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Data Center Engineering team and is leading energy and sustainability for data center services. She is working towards Oracle's goals to be 100% renewable by 2025 and embed sustainability within one of the world's fastest growing public clouds.

Prior to joining Oracle, Jennifer led Equinix's global Sustainability Program Office located within Investor Relations, helping them the EPA Green Power Partner of the year in 2020 as well as one of the largest corporate renewable energy buyers worldwide. In 2020, Jennifer also led the creation of Equinix's Green Finance Framework enabling the issuance of $3.7B in green bonds to finance their investments in green buildings, renewable energy, and energy and water efficiency. She also led their science-based targets and supported their leadership in the EU towards the formation of the EU Climate-Neutral Data Centre Operator Pact.

She holds a master’s degree in Decision Analysis from Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree in Chemistry.

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John brings 15 years of management experience to the operations of Sabey’s data center portfolio – with no incidence of facility downtime. In addition to all day-to-day operations, start-ups and transitions, John is responsible for developing the conceptual bases of design and operations for data centers, managing client relationships, overseeing construction projects, and planning for electrical utility capacity.

John and his team have routinely received recognition for continuous uptime from the Uptime Institute. Prior to joining Sabey, he worked for Capital One and for Walt Disney Company and spent seven years with the Navy Civil Engineer Corps. John is also President and founding member of the Western Washington State Chapter of AFCOM, a leading international data center operations industry group.

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Margot Hines is the Principal, Corporate Sustainability Strategy at Akamai, and is responsible for Akamai's corporate Renewable Energy strategy.

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John Coster is an experienced leader in engineering, construction and operations of digital facilities, and the advanced technologies that that optimize operational and financial performance. John has over 30 years’ forming and leading global teams developing investment-grade Real Estate and IT projects, and products and services in companies ranging from start-ups to >$200Bn.

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Peter Worley is a licensed Mechanical Engineer and currently is Director, Development at CloudHQ. Peter has more than 10 years of experience in the design, construction and operations of hyperscale data centers.

Peter has held roles on the consultant, developer and owner sides (eg lead engineer, design manager, owner's mechanical SME, construction program manager, and development manager).

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Michael Piccininni leads the Global Alliances Team as Director of Global Alliances for Americas Cloud, Data Center and Telco Service Providers at Dell Technologies.

Michael oversees all aspects of the company’s evolving partner ecosystem teams to co-create joint solutions, go to market and initiatives for clients Powered By Dell Technologies in the multi-cloud, ERP, IaaS, Cyber, AI and Data Management space.

He has held various Alliances and Direct sales and management roles for Dell Technologies & EMC focused on Cloud/Telco/Data Center since 2009. Michael’s success is driven by a strong focus in driving transformational technology initiatives to achieve business outcomes through joint partnership offerings and innovative ecosystem strategies.

Michael is also an investor and consultant for companies looking for support and strategic guidance in the BPO, M&A, Data Management, AI and Cloud space.

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John Hilt is a highly-regarded executive with a distinguished career in data center operations, consulting engineering, and corporate real estate. With a specialized focus on digital infrastructure and critical facility management, he has successfully led large-scale data center construction, operation, and optimization projects. His expertise spans the full spectrum of design, construction management, and space planning, positioning him as a leading figure in the fast-paced, mission-critical world of data centers.

John is highly qualified in client relationship management, portfolio leadership, and performance enhancement, and excels in budgetary planning and team leadership. He has a proven track record of managing multi-million-dollar, fast-tracked programs and high-stakes data center projects that demand precision, scalability, and operational efficiency.

As an innovative problem solver, John is known for his ability to manage large, cross-functional teams, establish and control yearly budgets, and drive critical infrastructure projects to success. He communicates effectively with all stakeholders, including executive leadership, shareholders, clients, integrators, and vendors, ensuring seamless coordination and alignment

John’s relentless drive for excellence ensures a results-oriented, committed approach focused on operational resilience, future-proofing solutions, and sustained growth.

John is a Licensed Professional Engineer that holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Delaware. He is also the recipient of multiple global awards for innovation.

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Marcus is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of industry experience spanning management, engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations with a focus on data centers and advanced technology sectors.

He is a recognized data center industry Thought Leader with an ardent understanding of the nature of the critical environment and its reliance on the design, construction and commissioning of its technology and facility infrastructure systems and the proper training and readiness of its operations staff to successfully deliver on its fundamental business mission.

Marcus has authored trade articles and served as an event speaker / panelist on design, energy efficiency, sustainability, and operational best practices in the mission critical environment. He is an Uptime Institute Network Member Principal, Contributor to the Data Center Dynamics Management and Operations Channel, and Board Member of the Carolinas Chapter of the 7x24 Exchange, serving as the organization's Thought Leadership Committee Chairman.

Marcus was appointed in 2021 as Chair of the ASHRAE SSPC 90.4 Energy Standard for Data Centers Committee. He is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and joined Truist in 2021 as Mission Critical Operations Group Manager.

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Jerrod Buterbaugh serves as a Principal Engineer in AMD’s Datacenter and Embedded Solutions Group, where he specializes in data center power and cooling infrastructure, with a focus on high-density, liquid-cooled computing systems. Jerrod began his career in the United States Air Force as an Avionics and Electrical Technician before moving into the tech industry. He spent 15 years at IBM, developing expertise in server power systems design and data center power and cooling engineering. Following IBM, Jerrod spent 10 years at Lenovo and was instrumental in advancing cooling technologies and services, particularly in energy efficient facility design and deployment of direct liquid cooled servers. Jerrod joined AMD in 2024 and guides AMD’s data center power and cooling infrastructure strategy and supports industry initiatives around high density, liquid-cooled GPU platforms. Jerrod has 24 patents in power and cooling technology and is a member of Open Compute Project and ASHRAE TC9.9, contributing to industry standards. Jerrod holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.

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Brad has executed over $2.5 billion in mission critical data center projects in the US and Mexico. More recently, he delivered multiple hyperscale, wholesale, and collocation data centers totaling over 150 megawatts for large REITs, social media clients and financial institutions.  Brad has held leadership roles in an ENR top 5 General Contractor working within Lump Sum, Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, and Integrated Project Delivery contracts. He received a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from Brigham Young University. He enjoys building the right teams and executing technical projects.

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John Hawkins is the IBM Global Data Center Strategy and Planning Lead. John brings over 20 years and $3B of leasing experience in the data center and commercial real estate fields. John is best known for his work at Telx, where he was the Director of Global Real Estate & Data Center Expansions. During his years at Telx, John expanded the data center portfolio over seven hundred percent and negotiated over $1B+ in leases, leading to the acquisition of Telx by Digital Realty for $1.9 billion. Prior to Telx, John was Vice President of Real Estate and Data Center Logistics at Exenet Technologies, where he was responsible for the complete ownership of a multi-country facility build-out.  Earlier in his career, John was Vice President of International Operations & Real Estate at The Matlen Silver Group, where he opened operations in India and Trinidad.  

John earned his Masters of Real Estate at New York University.

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Herb Tracy's experience includes over 30 years of MEP Engineering, Facilities Management, Data Center Design and Management, Alternative Energy - Fuel Cells, Windmills, and Photovoltaic, Power Plant Maintenance and Management - Combined Cycle Gas Turbines and Steam Turbines, Environmental, Health, and Safety Management, and Business Development.

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Ramiro is the AVP of Technical Space Operations for AT&T's Data Center Operations and responsible for all data centers infrastructure operations across the globe. He was previously responsible for all AT&T Central Office Operations in AL, GA, SC, and NC and holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Miami.

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Refugio Fernandez is an experienced Commodity Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Refugio is skilled in Spend Analysis, Demand Planning, Pricing Strategy, and Strategic Sourcing. He has strong purchasing professional with a MBA focused in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business.

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Kapil Wannere is a seasoned expert in IT infrastructure, cloud architecture, and network solutions, dedicated to designing and delivering innovative, scalable, and secure technologies that drive business success. With a strong foundation in SD-WAN, datacenter management, IT security, and cloud systems, Kapil specializes in creating cutting-edge solutions tailored to meet evolving organizational needs.

Whether streamlining enterprise IT operations, deploying advanced cloud solutions, or optimizing network security, Kapil is passionate about solving complex challenges with precision, creativity, and professionalism.

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Michael Roark is the Founder & CEO of iM Data Centers.

iM Data Centers creates data centers with end-to-end services and investment solutions, including iM’s factory-built, modular facilities.

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Duncan Ng is Vice President Solutions Engineering at Vultr leading Global Technical Go To Market covering Presales, Technical Account Management and Partner Engineering.

His organization is responsible for the full customer journey from working with Partners-Alliances and the Direct sales team on the first discovery call, architecting a solution, rolling out a POC, scaling into production, ongoing technical account management and representing the voice of the customer in establishing the roadmap for new products and features.

Extensive experience working in, selling to and partnering with organizations with global footprints including Hyperscalers, Service Providers, OEMs, Telecoms, and AI market leaders.

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Darrick Horton is the Founder and CEO of TensorWave, a leading AI compute and cloud solutions company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a serial entrepreneur, Darrick has successfully founded and led several technology startups, focusing on data center, cloud infrastructure, and semiconductor technology. His career also includes experience on Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works team, where he worked on nuclear fusion. Prior to that, he contributed to several research projects including NASA-funded plasma physics research as well as astrophysics research with the LIGO project.

Beyond his professional achievements, Darrick has served as the President of Engineers Without Borders, where he dedicated his efforts to supporting the development of disadvantaged communities worldwide.

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Bryan Decker is an experienced operations and reliability focused professional with a demonstrated history of working in critical industries. Bryan is skilled in Facility Operations, Incident Management, Maintenance Management, Reliability and Organizational Leadership.

Bryan Decker has a deep understanding of critical industries, including manufacturing, energy, and data centers. He is also skilled in a variety of operational disciplines, including facility operations, incident management, maintenance management, and organizational leadership.

