Andy Green serves as PRGX, Vice President of Global Infrastructure Support and Operations and leads the development and transformation of a global IT operation that manages SaaS solutions and IT services for Amazon, Kroger, Target, Walmart, Tesco, and other global, retail leaders. He is responsible for the delivery of IT services including Software-as-a-Service, Data Centers, Network

Operations, Cloud, Security, Compliance, and DevOps.

Prior to joining PRGX, Andy was Senior Director of Cloud Infrastructure for PTC where he led global IT operations that managed SaaS solutions and IT services for Coca-Cola Refreshments, Dell, Austal, US Navy and other manufacturing, retail and defense organizations. In 2015 and 2016, he was recognized for excellence in service delivery.

Prior to PTC, Andy was Director, Global IT for Servigistics where he had the overall responsibility for the company's global IT strategy, IT Security, business systems, and IT infrastructure including the company’s SaaS solution which hosts high-profile clients such as Dell, Cisco, GM, and Coca-Cola Refreshments.

In addition to various technical certifications, he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Florida Atlantic University. Andy graduated with honors from FAU.

Gary Brantley is an innovative technology strategist renowned for his financial acumen and expertise in cultivating productive collaborations. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector, in addition to 17 years of leadership, to the City of Atlanta as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Atlanta Information Management (AIM).

Before joining AIM, Gary was the CIO for the DeKalb County School District, the third largest school district in Georgia. While he was there, Gary spearheaded the district’s largest technology overhaul, Digital Dreamers, which included the distribution of over 70,000 desktop computers and laptops to teachers as well as students.

Gary began his career with IBM before becoming the Regional Operations Director for MCIWorldCom. There he continued to have an impact on technology and took that expertise to the Ohio State Department as the Director of Technology. He later became CIO for the Lorain City School District, which is one of the largest urban school districts in Ohio.

Gary’s admirable professionalism and unyielding dedication have earned him numerous awards and accolades. Gary was named as one of the Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers by the Center for Digital Education in 2015, ComputerWorld’s Premier Top 100 Technology Leaders for 2017 and awarded the Making IT Happen award from the International Society for Technology in Education. Gary was a finalist for the 2018 Georgia CIO Leadership Association’s CIO of the Year Award.

Technologist, Solutions Architect and Business Strategist—Tiwanna Hayes leads with over 20

years of experience in delivering efficiency, reliability, and innovation in the Information

Technology industry.

Most recently, Hayes served several of Georgia's school districts as a consultant providing

thought-leadership, operations management, and technology activations; while helping districts

maximize strategic spend and optimize operational cost and secure.

Prior to her consultancy, Hayes was tapped to lead the Atlanta Public School District (APS) as

the Deputy Chief Information Officer. In this role, Hayes stabilized and restructured the district’s

IT operations by focusing on innovation and citizen-centered services, increasing the agencies’

overall efficiency and equity through updates and business process improvements. Under her

leadership APS experienced exponential improvements in graduation rates and overall digital

literacy for students, parents, and teachers.

With a comprehensive understanding of IT services, Hayes previously served as an Information

Security Officer for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics where she led the Information Security

Compliance and Governance group. In this role she directed information and data integrity for

all IT functions, helping the company create its first Information Security Roadmap and an

Integrated Forensics and Computer Incident Response team.

Hayes’ established track record of technology leadership and digital transformation have been

recognized by both local and national organizations. Hayes was a 2014 recipient of the

prestigious CIO 100 Award as well as the recipient of the STEM Women of Color for IT

Leadership Award and the Modern Day Technology Leader, Black Engineer Award.

She was selected as a participant in the 2018 cohort of Leadership DeKalb and serves as a

board members for several community organizations.

With an unwavering dedication to digital literacy for all people, Hayes serves a number of

organizations leading discussions on technology tools for learning and achievement as well as

teaching her strategy for technical decision making that leads to robust information technology

systems for small businesses and corporations alike.

Hayes has made long-lasting contributions to our nation as a former United States Navy Officer.

