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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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Eyal Itskovich is a seasoned strategy and business operations professional, expert in combining strategy, analytics, and execution. Eyal loves solving complex business problems, transforming data into business insights, leading large teams, and driving change.

Eyal is currently the lead global data center strategy at Microsoft Azure, operating at the largest scale on the planet. This includes scoping, design, and implementation of new Azure regions and data centers globally, optimizing product-market fit, and strategic client pursuit.

Eyal joined Azure from LinkedIn, where he partnered with engineering leadership to develop strategy and drive results through setting clear objectives, making data driven decisions, and operational excellence. His track record includes developing business strategy that enabled LinkedIn’s infrastructure growth at scale by 5x, and helped determine next generation data center architecture, compute, storage, and network infrastructure that has been implemented in all LinkedIn data centers.

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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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Bryan Decker is an xperienced 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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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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Sudhir Kalra serves as Compass’ EVP of Global Operations. Prior to joining Compass, Mr. Kalra served as Executive Director, Global Head of Enterprise Data Centers for Morgan Stanley. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Sudhir was Director, Corporate Real Estate and Services – Global Head of Engineering and Critical Systems at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for mission-critical support of a real estate portfolio comprised of over 30 million square feet. Mr. Kalra began his career in technical roles at Securities Industry Automation Corporation supporting mission-critical operations for the NYSE and American Stock Exchange. Sudhir holds a BEEE from City University of NY and an MSEE from NYU-Poly University.

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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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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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Peter Worley is a licensed Mechanical Engineer and Development Manager with 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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Jamie Falow is the Global Solutions Director, Data Center Solutions at CBRE.

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Stephen Perry is the President, VP of Operations at Digital Fortress.

Digital Fortress is a fast-growing multi-tenant and wholesale data center provider offering colocation, network, and cloud access services to large and mid-size enterprises.

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Roni Ahmed is the Senior Critical Environment Mechanical Engineer at Microsoft.

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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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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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Bryan Decker is an xperienced 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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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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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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David McCall is the VP of Innovation 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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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, PCTEL (PTCI, on the NYSE), Vantage Data Centers and 1623 Farnam, and an Advisory Board member for Qarbon Technology.

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.

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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Bruce Myatt, PE is a critical facilities engineering consultant, an account executive, and a data center project director. He is currently Director, Data Center Engineering & Design at Enercon, and has been Founder of Silicon Valley’s Critical Facilities Round Table, Executive Editor and Technical Adviser at Mission Critical Magazine, Infrastructure Mason Master 1st Degree, and frequent speaker at Data Center Dynamics, DataCloud and other conferences.

Bruce is a registered Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years of technical, business development and business management experience working with critical facilities such as nuclear power plants, semiconductor fabs, DOE’s national laboratories facilities, and data centers. He is currently helping his data center clients get “fast-track” electrical power to their datacenters with the delivery of onsite generators and substations, and is planning for both hydrogen and nuclear projects in the not-so-distant future. He helps achieve climate accord objectives through designs that future-proof facilities with modularization, decarbonization, and sustainable green building features.

Early in his career, Bruce performed accident analysis and design of nuclear power plant facilities including General Atomic HTGR reactor internals, General Electric Mark-1 BWR emergency core cooling systems, Westinghouse BWR balance of plant MEP systems, and DOE Hanford’s N-Reactor. He has also developed Hydrogen hub conceptual designs for ARCHES and two other regional hydrogen hub conglomerates.

Bruce helped lead an engineering team in the design of a 100MW hyperscale network of data centers. He has led other teams that were recognized as Finalist in the 2013 Data Center Dynamics NorAm annual Awards competition for the TDC Self-powered Data Center and 7x24x365 Power Plant, and others as Finalists in eBay’s national design competitions for their Mercury and Quicksilver projects. Previously, he helped develop programs for DOE, LBNL and PG&E related to data center energy efficiency including new construction & retrofit design assistance, retro-commissioning, and micro-grid design.

Bruce pioneered & evangelized server cooling solutions with aisles enclosures that prevent the mixing of chilled and hot air streams in data center environments. He was selected as a technical advisor to DOE, EPA, CEC, LBNL, and PG&E Committees focused on Data Center Energy Efficiency, and has presented solutions at Data Center Dynamics in SF & NYC, National 7x24 Exchange, Uptime Symposium, Critical Facilities Summit, Next Generation Data Centers, at several PG&E Customer Energy Efficiency conferences, & many other event.

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Yuval Bachar is the Founder and CEO of EdgeCloudLink, (ECL). ECL defines a new data center category by democratizing the high-end data center technologies to everyone. ECL is creating a true zero-emission, off-grid colocation and edge solution for the industry. Yuval is also active as a Open19 Fellow with the Linux Foundation.

Before that, Yuval was a principal hardware architect at the Azure Platform; in that capacity, his work focused on data center self-healing leveraging Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, predictive maintenance, and hardware quality consistency control at scale.

Prior to his role at Microsoft, Yuval was a principal engineer in the global infrastructure and strategy team for Linkedin, responsible for the company strategy for data center architecture and the mega-scale company data centers. He drove and supported the new technology development, architecture, and collaboration for the 10x compute & storage growth and 25x network connectivity growth in that capacity. Yuval was one of the founders and innovators of the Open19 project and president of the Open19 Foundation. As part of this work, he was responsible for developing this new community and Open19 technology to support the Open19 Community.