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Doug is the Founder & President of EdgePresence. Doug is a renowned telecommunications industry veteran with over 25 years of proven experience successfully delivering multi-access edge data center and colocation services. Prior to founding EdgePresence in 2017, Doug founded Colo5 Data Centers LLC; later acquired by Cologix, Inc in 2014. Throughout his career, he has achieved several accolades, including Northeast Florida's Ultimate CEO Award by the Jacksonville Business Journal, and as owner of one of Florida's fastest-growing companies and one of the 500 fastest-growing companies nationwide, was listed in Jacksonville's Business Journals Top 40 under 40 for 2010. Doug is also a widely recognized thought leader, speaking at key industry events such as PTC and other national IT and business events. Doug's professionalism, passion and robust industry experience has positioned EdgePresence as a leading contender in the edge data center market.

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Robert Novo has in-depth experience in service delivery, network operations, executive consulting, leading-edge technology and carrier-grade, resilient telecommunications. Robert is experienced with leading large team consulting projects, managing shifting priorities and delivering on-time with quality to CxOs of Fortune 500, multi-national customers.

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Jacqueline is a Research Analyst at Uptime Institute, focusing on cooling systems, including liquid cooling and its challenges to operations and resiliency. Her background includes environmental monitoring and data interpretation in the environmental compliance and health and safety fields.

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Cyre Mercedes Denny is a Global Program Director for the Cloud & Service Provider Segment of Schneider Electric. She works to translate strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth, helping to implement organization-wide programs, performance management, and annual operations planning that has yielded year over year business growth. Cyre leads a large global team of high-performing professionals collaborating with top executives in setting and driving organizational vision, operational strategy, and resource needs. She has over 15 years of experience working with Fortune 500 Companies, leveraging her unique background and strong leadership abilities to approach business needs from a creative point of view.

Cyre is passionate about education and diversity & inclusion. She was awarded the Schneider Electric Life is on Award for Excellence in Project Execution as well as Schneider’s Dare to Disrupt recognition for establishing the first cross state diversity and inclusion network in the DC, MD, & VA region uniting multiple offices and hundreds of employees to support numerous D&I causes. Cyre is a graduate of Syracuse University, as well as the McKenzie Leadership Program and Hispanics in Technology’s Emerging Executive Program. Cyre served on the board of the Women in Schneider Electric resource group and is currently working towards completing an executive leadership program with the INSEAD Business School while serving as the chair of the Infrastructure Masons LatinX Community and is an avid mentor for the Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council (HITEC) and schools across Virginia and the Bronx, NYC where she is originally from.

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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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Jordan Milman is the Chairman and CEO of Archer Datacenters, wholesale colocation datacenter development powered by 100% renewable energy.

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As Vice President of Data Center Field Operations, Joseph is responsible for overall Data Center Operations across CoreSite's portfolio. This includes all facilities, operations, and security work ranging from data center physical security, to CoreSite's robust maintenance program, customer deployments, and ensuring the continued success of the CoreSite Operational Excellence Program.

Joseph and his team team are committed to keeping CoreSite the unsurpassed industry leader at efficiently operating data centers and delivering premium service to our customers.

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Dr Daniel Kearney is at the forefront of sustainable AI innovation, and his tenure at Firmus Technologies is marked by pioneering energy-efficient solutions that harmonize technological advancement with environmental stewardship. Daniel's team's commitment to holistic, end-to-end AI systems extends from advanced thermal design to power management, ensuring that the digital future is both robust and eco-conscious.

With a focus on digital technology and technology management, Daniel's expertise lies in creating AI Cloud infrastructures that are not only the world’s most energy-efficient, but also scalable to the evolving demands of global industries. As part of his mission at Firmus, Firmus have set a new industry standard for sustainability from die to data center, positioning them as leaders in the responsible development of cutting-edge AI technology.

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Jeff leads DC BLOX where he is responsible for setting and leading the company’s strategy, vision and execution in designing, building, and operating a fabric of interconnected, highly secure, Tier III rated data centers across the Southeast. DC BLOX currently owns and operates data centers in five Southeast markets of which all have become the defacto Connectivity Exchanges within their respective market for agile, efficient, resilient cloud connectivity and best-in-class infrastructure for digital services.

Jeff is a 30 year veteran in the information technology industry, is a tireless tech-savvy executive and business strategist having held C-suite leadership roles for Liquid Web, Cbeyond, Bandwidth, ACSI Network Technologies, MCI and WilTel.

Jeff serves as an active board member in several technology firms, he is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, Rice University’s Jones School of Business Executive Education program in Finance and Accounting and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. Jeff lives in Alpharetta, GA with his wife Aimee of 22 years which they have two daughters. When not working, he can be typically found road cycling, playing golf or on a lacrosse field with his youngest daughter.

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Tony Rossabi is Founder and Managing Member of OCOLO, a unique and innovative marketplace for data centers. Tony is the former CEO and a Board Member of Recovery Point Systems (RPS), a provider of data center and recovery services. Tony is an Independent director for Connectbase, Vantage Data Centers, 1623 Farnam, and Contract Leasing Corporation.

With more than 25 years of experience driving growth and innovation for technology and telecommunications enterprises, Tony has guided several companies to successful turnarounds and exits.

Prior to RPS, Tony worked for TierPoint as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, where he was responsible for overseeing revenue growth, managing the daily operations of TierPoint’s national sales organization, and devising the company’s strategic plan. He was part of the 3-person executive team that raised $325 million to drive the company’s growth.

Prior to TierPoint, Tony served as Managing Director for Digital Realty Trust’s colocation and connectivity business unit, and earlier was Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Strategy for Telx Group, Inc. (acquired by DRT). In 2015, Tony was part of the executive team that sold the business to Digital Realty Trust for $1.98 billion, realizing a 43% IRR.

Tony supports several organizations as a member of non-profit Boards, including the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) and the Board of Surgeons Overseas.

Past Corporate Board roles: PCTEL formerly listed on NASDAQ (acquired in December 2023), National Express Wash, and Qarbon Technology.

Tony holds BA, MBA, and Juris Doctor (JD) degrees.

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Sean Varley is the Chief Evangelist and leader of ecosystem development and partner programs at Ampere. His group is responsible for go to market, messaging, strategy and execution of developer and partner ecosystem growth programs. The team covers marketing strategy, strategic business relationships, business planning and developer recruitment for Cloud Native Computing in the rapidly evolving Cloud and Edge server markets. Our goal is to provide Products and Solutions that showcase the disruptive advantage our unique Cloud-Native server processors provide to the market.

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Edward Socia is the Insight Director for datacenterHawk, and has 13 years of industry experience.

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Yuval Bachar is the Founder and CEO of ECL, where he is leading the development of the world’s first zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered AI data centers. With over two decades of experience in data center architecture and infrastructure strategy, Yuval built his first facility, MV-1, in Mountain View, California. A long-time pioneer in the field, he has consistently driven innovation in sustainable digital infrastructure throughout his career.

Before founding ECL, Yuval held senior leadership roles at Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook, Cisco Systems, and Juniper Networks, where he helped shape some of the industry’s most advanced data center platforms. He is also the founder of the Open19 Project and served as president of the Open19 Foundation, driving the development of open standards for edge and enterprise infrastructure.

Yuval’s work focuses on integrating sustainability with advanced technologies, including machine learning, AI-driven operations, and predictive maintenance. He holds eight U.S. patents related to data center systems, networking, and design, and has been recognized with three Cisco Pioneer Awards. He earned his BSEE from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

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Martin Brennan leads a global engineering team to ensure reliability and consistent performance for Credit Suisse facilities and data centers. Martin's team has built a building excellence program that includes building design standards, operational maintenance standards and internal auditing measuring performance and reliability. He also specializes in building technologies and implement and manage smart building technologies, BMS, green building and a carbon measurement platform tool that drives Credit Suisse's environmental targets and is the data backbone for Credit Suisse's annual sustainability report.

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Laura Munoz Becerra is the winner of DCD's Young Mission-Critical Engineer of the Year award.

With a degree in mechanical engineering, Laura joined the highly competitive Meta DEC Gold program, where she discovered her passion and talent for telecommunications. In just a few years, Laura has grown from a talented engineering graduate into a key leader driving innovative solutions at the forefront of Meta’s mission-critical infrastructure, consistently demonstrating ingenuity, innovation, lateral thinking, and calmness under pressure throughout her work.

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Dean Perrine is the Executive Vice President of JSA.

JSA is a provider of Public Relations, Marketing and Event Planning services to the telecom, data center, and tech industries. JSA was awarded ‘Most Outstanding Telecoms PR Agency’ by LiveWire for two years in a row.

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Joti Balani, Founder and Managing Director of Freshriver.ai, is a creative architect designing and delivering enterprise grade conversational artificial intelligence.

She created a multidimensional transformation framework blending AI, data sciences, engineering and social sciences. She leads transformative innovations at Fortune 100 enterprises to create emotional, economic and brand value with her team, who represent the empowered human race in all dimensions.

Joti has worked as a CAI strategy and delivery consultant at Google, Johnson & Johnson, Centene Corporation and Lowe's Companies, Inc. She is G100 US Country Chair for Robotics & Automation, the AI Impact lead at Innovation of Large Organizations (ILO), Intrapreneurship Governance Council Member/Unfold Consulting as well as AI Advisor to Web3 focused startups, Titlechain and Inpeak.xyz solving critical, global problems in business and society with courage, creativity and technology.

Joti also leads Open Voice Network’s (OVON) Industry Advisory Council to share her Conversational AI framework with the industry and is co-founder of Women in Voice/WiV, New Jersey, US chapter.

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Arthur Valhuerdi is the Chief Technology Officer at Hudson Interxchange and has over 25 years of management experience in the telecommunications and data center fields. He served as Vice President of Engineering for Zayo Colocation, Vice President of Infrastructure for FiberNet Telecom Group, and Vice President of Operations at Datagryd Data Centers.

Mr. Valhuerdi holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College, an M.S. in Information Systems from Polytechnic Institute of New York University as well as a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.

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Richard Hallahan is based out of Ashburn, Virginia, United States and works at CleanArc Data Centers as Head of Solutions Engineering.