She holds a master’s degree in Managerial Strategy and Economics from New York Institute of

Technology and a bachelor's degree in Operations Management from Georgia State University.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of T5 Data Centers, Pete is responsible for setting the overall strategy of the firm, maintaining client relationships, capital management, and creating and executing the firm’s vision for growth. Pete has more than 20 years of experience in the data center sector ranging from development, securing debt and equity capital, to tenant representation including site selection and incentives. Pete’s understanding of end-user needs has enabled T5 Data Centers to reduce project cycle-time and cost, which leads to successful relationships, and repeat business.

Prior to T5 Data Centers, Pete served as Executive Vice President at The Staubach Company where he started, managed, and lead the National Contact & Data Center Practice for 13 of his 14 years at the firm and was recognized on a regular basis for his many achievements. Before Staubach, Pete held various sales positions with Trammell Crow, MCI, and 3M Company.

Pete received a B.S. in Finance from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.

Ryan Sullivan is an Executive Vice President and National Data Center Group Leader with Lincoln Property Company, overseeing Data Center Investments and Capital Markets. Ryan is responsible for broadening the firm’s data center offering, by partnering with Lincoln’s national commercial and industrial platforms to identify and execute on data center opportunities across the country, including new investments, development, leasing and third-party services for institutional investors, data center operators and end users. He also partners with Lincoln’s Investment Management team to source investment capital for data center opportunities.

Ryan has extensive data center investment, development and leasing experience and joins Lincoln from GI Partners, where he led the firm’s real estate development activities, as Director of Investments and Head of Development. Prior to joining GI Partners, Ryan led investment and portfolio management at Landmark Dividend’s Digital Infrastructure Division, prior to its acquisition by Digital Bridge. From 2015 to 2020, Mr. Sullivan oversaw all investment, leasing and development activities for Lincoln’s Data Center business, formerly known as Lincoln Rackhouse. With his leadership and extensive mission critical investment and development experience, he helped build a respectable national data center operating platform of 16 datacenters across 14 markets, totaling over 3 million sq. ft. and 100 MWs of data center capacity. Earlier, he served in development, leasing and portfolio management roles at Digital Realty. Over his 18+ year data center career, Ryan has managed data center and tech/life science portfolios valued at over $7.5 billion in AUM and pursued data center projects in most U.S. and many international markets.

Jared Day has over 20 years of experience scaling high growth businesses. Previously, Jared was the President of Armor Defense, Inc a cloud cyber security company, where he led the organization through a period of rapid growth (5x in four years). Jared served as acting CFO for most of his time at Armor, overseeing the financial management of the company and closing several rounds of debt and equity capital. At Armor Defense, Jared was also responsible for product management, operations, sales, marketing and all administrative functions. Previously, Jared spent eight years as a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group where he specialized in developing growth strategies and execution plans for portfolio companies of several of the world’s largest private equity investors. Prior to BCG, Jared was CFO of FirstDoor, a software-as-a-service company acquired by Infor. Jared began his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Jared received a B.S. degree in Management and Accounting from Washington and Lee University, magna cum laude, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

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.

Robert Covington is a Partner of RedBird Capital Partners, where he is responsible for RedBird’s Business & Financial Services, Communications Infrastructure and Technology related investment activity out of its Dallas office.

Mr. Covington led RedBird’s investments in Lifeline Capital Management, an asset manager specializing in purchasing of whole-life insurance policies; N3, an outsourced sales and marketing company focused on cloud services; Majority Strategies, a political advertising and marketing business driving constituent influence via direct mail, mobile marketing and other forms of media; and Compass Datacenters, a leading wholesale data center developer, specializing in customized build-to-order solutions for enterprise, cloud computing and service provider customers.

Mr. Covington has over 15 years of experience assisting entrepreneurs and families build their business with a specific focus in the Southern U.S. region. Prior to joining RedBird, Mr. Covington spent six years as a Managing Director of The Stephens Group, LLC, a private equity firm investing the capital of the Stephens family, one of America’s longest tenured private equity investors whose business activities began in 1933.