Prior to Linkedin, Yuval was the leader and architect for Facebook data center networking hardware, responsible for developing the Wedge and 6-Pack first top of Rack (ToR) and modular open networking gear.

Earlier, Yuval served as Senior Director of Engineering in the CTO office in the Data Center Group at Cisco, responsible for its data center product portfolio and next-generation innovation.

Before this stint at Cisco, Yuval served as VP/CTO of the High-End Systems Business Unit at Juniper Networks. He drove Juniper’s high-end systems architecture, market, and technology positioning in this capacity, including product, technology, and system-level innovation and alignment across the company.

Yuval was recognized as a top influencer in the data center industry: Top 50 of data centers in the Americas and Edge data centers globally: 10 Innovators South of the Rack, Top 50 America’s data center influencer – 2018, Top 50 Edge influencers 2019, Data Economy ‘Power 200’ Leaders, iMasons IM100, 2020. He has been a contributor to the PCI standard and several IEEE standards. He holds eight approved US patents in the data center, networking, system design areas, and three Cisco pioneer awards.

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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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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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Bill Picard is the Vice President, Channel Development at Prime Data Centres.

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

Mr. Dalton is an expert in leveraging supply chain optimization and modular prefabricated construction techniques to drive rapid growth, improved quality, and speed to market. Throughout his career, he has set the standard for next-generation data center designs and led multiple successful sustainability initiatives.

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.

Talen Energy sold its 956MW Cumulus Data Center Campus and 130,000 sqft shell building connected behind the meter to Talen's 2.6GW Susquehanna Nuclear Station to Amazon Web Services for USD$650M back in March.  Mr. Dalton was one of the principals responsible for the development and sale of the Campus.

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

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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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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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Nick Blessing is a creative self-starter with aptitude for using data to solve complex problems. Nick is an efficient manager of multiple work streams with critical timelines, and has the ability to effectively communicate intricate concepts to diverse audiences. Nick has the proven ability to generate business opportunities and drive projects to completion in a fast-paced environment.

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Kaitlin Savage supports market development for 24/7 carbon-free energy with Google’s energy and location strategy team.

Formerly Senior Vice President of Project Development at Hodson Energy, Kaitlin has overseen 3 GW of renewable energy project development in Virginia, Ohio, and other major US markets across PJM and MISO. Hodson Energy is a proud partner of Great Bay Renewables, backed by Altius Renewables with funds managed by affiliates of Apollo.

Kaitlin entered the solar industry as the first employee at one of Virginia’s leading utility-scale project developers, and has since built a depth of experience across private industry and public advocacy. As Director of Public Engagement with the Solar Research Institute, Kaitlin formed partnerships with key stakeholders to develop continuing education programming for elected officials and planning staff across the Commonwealth.

In 2017, Kaitlin served as a member of Governor-Elect Ralph Northam’s Transition Policy Council on Natural Resources. She also contributed to the landmark passage of the Virginia Grid Transformation and Security Act in March 2018, as a member of MDV-SEIA’s state policy leadership team.

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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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Moises Levy, PhD, is a seasoned engineer, data center subject matter expert, trusted advisor and entrepreneur. With more than 25 years of professional experience in the industry, and more than 15 years dedicated mainly to data center physical infrastructure projects, Dr. Levy has a diverse background in planning, design, management, risk assessment, and strategic consulting of engineering projects.  He has founded and managed engineering firms, leading numerous engineering projects across different verticals. As industry analyst, he has led a data center power, cooling and sustainability research practice. His current company DCMETRIX, where he is CEO and founder, provides advisory services for data center projects and new technologies like liquid cooling. Researcher, contributor to standards, author of numerous publications, and regular speaker at conferences. He holds a PhD, MS and BS in Electrical Engineering.

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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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Dennis Strieter is the CEO of Hyper Solutions.

Dennis is motivated by solving client business problems and challenges through responsible and environmentally conscious design. Dennis' personal focus on each customer allows him to add value through extensive knowledge of critical systems, design, and deployment of Mission Critical solutions.

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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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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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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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Megan Baker is the Vice President, Engagement at the Green Building Initiative.

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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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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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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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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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Phillip Koblence co-founded NYI (www.nyi.net) in 1996. Since then, he has successfully navigated through an ever-shifting infrastructure landscape and 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 over a span of more than twenty years has positioned NYI as a leader in hybrid infrastructure solutions. Part of NYI’s success is due to the strong emphasis placed on building lasting relationships with clients. Through this focus on customer experience, and an ability to cut through complexity and hype, NYI has set the bar in the industry for high-touch infrastructure solutions. Phillip is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been profiled by Data Center Knowledge, TheWHIR, MSPMentor, and NJ BIZ. He has also contributed to CRN and NJ Business Magazine. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with an engineering degree.

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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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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 leads all global commercial sales activities for equipment sales and service sales of Jenbacher's 10MW gas engine and data center applications. This includes business development, technical & commercial proposal creation, mainly based on private or public tenders, contract negotiations, securing a smooth hand-over to execution functions after deal closure, continuously provide trainings to the regional sales teams and preparing tools & templates required to execute the daily regional sales job.

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Vlad-Gabriel Anghel is Head 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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