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With over $150MM commercial real estate experience as a principal investor, Matt Wanderer is an experienced founder, CEO, and member of multiple private equity and venture capital portfolio companies.​ Matt is a five-time “500 Fastest Growing Private Company Award” recipient. Matt is a proud Oregon Duck having earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon. He later earned his M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business, the London School of Economics, and HEC Paris.

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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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Dr. Varun Sivaram is senior fellow for energy and climate at the Council on Foreign Relations and brings experience as a C-suite executive at two publicly listed companies, as a senior U.S. diplomat, and as a physicist with expertise in clean energy technologies. Dr. Sivaram served as chief strategy and innovation officer at Ørsted, a $25 billion Fortune Global 500 company that is the world’s largest producer of offshore wind energy. His teams executed several billion dollars in clean energy asset acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, and structured financing products; developed the company’s strategic approach to build renewable energy across three continents; and launched Ørsted Ventures to invest in next-generation technologies. Earlier in his career, he served as chief technology Officer at ReNew Power, a publicly listed multibillion-dollar company that is India’s largest producer of renewable energy, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

Dr. Sivaram served for the first two years of President Joe Biden’s administration in the White House and State Department as the managing director for clean energy and senior advisor to Secretary John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. He created and led the First Movers Coalition, which President Biden called the flagship U.S. public-private partnership on climate. Dr. Sivaram has also served in state and local government as senior advisor to the mayor of Los Angeles and to the governor of New York.

A widely published scientist and innovation scholar, Sivaram has served on the faculty of Columbia University and Georgetown University and was also previously fellow and director of the energy and climate program at the Council on Foreign Relations. His books include Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet, Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission, and Digital Decarbonization: Promoting Digital Innovations to Advance Clean Energy Systems.

TIME Magazine named Sivaram to its TIME 100 Next list of the next hundred most influential people in the world, MIT Technology Review named him one of the top 35 innovators under 35, and the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader. His TED Talk on India's clean energy transition has been viewed more than one million times. Sivaram serves on the boards of the Atlantic Council, the Breakthrough Institute, and Aventurine Partners. A Rhodes and Truman Scholar, he holds a PhD in condensed matter physics from Oxford University, and undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.

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Jesline Leston is passionate about infrastructure programs in the data center space by leading the execution and delivery in data center construction program management. Jesline leads the construction operations process focusing on quality for major hyperscale clients.

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Jeffrey Zygler is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Active Infrastructure. Mr. Zygler brings more than 15 years of institutional real estate experience, during which he has led the development and acquisition of projects in eleven states exceeding $3 billion in value, including over 13 million square feet of build-to-suit transactions for a leading multinational technology and e-commerce company. 

Prior to founding Active Infrastructure, Mr. Zygler was a Partner at Dermody Properties, a national real estate investment and management company, where he ran the company's National Accounts Group. During his tenure at Dermody, Mr. Zygler sourced and led the development of the largest build-to-suit and speculative development transactions in the company's 60-year  history.  Prior to joining Dermody, Mr. Zygler served as the Vice President of Development for KTR Capital Partners until its sale to Prologis in 2015.

Mr. Zygler is a board member of UJA-Federation Young Wall Street Division, has co-chaired several events for the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, and is a member of NAIOP Developing Leaders and NAIOP National Forums – eCommerce II. He holds a B.S. in finance and logistics, transportation and supply chain management from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

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Allison Boen has worked for 29 years in Data Center Design and Construction and is the Co-Founder and President of Alcatex Data Center Services. Allison, a certified DCEP with the Department of Energy, has had the unique opportunity to witness the industry expand and evolve.

As an Evangelist for Liquid Immersion Cooling Technology and as Brand Ambassador for Shell Corporation’s Single Phase Immersion Cooling Fluid, Allison’s focus is to help advocate for a more Sustainable Data Center Infrastructure utilizing less energy and less water. Allison also has supported since 2018 the Open Compute Project (OCP) and the Immersion Cooling Community as part of the Steering Group Committee and as a Workstream Lead.  

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Imran Latif is an engineering executive, presently, Chief Operations Officer at the US Dept of Energy Office of Science at Brookhaven National Lab where he leads the Infrastructure Operations of High Performance Computing Centers supporting the Global cutting-edge research collaborations on Physics, Life Sciences, Quantum, AI and HPC. Imran has over 20 years of leadership experience delivering large scale engineering, construction and sustainability projects.

Imran leads worldwide sustainability research with leading academia and tech companies. The research work is focused on solving the real-life energy issues in the mission critical facilities and developing the AI and ML based technologies to automate the sustainability processes. He is a subject matter expert in direct to chip and immersion cooling in data centers.

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Santiago Suinaga, Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Masons, is a senior multi-cultural executive in the digital infrastructure industry, with 20 years of international business experience in more than 10 countries across data center design, critical operations, M&A, sales, finance and cost management in high growth markets. He most recently served as CEO of KIO Networks Data Centers.

Santiago joined iMasons as a member in 2020, has served as an Advisory Council member, and is a founding member of the iMasons Climate Accord. He previously was Mexico’s local chapter leader and a member of the LatinX Member Resource Group.

Santiago holds a dual MBA degree from the IPADE Business School and the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. Santiago has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Iberoamerican University.

Santiago’s Industry Certifications include Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) and Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS), C-Net Certified Data Centre Design Professional (CDCDP) and Certified Data Centre Management Professional (CDCMP).

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Jason leads Axiom Space's development, strategy, and monetization of orbital data centers for commercial, civil, and defense & security applications in Earth-independent cloud computing, cyber, quantum, AI/ML, and Web4.

Jason has 20+ years of experience in technical, organizational and project leadership, R&D, systems engineering, strategy, finance, and business development in the Space, defense, and financial technology industries. Prior to Axiom Space he was CEO of Finsophy, a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, and a Chief Engineer at Raytheon.

He has BS degrees in Physics and Astrophysics, a MS in Applied Physics, and a MS in Engineering Management.

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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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As Vice President of Solutions Architecture, Mike Licitra uses his experience at class-leading financial services and cloud organizations to help Stream’s customers align their infrastructure strategy and business goals by optimizing design to maximize performance and minimize total cost of ownership.

Part of Stream’s holistic approach to customer success, Mike helps customers navigate the rapidly changing IT infrastructure world, which often includes architecting a path to hybrid cloud. In addition, he is responsible for the reliability, maintainability, and operational benchmarks that ensure customers’ service and operations environments remain resilient and efficient, no matter what is happening in the world outside.

Prior to joining Stream, Mike held roles at Amazon Web Services, where he led the development process for new colocation site launches in North and South America, and Citigroup, where he developed the global data center strategy portion of the company’s 5-year IT strategy.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA with concentrations in finance and real estate.

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Alise Porto joined the Switch team in 2015 and has held several key senior management roles, currently serving as SVP of Energy and Sustainability. As an invaluable member of the Sustainability Team, she is responsible for the oversight of Switch’s environmental, social and governance initiatives (ESG), and is responsible for implementing sustainable energy and resource management strategies that align with the company’s overall policies and goals of being environmentally and socially sustainable, in partnership with the Policy team.

In addition, she leads Switch’s energy procurement strategy, and energy resources, including Switch’s retail electric provider activities in Texas and various resource management initiatives. She similarly leads the development and execution of special projects associated with business development and innovative sustainable water resource management.

Alise also co-leads the Switch Newsroom team that is responsible for public relations, corporate communications and corporate events and represents the companies interests at the Nevada Legislature.

Alise received her degree from University of Nevada Las Vegas and completed the University of California Berkeley Sustainable Capitalism & ESG program.

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Dr. Atif Ansar is a global megaprojects expert. Atif is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Foresight, which provides Fortune 500 companies with AI technology to accelerate the delivery of big projects such as data centers, rail or power generation assets, large property or industrial developments.

Atif is the Founding Director of the Oxford’s Programme on Sustainable Megaprojects. He is a Senior Fellow on the MSc in Major Programme Management and the Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) for the UK and Australian governments at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Atif's work is on the confluence of megaprojects, human psychology, and technology. In particular, he is interested in how big capital projects can increase their speed to market and total lifetime value by combining human expertise with technologies such as big data and Artificial Intelligence. Atif’s research on megaprojects is globally influential and several of his papers are among the most cited classics in the field of project management. His work features regularly in the media including in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the New Yorker, the Financial Times, among others.

Atif has been recognised with a Fellowship by Special Election of Keble College at the University of Oxford, a Visiting Professorship at Tsinghua University (China’s top-ranked university) a Visiting appointment at Stanford University’s Global Projects Center, and external partner-level advisor role at McKinsey & Company.

Atif completed his DPhil (PhD) in 2010. Studying at Brasenose College, Oxford University, he received the prestigious Clarendon Award from the Oxford University Press for his doctorate. He undertook his bachelor’s degree at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he majored in philosophy, politics, and economics.

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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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Dr. Peter de Bock currently serves as Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the US Department of Energy.

At ARPA-E Peter leads and developed the ASCEND and PRE-TRAILS programs to realize a future of sustainable aviation. In addition, Peter developed the COOLERCHIPS program focused on making a transformational leap in efficiency of cooling of Data Centers and manages projects in the areas of ultra-high power density battery systems, hydrogen storage and propulsion, additive manufacturing and power electronics.

Prior to joining ARPA-E, Peter worked at GE Research as Principal Engineer ThermoSciences and platform lead Power-Thermal Mechanical Systems. Peter is the former chair of ASME K-16 committee on Heat Transfer in Electronics equipment, ASME Fellow, AIAA member and holds 50+ patents and publications.

Peter received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and holds MSc degrees from University of Twente in the Netherlands, and University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

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An accomplished, forward-thinking, and goal-oriented data center executive, Michael has over 20 years of expertise leading various high-impacting data center projects and initiatives across industry leaders such as Google and Yahoo.  

An accomplished data center design, construction, and operations executive with an exemplary record of designing and leading best-in-class large scale global data centers for industry leaders such as Google and Yahoo. Recognized for providing innovative mission-critical solutions to facilitate high availability, high performance, and the ability to scale-up and scale-out. Acknowledged for his talent of building teams focused on promoting best practices that drive operational excellence. Robust data analytics and business acumen, coupled with strong analytical skills and drive for results. Ability to identify areas of deficiencies and implement innovative solutions.