Prior to joining The Stephens Group, Mr. Covington was a General Partner at SSM Partners, a private equity firm focused on expansion stage technology, business services and consumer services companies. Prior to SSM, Mr. Covington was the Founder and CEO of Firstdoor, now part of Infor, where he built and directed a seventy-person organization that was one of the earliest “Software as a Service” business models.

Mr. Covington holds a B.S. in Natural Sciences and Mathematics from Washington and Lee University and received his MPH from Yale University.

Tony Pichetto is Director of Operations and Technology for Vericon, a global leader in background screening, where he is responsible for product innovation, business intelligence, and cloud solutions. Prior to joining Vericon, he co-founded K-Star, Inc., a cloud hosting provider specializing in desktop virtualization. Tony earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Southern Polytechnic State University. In his spare time, Tony enjoys coaching youth sports and serves on the Football Board for Dacula Athletic Association.

Timothy A. Kiser, Founder of Colo Atl, is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in 35 states. With over 25 years of engineering experience, Mr. Kiser has served as the designer and engineer on over 70 telecommunications facilities. Mr. Kiser designed and constructed the fully-built Colo Atl colocation and Meet Me Room facility in November 2001 to serve as a carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection facility. As Owner, Designer and Engineer at the Colo Atl facility, Mr. Kiser was instrumental in achieving the prestigious SSAE 16 certification, an internationally recognized third-party assurance audit designed for service organizations. Colo Atl achieved the certification after a stringent audit of its internal business processes and IT controls, including physical security, environmental security, logical security, and network security.

A premier industry expert on data centers/colocation, engineering, peering, and Software Defined Networking, Mr. Kiser is a distinguished speaker. Select speaking engagements include the CEO Roundtables at Telecom Exchange (2012 and 2013), FISPA Live (Atlanta), and IMN Forums on Financing, Investing & Real Estate Development for Data Centers.

Mr. Kiser also operates the Georgia Technology Center (GTC) and the Southeast Network Access Point (SNAP), both of which are located in Colo Atl’s Atlanta, Georgia facility at 55 Marietta Street. The GTC is a live lab for network equipment vendors to highlight their optical and electrical hardware and operating systems; and SNAP is a next-generation Internet Exchange (IX) supporting IPv4, IPv6, OpenFlow, and Software Defined Networking (SDN).

A Georgia Institute of Technology graduate, Mr. Kiser holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, and served as an Air Force B52 bomber pilot during Operation Desert Storm. In his spare time, Mr. Kiser enjoys traveling, spending time with close friends and business associates and recreational flying.

Ms. Haney is a co-founder and currently serves as Executive VP and General Counsel for Fogo Data

Centers. Prior to joining Fogo Data Centers, Ms. Haney was a partner in a regional law firm, Tisinger

Vance, P.C., practicing for fifteen years as a commercial attorney in the areas of Estate Planning and

Probate, Real Estate and General Commercial law.  Ms. Haney joined Fogo Data Centers as a start-up

company, and has advised the Company through formation; facility acquisitions, construction,

expansions and leases; financing and equity participations, and facility certifications and compliance, in

addition to general corporate matters.

Ms. Haney is a proud alumnus of the University of West Georgia (Political Science) and holds a Juris

Doctorate (cum laude) from Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University. Since her return to the

West Georgia area in 1993, Ms. Haney has played an active role in our community. She is a past

Chairman of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, and served on the Board of Carroll Tomorrow

and the Community Foundation of West Georgia. Ms. Haney currently serves as a Board Member for

one our community’s newest non-profits, Circles of West Georgia and is an active board member and

serves on the Executive Committee of our own University of West Georgia Board of Trustees. Ms.

Haney is an active member of Midway Church here in West Georgia and is a charter member of the

Carrollton Dawnbreakers Rotary Club. Ms. Haney is married to Richard Haney, Jr. and is mom to three

teenagers, Kyle, Rachel and Rebekah.

