Avner Papouchado has been the guiding force behind ServerFarm since its inception. Known for his intense business acumen, Papouchado has a proven track record of successful real estate investments. He has served as Red Sea Group’s North American CEO since 1993 and is an active member of the executive management team responsible for the company’s worldwide investment strategy. A certified pilot, Papouchado received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the New School for Social Research in New York.

Dynamic Leader of choice, who strives to deliver positive transformation, accelerate change and endeavor new ventures through strategic thinking, innovation, influential and agile decision-making abilities in today's rapidly changing digital marketplace.

Kevin Ooley took on the role of President in May of 2017 and has served as the Chief Financial Officer of DataBank since 2011. He has over 20 years of extensive experience in delivering shareholder value through the creation and implementation of growth and operational strategies. Prior to joining DataBank, Ooley served as the CFO for the Thompson Media Group and as a Principal at Lovett Miller & Co., a growth capital private equity firm based in Florida. He was also a Director of Strategy for iXL Enterprises and a Manager in Accenture’s Strategic Services practice. Ooley holds a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.

Tyler Alexander is a Principal of RedBird Capital Partners, where he focuses on investment opportunities in the Communications sector.

In his current role at RedBird, Tyler is actively involved with the firm’s investments in N3, Compass Datacenters, TierPoint, and Next Tier HD and he currently sits on the boards of N3, Next Tier HD and Compass Datacenters.

In addition to his investment responsibilities, Tyler leads the firm’s Management Compensation Team, which designs and implements competitive executive compensation packages that create strong alignment, drive performance and are in accordance with best practices.

Prior to joining RedBird in 2013, Tyler was an Associate at MidOcean Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, where he focused on investment opportunities in growth-oriented consumer businesses. Prior to MidOcean, Tyler began his career at Rothschild & Co. in the firm’s global advisory restructuring group. At Rothschild, Tyler specialized in special situations, recapitalizations, and in-court and out-of-court restructuring transactions during a period which included the Financial Crisis.

Tyler received a B.A. in History, with distinction, from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar.

Mr. McClarty is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience in information technology and computer networking. He has a proven track record in relationship building, vendor management, network operations, and colocation and data center administration, along with project methodology and processes, both on strategic and tactical levels. He has been instrumental in transforming startup organizations into highly successful and profitable corporations while maintaining high client satisfaction levels. His strong management and leadership skills are complemented by his ability to motivate and engage all levels of an organization to maximize productivity and drive positive results. He is an excellent communicator who puts a special emphasis on building solid vendor, client, and employee relationships.

Mr. McClarty holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. He also holds a BS in information technology and a BS in electronics engineering technology, both from DeVry Institute of Technology.

Daniel English is the President and Co-Founder of Legacy Investing, an investment firm focused on technology impacted real estate. Legacy has completed >$3B in transactions across 19M SF in data centers, e-commerce industrial assets, and life science buildings. Prior to co-founding Legacy Investing, Daniel was a tech start-up executive with leadership roles across M&A, corporate development, strategy, and product management. Daniel studied engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and Economics and Finance at Emory University.

Catherine Smith has joined Evoque Data Center Solutions as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, where she is responsible for a wide range of corporate-critical functions, such as legal, human resources and strategy.

Reporting to Andy Stewart, Evoque’s CEO, Catherine was previously Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Brightstar Corporation, the world’s leading mobile services, working with carrier, retail, and enterprise customers across 70 countries. In that role, Catherine led a number of initiatives, designed to increase Brightstar’s global leadership positioning, including efforts to make compliance and corporate conduct part of the company’s global culture. As a result, the Ethisphere Institute named Brightstar one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” two years in a row. Under her leadership, Forbes Magazine named Brightstar as one of “America's Best Midsize Employers.”

She has also led cross-functional teams and collaborated with corporate development professionals through structuring, negotiations, execution and integration of complex M&A transactions, majority and minority investments across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia.

A frequent public speaker and conference panelist, Catherine has been featured in Modern Counsel, Leaders Magazine and Profile Magazine. She is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Law Center and holds a B.A. in Government from the University of Virginia. She supports consistent diversity of and thought throughout all levels of an organization and has been honored with the 2018 Diversity "Challenge" Award from the National Association of Women in Law.

Mr. Dolan brings over 30 years of corporate business experience in the Atlanta marketplace to the market leading Atlanta Tenant Representation team at JLL.

He represents clients in facility and site acquisition/disposition in accordance with their business plans for office Real Estate with specialties in Mission Critical/Data Center Real Estate, for which he is the Southeast practice lead, and Contact Centers.

Through strategic planning, site selection, implementation, and leading contract negotiations and lease reviews, Mike drives costs out of transactions and saves his clients critical time. His well-developed technical knowledge of the real estate process and his past risk management experience give him a broad understanding of the important principles that must be incorporated into complex transactions for the ultimate protection of his clients.