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Rick Galietta is Director, Office of the CTO - Enterprise Strategy and Platform Enablement. Rick's role includes accelerating collaboration, innovation, and growth for leading enterprises and service providers on the world’s largest data center platform.

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Phillip Koblence is a strategic executive and thought leader in the data center and network space. He co-founded NYI (www.nyi.net) in 1996 and has grown the company from a single data center in Lower Manhattan to a robust network with executional capabilities in key national and international markets. His leadership, focus on customer experience, and ability to cut through complexity and hype, has positioned NYI as an industry leader in high-touch infrastructure and connectivity solutions.

As Co-Founder of the Nomad Futurist Foundation and related podcast, Phillip is committed to demystifying the world of critical infrastructure and empowering younger generations through exposure to the underlying technologies that power our digital world. He and Co-Founder Nabeel Mahmood are currently working to aggregate institutional knowledge of the industry and create educational initiatives for integration into existing STEAM curricula. As part of this mission, Nomad Futurist and Data Center Dynamics are partnering to cross-promote initiatives to help address the data center industry’s workforce challenges.

Phillip is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been profiled by Data Center Knowledge, TheWHIR, MSPMentor, and NJ BIZ. He serves on the DE-CIX North America Advisory Board and as Vice Chair of the OIX Board, and as an Advisor for Apolo, Ragu, and Cool Vector. Phillip also holds executive positions at Critical Ventures and United Integrity Advisors where he leverages his deep industry knowledge to assist companies with their digital infrastructure assets. Phillip is a Top 10 Data Center Influencer on LinkedIn and the recipient of numerous awards for industry leadership including the 2023 IM100 Infrastructure Masons Award, and the 2024 Good Scout Award. Phillip has an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Peter Panfil is the Vice President of Global Power at Vertiv. He leads strategic customer development for the Power business and works to apply the latest power and control technology to proven and emerging topologies to provide the availability, scalability and efficiency levels customers demand. A thirty year data center veteran, he has held executive positions including VP Engineering and VP/GM AC Power prior to his current responsibilities. He is a frequent presenter and spokesperson for industry trade shows, conferences and media outlets serving the IT, facilities and engineering industry.

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Executive leader integrating climate and energy sustainability and resiliency RD&D, business and policy strategy, and enterprise technology-enabled process transformation for world-class organizations committed to innovation solutions and operational excellence in environment, energy, ESG and global sustainability leadership for a 21st century climate and economy.

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Cyre Mercedes Denny is a Global Program Director for the Cloud & Service Provider Segment of Schneider Electric. She works to translate strategy into actionable goals for performance and growth, helping to implement organization-wide programs, performance management, and annual operations planning that has yielded year over year business growth. Cyre leads a large global team of high-performing professionals collaborating with top executives in setting and driving organizational vision, operational strategy, and resource needs. She has over 15 years of experience working with Fortune 500 Companies, leveraging her unique background and strong leadership abilities to approach business needs from a creative point of view.

Cyre is passionate about education and diversity & inclusion. She was awarded the Schneider Electric Life is on Award for Excellence in Project Execution as well as Schneider’s Dare to Disrupt recognition for establishing the first cross state diversity and inclusion network in the DC, MD, & VA region uniting multiple offices and hundreds of employees to support numerous D&I causes. Cyre is a graduate of Syracuse University, as well as the McKenzie Leadership Program and Hispanics in Technology’s Emerging Executive Program. Cyre served on the board of the Women in Schneider Electric resource group and is currently working towards completing an executive leadership program with the INSEAD Business School while serving as the chair of the Infrastructure Masons LatinX Community and is an avid mentor for the Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council (HITEC) and schools across Virginia and the Bronx, NYC where she is originally from.

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Vishnu Anasoori is a professional Electrical Field Engineer at AWS.

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Courtney joined Infrastructure Masons in 2022 as their EDU Program Manager.

As part of her role, she manages the existing iMasons scholarship program, awarding hundreds of scholarships worldwide and manage and supports iMasons existing Capstone program, supporting teams of students at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in year-long projects to introduce them to the digital infrastructure industry in the senior year of their bachelors degree.

She is managing and supporting iMasons emerging program to work with one or more major universities to develop and implement a multi-disciplinary minor-degree program in digital infrastructure and is a visible advocate for, and expert on, the data center industry’s workforce development needs.

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Alexander Gitlitz, Vice President, Goldman Sachs specializes in Engineering and Critical Systems Operations (ECSO).

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Brian Gitt leads business development for Oklo, a start-up developing next-generation nuclear technologies to deliver reliable low-cost clean energy 24/7. He spent over two decades building companies in the clean energy industry—first as executive director of a green building trade association, then as CEO of a consulting firm specializing in clean energy. More recently Brian founded UtilityScore, a software start-up that estimated utility costs and savings for 100M+ homes, and he led business development at a hard tech company developing wireless power. He now writes and speaks about the need for energy that’s clean, reliable, and affordable.

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Carly Heissenbuttel is an 18 Year Energy Executive born and raised in New Jersey. Carly formally operated a boutique international consulting firm specializing in industrial manufacturing and electrical energy related technologies and deployment.

In Carly’s work, she engages with Universities, Fortune 500 companies, and Government stakeholders bringing together her knowledge and experience in the field to create lasting projects that benefit all the stakeholder community. Carly’s mission is to commercialize these technologies in the USA and create an innovative ecosystem of safe clean resilient energy that can be scaled globally.

She is a proud resident of Morristown New Jersey where she lives with her two school aged children and their dog. They enjoy hiking and biking on the trails in Morris County and are proud to call NJ home.

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As Partner and General Manager, Felix Seda is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of NJFX.

Mr. Seda manages the company’s budgetary outlook and ensures proper protocols & procedures are implemented and followed. In addition, Mr. Seda is responsible for overseeing the growth of the NJFX ecosystem and works closely with clients to meet their goals and strategic initiatives.

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Mara Ervin is the owner of Mara Jade Consulting, and has served in several leadership roles in her 20+ years in mission critical. She has developed an expansive network ranging from data center builders, operators, manufactures, AE Firms, consultants, general contractors, integrators, and SMEs.

Mara is known for providing invaluable insights into the mission-critical industry with an unparalleled customer-centric approach and attraction to relentlessly solving problems. In an era marked by rapid market evolution, Mara champions agility as a benefit to all stakeholders. She serves as a trusted representative for data center operators, guiding them through the selection process for space, power, containment, and connectivity hyper focused on speed, execution, and efficiency.

Mara is known for upholding her core values including trust, authenticity, and transparent communication. Recognizing that building and managing data centers is inherently human centric, she collaborates closely with her expansive partner network to cultivate an ecosystem that embodies these values.

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Charlotte Lamping serves as Practice Manager, Business Sector at Henderson Engineers after spending most of her career in boots-on-the-ground management roles on data center, power transmission, and industrial projects across the country.

Charlotte received her bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from the University of Kansas and her master’s in business administration from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. She is dedicated to working with the project team to deliver the highest standard of MEP design consulting services and achieve successful completion on each and every one of her projects.

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Based in the Southwestern US, Soben Director and Pre-Construction Lead, Sophie Smith specializes in data center preconstruction and post contract cost management. Sophie has worked on some of the largest data center projects and programs in the US and world.

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Brian Schafer is a Principal of Highland Associates, a full-service Architectural, MEP Engineering and Commissioning firm focusing on mission critical facilities. The firm is celebrating 30 years in business and has been providing consulting, design and commissioning services for Fortune 500 Corporations, Financial Institutions, Wholesale Data Center and Co-Location service providers throughout our history. In his role as Principal he is responsible for key strategic accounts, client and project management as well as sales and marketing initiatives for the firm nationwide. He has been with Highland Associates since 2005 and has been in the mission critical industry for over 20 years.

In addition to his role at Highland, Brian has been a long time member of 7×24 Exchange International and more specifically, has served as the President of the Metro New York Chapter for nearly 15 years where he and several of the current Board Members revitalized the Chapter in 2003. The Metro New York Chapter is a very robust and active Chapter with a long history in the mission critical industry. The large financial service firms and the connection to Wall Street from the internet service providers, makes the Metro New York area a key market for the mission critical industry. The area has a very solid base of expertise in the industry and is home to many leading firms including the end users, consultants, contractors and equipment vendors that are involved on a global basis.

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Dean Nelson is a seasoned technology executive with 32 years of experience deploying $10B of digital infrastructure projects across 3 continents.

Dean is currently the CEO of Cato Digital, a software platform that unlocks stranded power in datacenters, the Founder and Chairman of Infrastructure Masons, a professional association of industry executives and technology professionals uniting the builders of the digital age, and the Founder and CEO of Dean Nelson Inc, a strategic advisory and consulting company serving startups, fortune 500 companies, and investment firms.

Previously, Dean led Uber’s Metal as a Service function supporting Uber’s ridesharing business delivering over 100 million trips a week in more than 600 cities spanning 6 continents, as well as UberEats, UberFreight, UberHealth, UberForBusiness, and Autonomous vehicle, and UberAir development.

Prior to Uber, Dean worked at eBay Inc as the Vice President of Global Foundation Services, which served over 300 million active users enabling over $250Bn of enabled commerce volume annually. At the end of his tenure, his team successfully integrated, then split eBay and PayPal infrastructures into two independent internet companies. Prior to eBay, Dean worked at Sun Microsystems in various technical, management and executive leadership roles. Dean holds four US patents.

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As Solutions Architect for Cloud-Scale Data Centers at CommScope, Ken is responsible for fiber optic market development, technology and thought leadership, as well as high speed migration planning for enterprise and related data centers. Ken has been with CommScope and other acquired companies for 35 years in global program and project management, technical sales, marketing and industry standards. He has 9 patents to date for fiber optic connectors and infrastructure management solutions.

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With over 20 years of work experience in the construction industry, Fuquan Collins is a passionate and dedicated leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion. As the Chief Diversity Officer at Turner Construction, Fuquan oversees the development and implementation of policies, programs, and initiatives that foster a culture of respect, belonging, and empowerment for all employees, clients, and partners. Fuquan Collins also has extensive skills in project planning, construction safety, and value engineering to support the company's strategic goals and operational excellence.