Patrick Fiel is SVP, Corporate Development, at EdgeConneX, the only global data center platform focused exclusively on the Edge and Hyperscale. Patrick has nearly 20 years of experience negotiating corporate development, legal, real estate investment trust (REIT) and capital markets transactions. At EdgeConneX, Patrick leads global corporate development and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including responsibility for structuring and executing EdgeConneX’s corporate strategies and growth initiatives. Previously, Patrick was with Equinix, the world’s leading interconnection and retail colocation data center provider. He also has served as a public company general counsel/ chief legal officer, an in-house counsel to a large financial institution focusing on global corporate investment banking, and as a capital markets advisor while at a multinational law firm. Patrick graduated from the College of William & Mary (where he has taught International Business Management as an adjunct professor) and the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Missy Young is the CIO (Chief Information Officer) at Switch. She drives the company’s

solutions architecture to create a fundamental and sustainable change in the way clients

ultimately design and implement intelligent data strategies. As a technologist, Missy has

played an imperative role in the company’s evolution from the most innovative data

center company in the world to the world’s only hyperscale retail colocation ecosystem

that it is today.

Since joining the company in 2005, Missy has also held roles with leadership

responsibilities for all sales operations and solutions engineering with respect to

potential clients and win-win contract negotiations. Her expertise in technology trends,

forecasting client needs and connecting those trends with results has been a great

asset to Switch and its success. Prior to becoming a partner at Switch, Missy was the

Director of Sales Engineering and VoIP services for Mpower Communications. Her

portfolio of experience also includes senior sales engineering positions at ICG

Communications, InteleNet Data Centers, and FirstWorld Communications. She entered

the industry back in the dot-com days of the mid-90s, as a network engineer through her

Cisco, Microsoft, and Novell certifications.

Missy serves on the FIRST ® Nevada Robotics Board, the Foundation Board of the

College of Southern Nevada, the Foundation Board of Opportunity Village, the Kenny

Guinn Center for Policy Research Board, the Desert Research Institute Foundation

Board, and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Board of

Directors. Additionally, Missy is a strong advocate for the certification path of education

for young students who desire to enter the technology field.

Calvin currently serves as IBM's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the Cognitive & Analytic Solutions division. He is a highly respected Information Technology executive who has over 25 years of experience including senior leadership roles at several Fortune 100 companies . His areas of specialty include Service Oriented and Enterprise Architecture.

Phil ​Horstmann founded Ascent in 1998. He wanted to align and integrate best-in-class critical systems infrastructure, facilities engineering, purpose built construction, architectural acumen and best practices operations protocols. Doing so would allow for the improvement of client operations in data center and other critical systems environments. Today, under his leadership, Ascent is a turnkey critical systems infrastructure solutions provider. The company provides a broad range of expertise, uniquely spanning data center planning, engineering, construction, management, real estate development and operations outsourcing.

Drawing upon his 20 years of real estate finance and investment finance experience, Michael A. Seton believes in challenging the status quo and specializes in identifying untapped potential. Mr. Seton is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Carter Validus Advisors, LLC and Carter Validus Advisors II, LLC as well as a member of both entities’ Investment Management Committees. He is responsible for all strategic and day-to-day activities of the Advisors, including acquisitions, capital market activities, asset management and operations. Mr. Seton also services as President of both public companies, Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc. and Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc.

Prior to joining Carter Validus Advisors, LLC, Mr. Seton worked for Eurohypo AG as Managing Director and Division Head in the Originations Group, leading a team of over 20 professionals in the origination, structuring, documentation, closing and distribution of real estate financings for private developers and owners, REITs, and real estate operating companies (REOCs). Transactions included both on and off-balance sheet executions, including senior debt and financing.

Mr. Seton has been directly involved in more $30 billion in financings for real estate clients, including high profile transactions such as the recapitalization of the Chrysler Building and General Motors Building in New York, and Merchandise Mart in Chicago; construction financing for 15 Central Park West in Manhattan, several Ritz-Carlton’s throughout the United States, and several office developments in major U.S. cities. While at Eurohypo, his clients included the most respected names in the real estate industry, including Tishman Speyer Properties, Vornado Realty Trust, Boston Properties, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs.