With more than 25 years of experience in mission critical construction and design, Lane Anderson has an extensive background in MEP projects and design and construction leadership. Having delivered over 3.5 million square feet of data center projects, Lane is well versed in designing for efficiency to pursue low PUE facilities and has strong expertise in building design and construction teams.

At QTS, he is responsible for Corporate Development, Construction, Design and Strategy, as well as Strategic Procurement.

Develops strategies for applications of precast/prestressed concrete building systems in the data center space. Leads the effort to engage technical staff in the design-assist effort of very fast-track projects, at the earliest stages of development. Works with end-users and their agents to create unique designs and unusual applications of precast concrete building systems.

Drives Metromont’s practice of acting as a specialty precast subcontractor in the data center -- and not just the manufacturer of various precast parts and pieces. Metromont can self-perform 100% of the precast concrete work, beginning from structured design-assist engagement, through field erection of "all-precast" buildings.

Leads the activities of Metromont’s VA Sales staff in pursuit of projects primarily in Virginia’s Data Center Alley, but across the U.S. Metromont has the capability of extending its reach beyond this area, on certain projects, where organizational strengths, financial capacity, and past experience -- particularly with regard to mission-critical projects -- are required.

35 years experience in the precast/prestressed concrete industry, including responsibilities for nearly every aspect of the ", get work" and "do work" functions. Directly involved in preconstruction through contract, in 20M SF of all precast data centers.

Marshall is a 7x24 Exchange DC Chapter Board of Directors member and a member of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA).

Brandon Peccoralo joined DataBank in 2018 as the General Manager of Atlanta, overseeing the construction project of ATL1; the data center most notable for liquid-cooling the GA Tech high performance supercomputers. In this role Brandon received first hand experience in the ground-up construction and commissioning of a purpose-built data center and Class A high-rise which is arguably the first Class T office space of it’s kind. When the doors opened for business, Brandon’s primary role was Sales, Business Development and marketing the building to Atlanta and the greater southeast. Within two years of going live the GA Tech data center floor is fully operational and the first floor of traditional colocation is 70% sold. Today Brandon’s expertise focusses on high density, high performance computing projects. Prior to joining DataBank he served as a Business Development Manager at Iron Mountain. Prior to Iron Mountain Peccoralo served as a Senior Account Executive at IO Data Centers notable for landing and helping design a largescale, high density super compute project for a Princeton-based healthcare research company. Peccoralo holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rutgers University.

Based in Chicago, Jason leads STACK’s Solutions Engineering team to provide best-in-class technical support to our clients, sales team, and overall business.

Jason joined STACK from Digital Realty where he led a global team focused on supporting the largest hyperscale, cloud, and content companies. Originally from the San Francisco area, Jason has over 25 years of experience supporting mission-critical IT in the US and globally.

As EVP of Construction and Development, Robbie is the leader of T5’s Construction Services division, where he sets the overall vision and business strategy. He holds the general contractors license and/or business license for construction activity across the organization. Robbie holds a degree in Construction Management from Western Carolina University.

David C. Meadows II has worked in data center cooling since 1999.  He is currently the Director of Technology with STULZ USA, a manufacturer of precision air conditioning, humidification, and dehumidification products specifically designed for the data center.  Previously David has served as both the Design Engineering Manager and the Applications Engineering Manager at Stulz.  David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.  David is also a graduate of the United States Navy Nuclear Power School.

Peter Berry is Senior Vice President of AOD (ACI on Demand) Infrastructure and Cyber Security for ACI

Worldwide, running global data center operations for hosted and Software-as-a-Service payments

products throughout the world.

During his career, Berry has led data center and operations organizations through transformations,

consolidations and acquisitions. He has driven improved availability, reduced costs and increased

efficiency in both large established and smaller start-up organizations. Berry specializes in IT technical

and operational leadership, supporting critical business functions and enabling rapid growth.

Before joining ACI, Berry was Vice President of SaaS Strategy and Operations at NCR Corporation,

providing leadership in support of rapidly growing SaaS offerings across the globe. Prior to that, Berry led

data center and operations teams at VMWare/AirWatch and Liaison Technologies among other

companies, and was an executive advisor for Tatum's technology practice.

As Modern Workplace Sales Leader for Health & Life Sciences,

Rotimi is responsible for helping some of Microsoft’s largest Healthcare

customers evolve and transform their organizations using Microsoft Cloud

Solutions & Modern Devices. He leads a team of Senior Sales Leaders working

closely with Healthcare Providers, Payors and Pharma/Life Sciences

Companies every day. Rotimi & his team help organizations leverage Microsoft’s Cloud and

Surface Solutions to enhancing patient engagement, empowering health team

collaboration, and improving clinical and operational insights.

