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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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Gregory Ratcliff is the Chief Innovation Officer at Vertiv and a 30+ year industry veteran. Among his career highlights at Vertiv, he led the global advanced analytics group for the services team, specializing in real-time data and connecting Vertiv’s nearly 1 billion operating products to the Vertiv cloud.

Gregory’s educational background includes ABD at Liberty University, focusing on Agile project management of IoT and Big Data projects; an MBA from the University of Phoenix; and undergraduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and Information Technology. Gregory was named 2020 Technology Executive of the Year in Comspark’s Central Ohio Tech Power Player Awards.

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Michael Maniscalco is a recognized speaker and technology leader across numerous industries. Mr. Maniscalco is a serial entrepreneur with multiple startups and exits and previously served as an Entrepreneur In Residence with StanleyX. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Michael has been involved with software and network engineering for Fortune 1000 companies in the web3, IoT, financial, telecommunications, and healthcare industries for over 20 years.

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Dylan J. Boday, Ph.D., is the VP of Product Management for IBM Technology Lifecycle Services (TLS), leading the brand strategy and product management portfolio. Dylan has held a number of business and technical executive roles spanning hardware/software, cloud, and AI. Dylan is an IBM Master Inventor with over 260 patents.

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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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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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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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In his role as a Solution Architect at Scheider Electric, Carsten is helping clients with their industrial IoT and sustainability initiatives in the commercial & industrial and data center markets that allow them to achieve greater resiliency and sustainability objectives and create economic benefits. Prior, he supported the consulting and engineering community by advising on resource-optimized energy management solutions in the data center market. He offers nearly three decades of experience in the data center, broadcast, telecommunications, AV and IT industry. His papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals and he frequently speaks on national and international venues.

Baumann joined Schneider Electric in early 2012. He is an active member of iMasons and the Green G working group (Next G). Until 2018, he served as Treasurer and President on the board of AFCOM Southern California and was chairman for The Global Society for Asset Management (G-SAM). Baumann recently completed a program at MIT in Smart Manufacturing and holds an electrical engineering degree from the Theodor-Litt-Schule in Giessen, Germany.

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Ellen Yang, Vice President of Regional Construction at Prime Data Centers, has 15+ years of global design construction leadership experience in US, Canada, Australia, managing large-scale greenfield development, design construction projects, and portfolios across Data Center, High Tech, Nuclear, Mission-Critical Infrastructure, and Energy Resources.

Ellen is a strong advocate for DEI and for women in Data centers and global construction. She is actively involved in iMWomen, making positive impact and influence, with IM100 award recognition for her contribution to the digital infrastructure industry.

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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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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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As a leader in Sustainability Partnerships at Shell Energy, Shelley McCain is driving the energy transition by forging strategic alliances with some of the world’s largest energy consumers in the tech sector.

Her expertise in structuring complex energy agreements has led to the development of gigawatt-scale clean energy projects for many prominent hyperscalers and data center operators. She has helped these companies accelerate their journey to net-zero emissions by providing access to clean energy solutions like renewables, sustainable fuels, and electrification while also championing the use of artificial intelligence to drive innovation and optimize energy consumption, demand forecasting, and real-time energy management.

With more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry, Shelley has held a variety of commercial roles that have honed her expertise in business development, structuring, and deal-making, marketing, and strategy. Her proficiency in crafting bespoke commercial structures and agreements has enabled the development of gigawatt-scale energy projects, supporting global enterprises in their transition to lower carbon operations. She has spent the latter half of her career contributing her knowledge of energy markets and experience with energy buyers, governments, and NGOs to support the development of and investment in lower carbon solutions. Shelley graduated from the University of Houston with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an MBA in Global Energy Management. Beyond her passion for clean, sustainable, and affordable energy, Shelley has also devoted time as a board member of several non-profit organizations in support of education and women's empowerment.

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Mario is a Vice President and the Global Technology Market Sector Leader at AECOM, where he drives strategic initiatives for our global technology clients.  With over $300 million in annual technology sector revenues, Mario's leadership has positioned AECOM as a global leader in data center consulting, serving 56 countries in the past eight years. 

Mario is dedicated to advancing technological innovation in the data center industry, with a strong emphasis on design automation and energy infrastructure to enhance sustainability and scalability. His commitment to integrity and environmental stewardship reflects his belief that sustainable solutions are crucial for both the health of our planet and long-term economic prosperity. 

Before joining AECOM in 2017, Mario played a pivotal role in high-profile infrastructure and urban development projects across the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, including Lusail City and Saadiyat Island. His extensive experience underscores his expertise in managing complex, large-scale programs. 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Data Center Professional with more than 12 years of Technical, Program and Project Management experience with successful record in Global Data Center Deployments, Data Center Site Selection, Global Teams Management, Management of Mission Critical projects, Management of Electrical Construction projects, and Data Center Operations.

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Vello is currently the president of Ehvert Mission Critical, a multi-disciplinary engineering, and construction management firm specializing in data centers. Ehvert uses a manufacturing approach for advanced engineering and is a global leader in advanced MEP Engineering, Project Management, and Construction simulation.

Vello's career started as a construction surveyor fin Toronto in 1975 at the age of 15. Vello also worked as a building maintenance engineer, manufacturing engineer at Daimler Benz in Germany, Controls System Programmer at Kone Elevators in Finland, Mechanical Engineer at HH Angus, Oil Well Test engineer at Schlumberger in Aberdeen, Paris, Abu, Dhabi, Dubai, and Pakistan, Electrical/Communications Engineer/Partner at Mulvey and Banani, President Velar Data Systems, founder of Ehvert Marine, Tallinn, Estonia. Vello purchased Rice Brydone Interior Designers/KIA architecture, founder of Ehvert Engineering/Construction/Technology Services in Canada, and founder of Virtuaal Tehnika in Estonia and Ukraine.

Vello Ehvert is a professional engineer registered in the US and Canada. He is a LEED Accredited Professional, Uptime Accredited Tier Designer, and a Broker of Record with Adelaide Realty Inc. He holds an RBQ certification for construction in the Province of Quebec.

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Rhea has over a decade of experience in the data center and infrastructure industry with a real estate development background. She has worked for several of the largest DC developers in the world including Digital Realty, NTT and Compass as a Vice President. She also sat on the buy side for Oracle focusing on new and existing public region growth in EMEA. As Co-Chair of the Americas for iMWomen she is passionate about driving more opportunity in our industry. Rhea is currently Co-Founder and CCO of E3, an innovative master development firm specializing in power self-generation for data centers and sustainable economic growth to communities.

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As Senior Director Operations Business, Dan Moore is responsible for all of CyrusOne’s operations contracts and vendor relationships in the United States, including the company’s Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) relationship that encompasses all aspects of facility management. He has almost 15 years of mission-critical data center operations and facilities management experience.

Since joining CyrusOne in 2015 as Senior Operations Manager – Northeast Region, Dan was elevated to Operations Business Director prior to his current responsibility. Previously, Dan served as Facilities Manager at Cervalis, purchased by CyrusOne, and he held several positions of increasing responsibilities with IBM for almost 15 years.

Supporting the data center industry, Dan serves as president of 7x24 Exchange Empire State Chapter, a not-for-profit organization that provides an educational forum focusing on challenges faced by mission critical industry professionals.

Dan is a military veteran, having served his country in the United States Navy, after which he earned his Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees from Marist College – School of Management in New York.

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

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Julie Callagee is a forward-thinking CFO with over 20 years of experience providing finance, accounting and executive leadership, excelling in challenging environments. Julie has extensive experience in international business, global operations, and inclusive remote team management.

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