He received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

Jason C. Reed brings more than 20 years of real estate experience in complex global real estate transactions, law and management to Carter Validus. As Chief Acquisitions Officer and Senior Vice President, Data Center Investment Management, Mr. Reed provides the strategic vision to turn business goals into actionable plans with appropriate risk management. As acting Principal of Longview Real Estate Advisors, a full service advisory firm to the data center and telecommunications industry with a focus on mission critical real estate assets, he was responsible for the firm’s acquisitions, leasing and management strategy. Formerly the Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate at Equinix, Inc., Mr. Reed was accountable directly to the Chief Development Officer and Real Estate Committee of the Board of Directors for the allocation and investment of $2 billion annually across 22 countries and 44 metropolitan areas. Notably while at Equinix, Mr. Reed successfully implemented a global real estate administration program with coordination across several stakeholder groups including the regional Presidents, Tax, SEC accounting and Audit.

Prior to Equinix, Mr. Reed served in various roles at Level 3 Communications, most recently as Vice President, Global Real Estate and Facilities, where he was responsible for the strategic planning, investment and management of 23 million square feet of global real estate consisting of over 10,000 properties across North America, EMEA, and Latin America.

Mr. Reed received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, followed by earning his Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in Taxation at the University of Denver.

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.

David Dunn is COO of H5 Data Centers. Mr. Dunn has nearly 15 years of experience managing significant growth and delivering outsized returns on investment in the Internet infrastructure space. Mr. Dunn most recently served as vice president at the Zayo Group where he was responsible for managing the wavelength and mobile infrastructure business units. Prior to Zayo, Mr. Dunn was senior vice president at CoreSite where he held leadership roles in mergers & acquisitions, leasing, marketing and strategy. Before joining CoreSite, Mr. Dunn held roles at several private equity firms including The Carlyle Group and J.E. Robert Companies. Mr. Dunn earned a B.S. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

In 2013, David co-founded Next Tier HD, a boutique real estate private equity firm. Next Tier HD operates an investment, development and advisory platform with a mission critical, data center focus. Mr. Spiewak spends his time on Next Tier’s Investment business and its global Data Center consulting and brokerage arm (DJS Group).

NextTier HD has developed and acquired over 3,000,000 sf of data centers and mixed-use assets since its 2013 inception, and over 6,000,000 sf of assets across the United States, since its founding partners started working together in 2000.

Currently Next Tier HD has ownership in assets in North Carolina, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and Virginia and is a partner and developer of Databank’s Georgia Tech HPCC facility in Atlanta, GA.

David has specialized in the Mission Critical arena since 1997 having spent his career on both the IT and real estate sides of the house.

Prior to Next Tier HD, David was a Principal and Executive Vice President of a global IT consulting firm, was a partner and Senior Vice President of T-Rex Capital, where he co-headed the acquisitions and leasing activities of the company. Prior to T-Rex, Mr. Spiewak was a Vice President of Tishman Real Estate, a founder of Plymouth Partners and a broker at Grubb & Ellis.

Raul Martynek joined DataBank in June of 2017 as the Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he provides overall strategic direction of the company and its operations. Raul is a 25+ year veteran in the telecom and Internet Infrastructure sector. He most recently served as a Senior Advisor for Digital Bridge Holdings LLC. Prior to Digital Bridge, he served as Chief Executive Officer for New Jersey-based data center and managed services operator Net Access, LLC. Net Access was acquired in November 2015 by Denver-based data center operator Cologix. Prior to Net Access, he was the CEO of Voxel dot Net, Inc., a global managed hosting and cloud company, which was acquired by Internap Network Services Corp. in early 2012. Mr. Martynek also served as the Chief Restructuring Officer of Smart Telecom, a Dublin, Ireland-based fiber carrier which was acquired by Digiweb in 2009. Before that he evaluated investment opportunities in the telecommunications and Internet sector as a Senior Advisor at Plainfield Asset Management, a $4B hedge fund. Prior to Plainfield, Mr. Martynek spent 13 years with telecom and Internet provider InfoHighway Communications Corp; first as a Chief Operating Officer of Eureka Networks and then as President and Chief Executive Officer of InfoHighway. InfoHighway was acquired by Broadview Networks in 2007. Mr. Martynek earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Binghamton University and received a Master Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

John Regan serves as the Chief Investment Officer and has been in the technology and facilities infrastructure space for over three decades. In his most recent role as SVP of Acquisitions and CTO for Landmark Dividend, he executed on over a $1 billion in Digital Infrastructure acquisitions.