Prior to his role, he led Solution Sales initiatives across the Americas region, as part of the

Incubation Technology Sales Team. Rotimi has also managed the Windows Business

Division, across 49 countries, in Sub Saharan Africa. In that role he held full P&L

accountability for Windows commercial revenue, deployment as well as Windows

Enterprise Mobility Solutions, across is all audience segments.

Before that, he was based at Microsoft headquarters in the United States where he worked

as the Business Operations & Strategy Manager to the Vice President for Microsoft’s Server

Division. He’s also held leadership roles in the Worldwide Online Services Group, Windows

Business Division & U.S Marketing & Operations Team.

During his 20-year career, at Microsoft, Rotimi has worked in Leadership Roles in Canada,

the United States, the Middle East & Africa and most recently in his current Sales Leadership

role in our Health & Life Sciences Division

Jeff Wabik is responsible for DC BLOX’s strategic technology development. Since joining the company, he has managed the deployment and growth of its software-automated, multi-terabit, service delivery networks which underpin DC BLOX’s edge-connected solutions.

For more than 30 years, Jeff has combined imagination, vision, and a deep technical acumen to create next-generation technologies for both start-up and mature organizations. Jeff’s experience includes data center network operations, embedded software development, information security, business development, and creation of L2 switching and L3 routing platforms, including the world’s first multi-Gigabit router. Jeff has held senior technical management positions at Ciena, Ascend Communications, and Lucent Technologies.

Jeff graduated from the University of Minnesota with dual BA degrees in Computer Science and Geology. In his free time, he is a fitness addict, a commercial and instrument rated pilot, an avid snowboarder and plays the drums in rock-n-roll bands.

Tim Huffman is an Executive Vice President and Executive Committee member with CBREʼs

Data Center Solutions. With over 17 years of experience in data center operations

and telephony, he focuses on providing advisory and transaction services for

corporate clients requiring complex data center and technology strategies.

Experience:

As a leader in advisory and transaction services of data center real estate, Mr. Huffman

provides clients with expert services in negotiating complex data center outsourcing

solutions involving colocation, cloud services, telephony and managed services

solutions. His experience also includes data center dispositions, sale-leasebacks and

greenfield development. Additionally, he provides strategic consulting services to IT

leaders on data center consolidations and cloud services migrations.

Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Huffman served as the National Director of the Technology

Solutions Group with Colliers International. His expertise and experience lend

themselves to collaborating across business, operations, technical and real estate teams

to strategize and deliver the best solutions to clients.

From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Huffman served as an executive in the data center sector

providing solutions and Managed Service Offerings to global organizations. Prior to

2000, he was a successful entrepreneur taking several start-up companies to market.

As an active member of his community and a Grammy-nominated recording artist, he

regularly volunteers his time with the Shepherd Center in Atlanta as a music therapist for

injured veterans and those suffering from brain and spinal cord injuries. Tim is still active

with his musical pursuits and has recorded or performed with musical talents, such as

Jimmy Buffett, Hall & Oates, Zac Brown Band, Graham Nash, and Kansas.

As Chief Real Estate Officer, Mario Calderone is responsible for all aspects of Serverfarm’s commercial real estate portfolio, including acquisitions, leasing, management, financing and disposition. A seasoned real estate industry professional, Calderone has an established track record of successful value creation across a broad range of investment assets.

Prior to joining Serverfarm, Calderone founded and operated Alpine Investment Company, a private investment company that he operated for more than 15 years. During this period, he was responsible for over $500 million of successful investment or capitalization of commercial assets involving entities such as General Electric, Global Exchange, Royal Ahold, ATT Corporation, and Verizon. Calderone also spent several years as Asset Management Vice President for a regional development firm with an office and industrial portfolio totaling more than 2 million square feet. During his tenure, the company successfully built and leased over 700,000 square feet of commercial space. Calderone started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Calderone received a Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Temple University.

As Principal of Bohler’s Atlanta, GA office, Joel leads a team of site civil engineering professionals helping owners and developers leverage industry change and tackle site challenges to accomplish their land development goals. Joel has designed more than 10 million square feet of space for distribution center and warehouse development throughout Metro Atlanta. Joel has also overseen the design and approval of millions of square feet of data centers across the Southeast. Throughout his 20-year tenure with the firm, Joel’s commitment to mentoring staff, providing exceptional customer service, and building strong business relationships has been instrumental in growing a strong local practice and building momentum in Bohler’s Southeast region.

Joel holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Clemson University (Go Tigers!) and resides in Dunwoody with his wife and two children. When he is not in the office he can be found perfecting his backhand serve on the tennis court.