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Tarif is a veteran of over two decades in the data center space, with extensive experience in the design, development, construction, commissioning, deployment, maintenance and operation of data centers.

Prior to joining Flexnode, he was VP of Data Center Infrastructure at NTT Ltd. (Americas), where he deployed ground-breaking technologies in data centers to improve efficiencies and reduce carbon footprints, including the first use of solid oxide fuel cells running on biogas from cow manure to produce electricity at a data center, and the implementation of virtualized cooling, a project that won the Uptime Institute Green Enterprise IT award. Having built a solid core, he now gets his kicks living on the edge.

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Hunter Newby is an American entrepreneur, investor, conservationist, and the owner of Newby Ventures. His primary field of interest has been network infrastructure. As Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, and Director of Telx, he pioneered the carrier-neutral Meet-Me-Room and the development of carrier hotels and data centers in the United States leading to massive value creation and economic development throughout the Country. Since the sale of Telx, he has been and continues to be a founder, developer and investor in the creation of multiple network-neutral infrastructure businesses all across North America.

Hunter is a recognized authority in the network-neutral interconnection and data center industry. He has served on multiple company boards, is a published author, public speaker and has been quoted in several publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today. Hunter has also been the recipient of numerous awards including being named to the Global Telecoms Business Top 40 Under 40 in 2010.

Mr. Newby earned a B.S. in Communications from Drexel University.

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Joseph Rubino is a seasoned real estate professional with a diverse background in private equity real estate and commercial real estate analysis. Currently serving as the Vice President of Real Estate at TECfusions in Tampa, Florida, he brings over six years of experience to his role. Prior to joining TECfusions, Joseph spent six years at CenterSquare Investment Management in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where he held various positions, including Private Equity Real Estate Associate and Senior Analyst. His expertise lies in value-add and core-plus real estate acquisitions, joint venture equity, direct investments, and structured transactions. With a strong foundation in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and real estate private equity, Joseph has honed his skills in analyzing commercial real estate markets and identifying investment opportunities.

Before his tenure at CenterSquare Investment Management, Joseph gained valuable experience as a Commercial Real Estate Analyst at Carey, Kramer, Pettit, Panichelli & Assoc., Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania. In this role, he contributed to originating significant commercial debt and asset management of a substantial loan portfolio, representing prominent clients including REITs, real estate funds, and large institutional developers. Joseph’s multifaceted career trajectory reflects his ability to excel in dynamic and challenging environments within the real estate industry, showcasing his proficiency in capital markets, commercial real estate analysis, and strategic decision-making.

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Andreas is the Co-Founder and COO of Pulley. After starting his career in private equity and asset management, he most recently served as Chief of Staff at Procore, working directly with Its founder and CEO, Tooey Courtemanche. Following Procore’s 11 billion-dollar IPO in 2021, he joined forces with his co-founder, Charlie Jacobson, to launch Pulley, a leading platform for permitting. Pulley is on a mission to help project teams break ground faster.

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Andrew Lindsey is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flexnode, a digital infrastructure company delivering the next generation of distributed, high-performance data center solutions for ‘go-anywhere’ capacity. At Flexnode, Andrew is collaborating with industry leading colleagues and best-in-class strategic partners to design and operate modular, liquid-cooled, micro data centers to meet rapidly growing global data demand at the network core and edge.

In addition to his executive role at Flexnode, Andrew also serves as the Director of Applied Research and Development at Alpha Corporation, a multidisciplinary design and construction consulting firm headquartered in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. While working with Alpha, Andrew has supported the development and implementation of innovative solutions to critical building and infrastructure problems in domestic and international markets with an emphasis on sustainability and resilience in the built environment.

Throughout his career, Andrew has collaborated with a broad cross section of industry leaders in an effort to support long-term solutions to a range of challenges in media, healthcare, education and most recently the built environment. To support these efforts, Andrew has emphasized integrating solutions across markets by connecting communities and using technology as a conduit and translator.

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Assaf has over a decade of experience in senior corporate leadership roles with proven track record in developing new markets, technologies and continued business growth. This is based on a solid background of industry leadership and a deep technical knowledge of data centre infrastructure including cabling, infrastructure installation and management.

As CEO of RiT Tech Assaf has restructured the company and developed strategies for growth with an expansion of the company's focus on Data Center infrastructure technologies and solutions.

By driving new concepts for integration and value added solutions Assaf has placed RiT Tech at the forefront of the market for resource efficient Data Center management solutions. This has been achieved by creating and driving innovative go to market strategies and promoting new approaches to solutions for cost and energy efficient Data Center infrastructure operation.

Assaf maintains a broad market outlook, is goals and results oriented, with a creative and determined approach to challenges and performance in a highly dynamic and very competitive marketplace.

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Brandon Smith is a Director of Product Management at ZincFive focused on nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery cabinets and in-rack battery backup solutions for the mission critical space, bringing with him a diverse background of engineering, business development, and product management experience. Previously working with global manufacturers developing battery monitoring systems, VRLA and Lithium-ion battery energy storage solutions, Brandon is now focused on developing safe, reliable, powerful, and sustainable NiZn battery solutions for the data center market.

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Working primarily with construction clients – both Owners and Contractors for the past 36 years, Brian understands the construction risk concerns of risk, finance, project, and contractor professionals.   Having practiced in such diverse disciplines such as Risk Management, Underwriting, Broking, and Large Claim Management, across the globe, Brian brings a deep understanding of construction risk and a broad toolbox of solutions to clients.  In the past 5-years, he has led placement of better than $30B in data center construction across 4 continents.

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As a results-oriented Business Leader and Team Builder with over 12 years of experience in data center and commercial project deployments, Brian has a strong background to deliver complex infrastructure and is passionate for advancing liquid cooling technologies to enhance data center efficiencies and performance.

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Brice Nzeukou is the Head of Business Development at Radiant, and has a technical background in engineering, product and marketing skills, which enable him to analyze problems from multiple perspectives, identify market opportunities, and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders. Brice has successfully led the new product introduction process for several product lines, gathering voices from key customers, conducting market analysis, and developing go-to-market strategies. Brice is eager to learn, grow, and affect change in the data center's increasingly global community.

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Charlotte is the Compute, Storage, and Networking Editor at DCD. Previously, she was a senior writer at IDG, writing for Computerworld, CIO, and NetworkWorld.

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Chuck has 25+ years of experience and has had an all-data center career experience. Starting out in operations and project management roles before moving into leadership. Chuck has managed construction and engineering including green field builds and retrofits in existing live production data center environments.

For Centra, Chuck is focused on fostering the can-do attitude of the team. Having a team that understands the industry and is willing to do whatever it takes to build a successful company to serve our customers.

Chuck enjoys all the outdoor activities Colorado has to offer including hiking, skiing and golf.

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Craig Wirtz is an Electrical Engineer with over 30 years of experience designing and selling power systems for electric utilities, telecommunications, and data centers. As the Director of Sales – Data Center at EnerSys®, he leads a team dedicated to challenging conventional thinking in the industry, advocating for advanced lead-acid battery technology to drive efficiency and reliability.Craig thrives on engaging customers with insights that reframe their power system strategies, helping them navigate complex challenges and optimize their energy solutions. His expertise lies in solving problems and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in data center power resilience.

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Dan Consie is the Sr. VP, Portfolio Management of CAMS

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Danielle Rossi is the Global Director, Data Centers at Trane Technologies. She has 19+ years in data center solution design and engineering for hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, edge, and government environments. In her current role, Danielle manages global mission critical cooling products and processes to provide a standardized deliverable for customers executing projects worldwide.

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Dan Loosemore is currently CEO at Data Center Dynamics (DCD); helping empower individuals who plan, build, design and operate digital infrastructure to make informed decisions faster. DCD attracts over 15 million views to its publishing sites every year, making it the most read data center publication in the world. It's L&D business trains over 3000 engineers every year and the DCD event series attracts over 20,000 annual attendees. Since 2022, DCD has been part of the InfraXMedia portfolio and is a proud sister-business of Yotta.

Dan has spent 15+ years scaling B2B media, event and subscription-based platforms in technology and software driven industries. He is passionate about the future of B2B technology marketing and sales, supporting the industry's leading solutions providers on their GTM strategies.

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Dave Meadows is the Director of Technology at STULZ USA. He has over 20 years of experience in mission critical technologies and participates in numerous committees and panels throughout the year. Dave has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is also a graduate of the United States Navy Nuclear Power School. Dave is a voting member on these ASHRAE committees: 1. ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9: “Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment”. 2. ASHRAE SSPC 90.4: “Energy Standard for Data Centers”. 3. ASHRAE SPC 127: “Method of Testing for Rating Computer and Data Processing Room Unitary Air Conditioners”.

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As Managing Director of the New York office, David leads SDCL’s origination, project development, and transaction structuring activities in the US, with a specific focus on greenfield (new-build) investment opportunities. Prior to his move to the US, David originated and managed investments for SDCL across a number of sectors (including retail, healthcare, hospitality and leisure, datacentres and industrial) for the UK Energy Efficiency Investments Fund, managed by SDCL, and the Ingenious Energy Efficiency EIS fund, advised by SDCL.

David holds a Masters in English and Italian from Edinburgh University and a post-graduate Masters Degree in Media & Communications from the University of London.

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Dean has led $10B in infrastructure projects in 9 countries. His extensive architecture, engineering and operations experience includes 29 years in Hardware, 22 years in Network, 17 years in Infrastructure Software and 17 years in Data Centers. He has produced numerous award winning innovations in mission critical facilities and compute environments. He also holds four US patents.

Dean founded the non-profit professional association to bring infrastructure professionals together to connect, grow and give back. Their goal is to unite the builders of the digital age, one professional at a time.

Formerly the Head of Uber Compute, at Uber. His team was responsible for Metal as a Service (MaaS) technical infrastructure (data center, compute, storage, network and infrastructure software) and business functions serving Uber’s global leading ridesharing business, as well as UberEats, UberFreight, UberHealth, UberForBusiness, and Autonomous vehicle and UberAir development.

Prior to Uber, Dean worked at Ebay Inc for 6 ½ years as the Vice President of Global Foundation Services, which served over 300 million active users enabling over $250Bn of enabled commerce volume annually. At end of his tenure at ebay, his team successfully integrated, then split ebay and paypal infrastructures into two independent internet companies. Prior to ebay, Dean worked at Sun Microsystems for 17 years in various technical, management and executive leadership roles in Manufacturing, Engineering, IT and Real Estate. His final project was the consolidation of Sun’s multi-billion dollar global technical infrastructure portfolio of over 1,000 facilities.

Dean is creator of the Digital Service Efficiency methodology, the first miles per gallon measurement for technical infrastructure, used to measure ebay.com as a single system. He served as the Chair of theTechnology Business Management Council High Tech Workgroup, and Chairman & Founder of Data Center Pulse in 2009 – an exclusive datacenter owner community with over 9,000 members in 100 countries. In 2016, Dean founded Infrastructure Masons, an industry association where infrastructure professionals connect, grow and give back. Dean was identified by SearchDatacenter.com as one of the top five peoplewho changed the data center. Dean is also the recipient of Sun’s prestigious Innovation Award, Modular DC Deployment award and Best DC Design award from Uptime Institute as well as the Operational Excellence and Infrastructure Trailblazer awards from The TBM Council and Outstanding Contributions to the Data Center Industry award from Data Center Dynamics.

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Denis Kouroussis is the CEO of Volta Insite.

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Dennis Strieter is the Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Hyper Solutions, where he applies decades of experience in mission-critical infrastructure to drive innovation in the manufacturing industry. Recognizing the limitations of traditional ecosystems and the need for more scalable, transparent supply chains, Dennis co-founded Hyper Solutions to revolutionize how mission-critical equipment is sourced, produced, and serviced. By leveraging untapped capacity and fostering a network of skilled partners, Hyper delivers high-quality, UL-certified hyperscale solutions with unprecedented speed and scale.

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Doug is the NYC metro area Territory Sales Manager for Starline Holdings and brings more than 2 decades of field sales experience working within the data center and IT arena, with well established relationships among high visibility companies within the tri-state market.   He has spent the last 26 years of his career working closely with leading manufacturer’s and their local representation, whom specializing in critical applications of precision cooling, UPS, and large power distribution products from floor-mount PDU’s down through IT “point-of-use” requirements.  Complimenting this, is a well-established exposure to an array of associated power management tools and DCIM solutions that encompass his product portfolio background.

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My passion is enabling sustainable construction and energy solutions through hyperscale designs that drive industry-wide decarbonization. My role as an Advisory Board Member for Fidelis New Energy leverages my expertise sustainable design enabling multi-gigawatt, zero carbon power projects in Europe and the US. This aligns with my commitment to sustainability and ethical practices on a global scale.

Previously, as a Senior Engineering Lead at Meta, I spearheaded initiatives to enhance capital efficiency in data center design and construction, linking sustainability directly to delivery. Our team's collaborative efforts in the iMasons Climate Accord and the development of AI strategies contributed significantly to reducing carbon in concrete by 40%. Underscoring proficiency in manufacturing process improvement and project planning, and dedication to safe, efficient, and respectful environments.

At Microsoft, I led design, procurement and construction delivery for MS's Global Cloud DC infrastructure. Scaling delivery capacity from 100's of MWs/year to 1GW+ MWs/year. Redesigning the DC design and delivery approach, reducing cost and schedule by 50% while improving safety in the field by 75%

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Ehsaan Farsimadan is a Senior Manager of Colocation Engineering for EMEA at AWS, responsible for leading the expansion of the Colocation Engineering organization, team scaling, including design and life cycle engineering of all AWS Colo data centers in EMEA. Prior to this, Ehsaan was a Senior Consultant at Uptime Institute, responsible for data center design and facility Tier certifications, in addition to being an ATD course instructor. He also worked for companies offering digital twin modelling for data center energy and cost performance, including M&E design consultancy early in his career. Ehsaan is a chartered engineer accredited by the IMechE, and he obtained his doctorate (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering Turbulence Research in 2008.

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Erica Mack serves as Team Lead for Partnerships & Business Development at Paces, where she specializes in accelerating mission-critical infrastructure deployment for data center operators. With four years of strategic account management expertise, Erica collaborates with enterprise clients to implement Paces' automated site selection and de-risking solutions, dramatically reducing development timelines and boosting project ROI. Her consultative approach helps data center developers overcome power access bottlenecks and secure optimal locations with behind-the-meter and grid-tied energy strategies, enabling faster time-to-market in today's competitive landscape.

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Joined Pacifico Energy with over decade of experience in the energy industry, having worked on development and construction of more than 1GW of solar, energy storage, and traditional generation assets. He has worked on behalf of investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, mission critical facilities, public and private universities, agricultural facilities, and the military. Previously with Ziegler Caterpillar, Eric led the Hybrid Energy Division of the Power Systems group, where he was responsible for the development, execution, and overall market strategy of energy generation offerings. Key projects include 300MW of backup energy assets for a Meta / Facebook data center and several natural gas prime power generation deployments for municipal utility generation fleets. Eric holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

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Eric is a high-energy innovator and implementer. He has worked with clients in multiple sectors to transform business problems into actionable strategies, wearing multiple hats to achieve goals: strategy development, program and project management, marketing and business development, data analysis, change management, process optimization, writing, research, and more. In addition to energy management and sustainability, Eric has worked extensively in the technology and consumer industries.

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Gary Watson is the Country Manager and Director of Keppel DC REIT in Ireland, and has the strategic, financial, commercial, and operational responsibility for the data centre portfolio in this key European market. Gary has over 30 years of global experience in the telecoms, data centre, managed services, and cloud sector, and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this role, as well as a strong network of connections and partnerships.

Gary joined Keppel DC REIT in 2016, after holding senior management and board positions in Telecity and Sungard Availability Services, where he led and managed large-scale data centre operations and integration projects, and drove the growth and strategic direction of the Irish business and the European consulting team. Gary is passionate about his team, delivering high-quality and customer-centric services, and leveraging the latest technologies and innovations to enhance the performance and sustainability of the data centre industry. Gary holds an MSC in Facilities and Workplace Management from Portobello Institute.

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George started his first technology publication in 1998, focused on the 'plumbing' of the Internet and has been building and connecting digital infrastructure communities all over the world,

George is fascinated by the sheer scale of the digital infrastructure that is yet to be built, one that will support AI and a new world of accelerated computing; it is 'mission critical' to the future of every industry and every person on the planet and must be done sustainably.

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Guy is the VP of Engineering for EdgeCloudLink and joined the start-up, creating the world’s first fully-sustainable, hydrogen-powered, off-grid data center-as-a-service, in 2022.

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Hunter Nash is a dynamic leader within Aon's Construction & Infrastructure team, driving business development, innovation, and data analytics. As the Business Development Leader for US Construction & Infrastructure, Hunter works directly with the CEO to identify trends and ensure Aon's clients are prepared to address four macro-economic trends: Trade, Technology, Weather, and Workforce. Hunter is passionate about creating tailored solutions that empower clients to navigate complex challenges with confidence, ensuring the Construction & Infrastructure practice delivers unparalleled value. With a focus on effective risk management solutions, Hunter helps clients navigate the dynamic market of data center developments, prioritizing sustainability from concept through construction and into operation.

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James Zhang is the Chairman and CEO of Baudouin America Corp, and has an extensive background in power generation. James Zhang had over 10 years of experience with Kohler as President of Kohler Power System, and President of the Kohler Power Group Asia Pacific.

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Jason Matteson is a cooling solutions specialist. He has worked in the data center industry for 28 years, currently acting as Global Director of Product Management at nVent in the Data Solutions Group.  

Prior to joining nVent, Jason worked at IBM, Lenovo, Vertiv and most recently Iceotope Technologies. At IBM, he was the principal cooling architect and design engineer for many mission-critical Intel based server programs. At Lenovo, Jason worked in the research and technology lab responsible for identifying and driving disruptive and differentiating technologies. At Vertiv, Jason worked with both the embedded applications and Liebert cooling teams, defining, and driving deeper levels of server integration and deployment offerings. Finally, at Iceotope, Jason was the VP of Solutions Architecture and Director of Product Strategy driving product offerings and customer engagements with new and innovative chassis level liquid cooling technologies.    

In addition to development roles, Jason has, and continues to contribute to several industry consortiums, including ASHRAE and OCP. His roles within ASHRAE TC9.9 include being a current voting member, IT subcommittee member, and previous chair. He is also a contributing and voting member of SPC-127. 

Jason has over 100 U.S. Patents, has authored or co-authored several intellectual-property publications, and has given several presentations about industry power and cooling trends at various technical symposiums and conferences. Jason received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1997. 

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Jean Park, an iMasons Capstone Program graduate and current NYU student. Jean is looking forward to establishing her future career plans in AI and Policy.

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Jessica Bigelow is an Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor supporting Cigna’s Domestic Data Centers (delete) Portfolio. With a wealth of experience spanning construction, operations, and management, she plays a pivotal role in quality assurance for consistent best practices across the portfolio to maximize physical infrastructure uptime, and systems availability in support of critical business applications.

Jessica's journey in the Data Center industry began with prominent roles as Director of Engineering and Critical Operations for two Fortune 500 companies. Her extensive background encompasses a deep understanding of the intricate relationship between Facilities and IT teams. Her unique blend of maritime expertise and leadership in critical operations positions her as a sought-after figure in the world of Infrastructure Engineering. Whether overseeing operations, guiding construction projects, or educating future professionals, Jessica consistently brings a wealth of experience and dedication to her role as a leader in the Data Center domain.

Before venturing into the world of Data Centers, Jessica honed her skills in the challenging realm of the merchant marine. Holding a USCG Chief Engineer's license, she demonstrated leadership and technical expertise in marine engineering.

In addition to her corporate contributions, Jessica has shared her knowledge as an educator at SUNY Maritime and Mass Maritime, imparting valuable insights to the next generation of professionals entering the field. Her commitment to education extends to her own academic achievements, culminating in a Master's degree in Facilities Management.

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Jimmy Peña is Senior Manager, DCIM at QTS Data Centers

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Jisoo Lee is a Managing Director at BNY overseeing Global Data Center Services, Enterprise Private Cloud, AI Infrastructure Engineering, Batch/Data Transfer Operations and Workspace Transformation Services.

He is responsible for leading the organization’s private cloud infrastructure investment, service delivery and operations while maintaining the highest uptime, performance and resiliency. He has more than 20 years of experience managing and engineering elegant solutions for diverse line of businesses at leading financial institutions.

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Joel Wynn, Vice President, Data Centers & Mission Critical Solutions, is a sustainability leader within Southwire’s commercial team.  He is passionate about communicating Southwire’s Environmental, Sustainability and Governance goals built around Growing Green, Living Well, Giving Back, Doing Right and Building Worth. Through these core tenets, Southwire is committed to providing the industry standard in environmental sound wire and cable systems and solutions for power systems from 600 volt to High Voltage products and services. Prior to his current role,  Joel has held roles in direct sales of Southwire products and services, as well as enterprise product management, along with strategic sales management responsibility over a 16-year career.

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Joe Prudente, Segment Leader MV UPS for ABB Power Protection, with over 40 years’ experience in the critical power industry. Prior to joining ABB, he has held various positions in engineering, project management, service, commercial sales, and channel management. Experience also includes data center design, commissioning activities, and buildouts, as well as principal equity ownership with systems design engineering and 3rd party commercial sales firms. He holds several advanced critical power protection certificates and a degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Joe Reele is the Vice President, Datacenter Solution Architects at Schneider Electric,. He is responsible for bringing together the full suite of Schneider Electric products and services. Joe influences and inspires a large team of highly talented professionals to provide cutting edge designs, innovative solutions and operational models for Mission Critical Facilities/Operations.

Joe has an impressive track record of more than 10 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning, business unit development and growth, project development, operations management, and system engineering strategies. He provides strong technical and leadership skills with proven ability to successfully analyze an organization's critical operational business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions.

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Joergen Madsen, Director of Business Development for ABB Power Protection, has more than 30 years’ experience in the mission-critical industry. Prior to joining ABB, he led several service and marketing management positions with leading UPS manufacturers in Europe and the US.  Joergen graduated from the University of Southern Denmark with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a diploma in Marketing.

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John Igo, Vice President of Business Development, leads the company’s strategic entry into growth markets and applications, including Data Center and Utility segments. He joined Mainspring in 2013 to shape the first generation product requirements, develop key partnerships, and oversee the launch of commercial sales.

Prior to joining Mainspring, John led the development of utility-scale power generation projects at Invenergy, where he was directly responsible for strategically siting and starting over 1,800 MW of installed capacity. He also led technology evaluation and market entry into solar power project development for the company. John holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Kansas, an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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John Malone is Principal at AVAIO Capital, where he focuses on sustainable digital infrastructure and clean energy investments. John Malone has more than two decades of technical, financial and commercial experience in energy and infrastructure as an investor, advisor, analyst, banker, field scientist and consultant.

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Mr. Mooney has had a distinguished career, selling nationally to Tier I Telecommunication Carriers and Major Data Center Operators. Since 2010, he has held various leadership roles in energy storage sales management, focusing on new business development, revenue growth, and maintaining key stakeholder relationships. Now, as the Director of Data Center Sales for CSB Energy Technology, Mr. Mooney continues to drive innovation and growth within the industry.

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Jonathan Gould is the Director of Business Development, Software for Schneider Electric with a focus on growing digital solutions across the broad spectrum of Schneider Electric portfolio.  Jonathan has over 20 years of experience in software and joined Schneider Electric in 2006 via the acquisition of Netbotz.   He brings an entrepreneurial approach to Sales Leadership, a proven track record of leading-edge solutions, and was a founding member of the Schneider Electric DCIM team.  Jonathan lives in Austin, Texas enjoys running, golf, and Texas Longhorn football.

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Jon Pettitt is a highly experienced, successful and well-regarded business leader within the data center Industry. Jon has over 15 years of extensive knowledge of HVAC projects for data centers and critical facilities. His background includes 11 years as Vice President of data center for EMEA & APAC for Munters and 14 years at York International and Johnson Controls.

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Julius Neudorfer is the CTO and founder of North American Access Technologies, Inc. (NAAT). Based in Westchester NY, NAAT’s clients include Fortune 500 firms and government agencies. NAAT has been consulting on data center infrastructure and related technology projects for over 30 years.

Julius is a member of ASHRAE, IEEE, iMasons and The Green Grid. Currently, he chairs TGG’s Data Center Energy Efficiency Technologies work-group, which created the Data Center Resource Effectiveness (DCRE) metric. He is also an instructor for the US Department of Energy “Data Center Energy Practitioner” (DCEP) program.

Julius has written numerous articles and whitepapers for various IT and data center publications and has presented seminars and webinars on data center power, cooling and energy efficiency.

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Katie Boeh is the Enterprise Segment Director at Schneider Electric.

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Kevin Dalton is an Advisor for I Squared Capital, a new U.S. Data Center Platform.

Kevin Dalton served as Chief Data Center Officer for Cumulus Data, a division of Talen Energy Corporation. In this role, he led the design and construction of data centers and supported technical customer sales efforts. This led him to having over 30 years of experience developing 1,000 MW of data center capacity ($10B CapEx) across over 75 data centers globally.

Prior to joining Cumulus Data, Mr. Dalton served as Senior Vice President of Design & Construction for NTT Global Data Centers, responsible for leading the team that designs and delivers world-class data centers. Before his tenure with NTT Global Data Centers, he spent 12 years at Digital Realty in technical and senior management roles, including seven years as Vice President of Engineering, leading teams of engineers to deliver data center solutions for customers around the world. Mr. Dalton previously spent 10 years at MGE UPS Systems, a world leader in uninterrupted power supply systems, and nine years at McClier Corporation, a design-build firm.

Mr. Dalton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

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Liam has worked in technical sales management roles for Grundfos for over thirty years, gaining experience and expertise in technical pumping solutions coupled with a thorough understanding of customers’ needs and pain points. He supports Grundfos’s data center customers in developing sustainable pumping solutions, matching Grundfos innovation and technical solutions with their customers' needs.

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Marco Zaghi drives GemaTEG’s commercial strategy in EMEA, managing business opportunities and fostering client relationships. With a background in Chip Design and Business Administration and VC, he bridges technology and business, ensuring alignment between customer needs and product development.

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Margarita Groisman is the Founder of CentralAxis and is passionate about impact-focused solutions, and making data-driven decisions. She has previous experience with Impact Labs and more recently, Microsoft.

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Mark Jobson serves as SVP of Marketing for Prime. He brings 20+ years of marketing experience in data centers, colocation and cloud computing amongst other industries. He previously served as head of global marketing for cloud services provider Dizzion and Iron Mountain’s data center business unit. Prior to those roles, Mr. Jobson led CoreSite’s data center marketing team en route to a successful IPO (NYSE: COR).

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Matt Blake is the Co-Founder & President of Energy Transition & Environmental Management, ETEM.

Matt has 25+ years in energy, environmental risk transfer, corporate finance and restructuring. He was recently an advisor to GenOn and prior to that held management positions at Lehman and EDF Trading.

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Matt Welch is the Content & Project Manager - Live Events, at Datacenter Dynamics.

Prior to joining DCD, Matt produced international events across various industry sectors which included cybersecurity, IoT, renewable energy, global commodities, and sports betting.

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Michael Giannou is a seasoned and accomplished global sales executive, dedicated to making a significant impact on Fortune 500 enterprises through strategic business development, visionary leadership, and team building. With a track record of spearheading diverse revenue streams and creating multi-million-dollar sales units, Michael has consistently demonstrated his ability to drive growth and transformation within the world of enterprise sales.

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Michael has over19 years’ experience with Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company and holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Juris Doctor from Southwestern School of Law.  He is a licensed attorney in the State of California and with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Michael’s 19-year career includes experience working with global customer partners on applications including scalable standardized water treatment programs, heat transfer and liquid cooling fluid management, as well as development and execution of global water strategies in line with organizational sustainability initiatives.  He has consulted and presented on the topics of water conservation and liquid cooling strategies to numerous global enterprise organizations and utility agencies, in addition to industry associations and conferences. 

As Area Vice President of Global Accounts, Michael works with his corporate account manager team to support data center portfolios in driving deployment of standardized solutions, programs and processes to create, capture, and communicate sustainable ROI in line with organizational business drivers and goals. 

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Mike Kramer is the Vice President of Data Economy Strategy at Constellation.

Mike is a results-oriented finance leader with a strategic perspective, strong analytical skills, and extensive technical finance and accounting background. Mike Kramer is an experienced business partner, able to collaborate with all levels of an organization to drive improved financial performance and optimize investment decisions

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Phill Lawson-Shanks has more than 25 years of experience identifying new opportunities for further growth of leading data center infrastructure, network architecture, and cloud solutions in the U.S. and abroad. As Chief Innovation Officer at Aligned, Phill is responsible for the management of revenue generation and profitability objectives, as well as championing key innovation, technology, and sustainability strategies aimed at maximizing new business development.

Prior to joining Aligned, Phill served as Chief Innovation Officer at EdgeConneX, where he was instrumental in driving strategies focused on creating the next generation of network edge-based data centers for the digital content ecosystem. Throughout his career, Phill has also served in numerous senior executive-level positions at Virtacore, Alcatel-Lucent, Savvis (now CenturyLink Technology Solutions), and MCI (now Verizon Digital Media Services). He currently holds eight active technology patents and serves on the Board of Directors for Netrality Data Centers as well as the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) Advisory Board.

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Pieter Schaap is Soben’s Group Development Director. In his role, he is responsible for all workstreams associated with data centre project development, from pre-construction and construction to commissioning and operations. Working with a select group of influential global DC developers and operators, Pieter has been involved in some of today's most impactful data centre schemes around the globe.

Besides his data centre responsibilities, Pieter is a global sustainability leader, and at Soben, the subject matter specialist for all decarbonisation initiatives. His team is focused on creating meaningful partnerships with clients around the globe, driving innovation in project and cost management, design, construction and operations. Making sustainability affordable is always at the top of Pieter’s priorities and with a direct reporting line to the CEO, Pieter has helped Soben become a market leader in the data centre consultancy space.

Prior to Soben, Pieter was Supply Chain Director at Yondr Group, his first experience in the data centre industry after he worked in the oil & gas sector for over a decade, including various international postings.

Today, Soben works with some of the world’s leading organisations who work on high value and complex projects across six continents.

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Reece is a controls expert with a wealth of hands-on data center experience, having spent years specifying and delivering projects for some of the UK’s largest facilities.

After completing a BEng in Electronic & Communications Engineering at the University of Huddersfield and a Mechanical & Electrical AVCE course at college, Reece joined Airedale 15 years ago in the Product Development department as a Controls Engineer.

After 4 years working on iconic Airedale products such as SmartCool, OnRak and InRak, he moved into the Commercial Controls department, as Airedale began to invest in its in-house Building Management System, ACIS. In this role, Reece began working closely with data center clients, building on his product application knowledge and taking a holistic approach to the management of complex cooling systems.

After stints as a Project Manager and Sales Manager within Commercial Controls, delivering highly complex projects, he was appointed as Product Manager in 2021. His new role gives him overall responsibility for the Controls product portfolio and roadmap, including advanced AI and IoT developments.

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Ricardo holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering and MSc degrees in Environmental Planning and Management from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and in Environmental and Health Management from MIT and Harvard School of Public Health. As a Manager of IBM Corporate Staff, he oversees the global execution of IBM's Environmental and Energy Management Systems, maintaining certifications such as ISO 14001:2015, ISO 50001:2011, and ISO 14064-1:2018.

With 25 years of experience at IBM, including 20 years as a Corporate Staff, Ricardo has developed environmental policy positions and implemented various programs, including Air, Waste, eWaste, Product End-of-Life Management, Supply Chain Environmental Requirements, Supplier Environmental Evaluations, and Secondary Containment and Environmental Incident Reporting. He also tracks legal and regulatory developments globally for these areas.

Currently, Ricardo also leads IBM's corporate climate and energy strategy, focusing on energy conservation, operational GHG emissions reduction, renewable electricity procurement, and product and data center energy efficiency.

He establishes and advocates for IBM's public policy positions on these topics. Ricardo advises business units on environmental, energy, and climate issues and is responsible for IBM's external disclosures for these programs.

Ricardo is a member of the US Technical Advisory Committees to ISO/TC 207 (Environmental Management) and ISO/TC 301 (Energy Management) and chairs the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC39 (Sustainability, IT and Data Centers). With The Green Grid (TGG), he is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and Co-Chair of the Data Center Resource Effectiveness (DCRE) Standing Working Group.

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Robert Murphy is the CEO of Othersphere. Robert works to scale novel and impactful solutions to some of the hardest global problems, where cohesive technological, commercial, and socioeconomic innovations are essential.

Robert is heavily focused on climate change and energy access; building out ideas, advising organizations, and investing in new teams and technologies.

His goal is to have a meaningful impact by bringing to bear hard-learned lessons and decades of experience with strategic planning, business development, product development, public policy, financial/data analytics, and team building.

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Roger England received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University, a MS in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Cincinnati and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He has hands-on experience in several types of auto racing and brings that intensity to his daily activities.

Roger is a certified Six Sigma Black belt with over $10M US in annualized savings and holds thirteen US patents. He has served as an Associate Professor for both Purdue University and Ivy State Technical College.

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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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Ryan Parks is the Director of Global Sales Enablement for Iron Mountain Data Centers. He has been in the data center industry for 15 years in various roles. He is passionate about building teams and ensuring those teams learn to adapt, evolve and grow within the data center industry.

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Ryan Wangner is an experienced Product Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the data center, telecom, IT and services industries. Ryan is currently the Vice President, Product Management at NTT Global Data Centers.

Ryan Wangner has 16+ years of experience, and is skilled in Interconnection & Data Center/Colocation Services, Project Management as well as IT Management and Strategy. Ryan also has experience with business and systems integration and data analysis.

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Professionally, Sarah serves as the Director of Sales for Tidal Time Solutions. She engages and collaborates with construction and operations professionals, technology teams, and stakeholders in the data center industry. Sarah was introduced to data center development in 2017 while working with an IoT technology start-up in construction, specializing in workforce data and visibility. She not only developed a passion for growing start-ups, but for disruptive data and technology that specifically drives business optimization, scalability, and operational efficiency for the companies that utilize it. Sarah earned her undergraduate degree from Penn State University and prior to joining TTS has built her 20 year career in business development, account management and technology consulting across the construction, design, and manufacturing industries specializing in new market development. She attributes her success and strong industry network to building relationships mindfully, straight forward communication, empathy, and emotional intelligence.

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Sean Brigandi is an experienced engineering professional with in-depth technical experience, strong management skills, and a thoughtful leadership approach. A leader by example through integrity, accountability, and a risk management mindset.

Sean has thorough knowledge of construction, operations and critical systems best practices; including design, operations, and maintenance of critical mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure. He has advanced knowledge of business management principles, capital/operational expenditure plans, cost and energy saving initiatives, and strategic forecasting.

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Data center journalist, Editor-in-Chief, and Publisher at the world's largest digital infrastructure publication, DCD.

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Senan Griffin is Strategy and Marketing Director at Baker Hughes.

Senan Griffin is an experienced Senior Leader of Strategy, Transformation & Change at global blue chip corporates including significant experience in Strategy Development, M&A Deal Implementation (Integrations & Separations), Operating Model Design and Implementation, Corporate Restructuring and Digital Transformation.

Senan is passionate about the cultural and people side of change and improvement. He has held a variety of senior positions in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Strategy & Transformation and Sales & Marketing over a 25 year career across various countries.

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Skyler Holloway is the Vice President of Strategy and Portfolio at Switch, a leading designer, builder and operator of data center campuses specializing in AI, cloud, and enterprise solutions. In this role, Skyler is a leading contributor to data center design evolution to support AI workloads, front-end power planning, and strategic market insights. In addition to his work at Switch, Skyler leads The Gannett Group, a boutique consulting firm in the digital infrastructure space. Prior to joining Switch, he spent five years at Meta, where he played a pivotal role in growing the global data center program, planning and executing ground-up campus developments and colocation build-outs to support Meta's suite of products. Skyler holds a Master of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

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Stefan has over 20 years of international sales, marketing, and business development experience working in the IT-industry for a variety of leading vendors. Prior to joining Conapto, Stefan has worked for companies like Ingram Micro, D-Link and more recently Juniper Networks in various capacities in both marketing and business development.

Currently serving as the Chief Commercial Officer at Conapto, a Swedish provider of secure, flexible and sustainable data center colocation. Stefan is passionate about delivering great customer experience with focus on developing and executing the go-to-market strategy as well as the ecosystem of partners for the company.

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Mr. Worn has been involved with industry-leading enterprises and clients around the world for over 25 years as an Industrial FMS and ICT Network and Facilities Engineer; with over eight years in Asia, across the Americas and again back on a pan-European level.

Mr. Worn was the Head of Technology Services for Dimension Data UK, where he was also their acting Practice Manager for Data Centres and Intelligent Buildings. Stephen has held senior management roles in Nortel Networks as their EMEA Senior Director of Datacentres, at Japan's Nippon Suisan International, China's National Center for Industry and Technology, as well as with the Center for Special Economic Zones.

Mr. Worn has supported DatacenterDynamics since its first conference as Chief Technical Advisor and Guest Conference Chairman. He is currently CEO of North America, Managing Director of AsiaPacific, as well as Global CTO for Data Center Dynamics. Mr. Worn holds two Masters Degrees. 

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Thomas is the Global Director of Data Center Power Generation at INNIO Jenbacher. He is globally responsible for all customer interactions in the data center industry. In this role he ensures that the data center industry is aware of the benefits of gaseous fueled power generation, which spans from emergency backup, bridging or continuous power solutions, to support the growth and decarbonization goals of the industry. He leads strategic customer developments and support customers from initial technical feasibility assessment of gaseous fueled power generation till final handover of the power generation equipment.

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Travis Talcott is the Technical Lead at EkkoSense

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Trent McCarley is the VP of Strategy at Motivair.

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Trevor Dielmann has more than a decade of experience in the construction industry, most recently having spent 5 years in the semiconductor industry designing and constructing research and development facilities for a top 5 fabless semiconductor company.

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Vicki Worden serves as President and CEO of the Green Building Initiative (GBI), an international nonprofit dedicated to reducing climate impacts by improving the built environment. During her tenure, GBI has become a thriving community that supports the integration of sustainability and net zero, health and wellness, and resilience objectives throughout some of the largest real estate portfolios in the world. In 2022, Worden's leadership saw GBI reach the milestone of having certified more than half a billion square feet of commercial building space under its internationally recognized Green Globes building certification program and federal Guiding Principles Compliance program. Worden has dedicated her career to advancing environmental initiatives across North America.

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Vlad-Gabriel Anghel is Director of Solutions Engineering at our sister training company, DCD>Academy. He is a tinkerer at heart and a problem solver by trade, with a deep passion for all things tech, especially computer networks and distributed systems.

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Wellington Lordelo is the Global Director of AI and Innovation at Digital Realty, where he drives cutting-edge solutions that help enterprises and service providers harness the power of AI and data-driven strategies for digital transformation. With over 20 years of experience in IT and telecom, Wellington has a proven track record of collaborating globally with Fortune 500 companies on multi-cloud solutions, data center optimization, and enterprise strategy.
He holds the main certifications in Generative AI, Network and has spoken at numerous industry events across the Americas.

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William Yocom is the Director of Sales for North America for Baudouin America and has over 20+ years of sales and account manager experience from Kohler, Cummins, and within CAT’ and Generac’s distribution.

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