Prior to Landmark, Mr. Regan worked with Carter Validus (CV) Advisors where he was instrumental in the development and execution of the CV Mission Critical REIT I & II data center platforms from inception. Mr. Regan made CV’s first acquisition in July 2011. By October 2017, pipeline development and management led to closing of over 50 deals, amassing $2 billion of data center assets totaling more than 4.5 million square feet. Mr. Regan is a data center industry leader frequently speaking and moderating at conferences across the U.S. having a number of articles published by and about him.

Mr. Regan’s experience spans over 35 years within information technology, facilities infrastructure, business development, sales and acquisitions serving in various leadership positions while also providing advisory services and consulting for multiple startups. Mr. Regan served in leadership positions for 18 years with PWC, LLP as National Director of Data Center Services, National Director of Network Services, and Director of Infrastructure Delivery.

In these roles, Mr. Regan led technology and facilities infrastructure engineers and project managers through the execution of more than 26 million square feet of real estate projects spanning renovations, restacks, retrofits, consolidations, new builds and the merger of technology and facility infrastructure of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse.

Mr. Regan achieved recognition by ComputerWorld for PWC as the number one Green IT organization worldwide in 2010 after the completion of a state-of-the-art Tier III LEED Gold-certified data center and driving other conservation practices organizationally. Mr. Regan is also an expert in BCDR having developed and executed a multi-tiered program creating PWC’s firm-wide Disaster Recovery program.

Mr. Regan has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from St. Leo University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Mr. Regan holds several certifications in the infrastructure space having achieved Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) credentials. He holds multiple certifications and various systems designations through Digital Equipment Corporation, Research Triangle Institute, and NCSU.

Prior to GIGA, Jake founded DC BLOX as CEO in 2014 to provide comprehensive data center services for the SMB market including colocation and managed services. In 2017 he was made Vice Chairman after pivoting the company to providing expanded availability and network services, then left to found GIGA Data Centers to serve the Enterprise colocation market.

Prior to this, he was CMO for GE Energy Management where he led the global development of strategy and commercialization initiatives and led the creation of GE’s Critical Power business. Before GE, he spent over nine years managing portfolio companies for private equity investors of electrical & electronic manufacturing businesses. He has also held executive leadership roles with Newark Electronics, American Superconductor Corp., and Emerson Electric, in which he led Marketing & Product Management for the Liebert division. He can be reached here.

Jeff Burges is the President & Founder of DataSite; a wholesale data center space and network services provider. DataSite provides mission critical data center facility environments coupled with best-in-class facility operations. The company’s data center services solve complex real estate challenges for technology intensive users in the corporate enterprise, managed services and content delivery networks industries and beyond. DataSite currently owns and operates world-class U.S. based facilities in Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; and Boise, Idaho.

Mr. Burges has owned and managed over 21 million square feet of commercial real estate, valued at over $2.5 billion. These portfolios consisted of data centers, telecom hotels, bio-technology labs as well as traditional office and industrial properties throughout the United States. Through his 32 year career in commercial real estate, Mr. Burges has gained a deep understanding of the property and critical infrastructure needs of the most discriminating technology companies, while simultaneously honing his real estate skill set. This combination enables DataSite to provide its clients with broad and uniquely valuable data center solutions.

In 2003, Mr. Burges founded BURGES property + company with a specific strategy to purchase empty, undervalued and misunderstood data center properties as property investments. In 2008, Mr. Burges launched DataSite as the logical next step in providing the worldwide IT community best-in-class data center space by the kilowatt.

Giving back to the industry and community is very important to Mr. Burges. Thus, Mr. Burges has served as an Officer on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Chapter of NAIOP; the Commercial Real Estate Association. He is a regular speaker and mentor to students and faculty at UCSD, San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. Mr. Burges, his wife and children are avid supporters of the MARSOC Foundation (Marine Special Operations Command) at Camp Pendleton, California. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management Consulting.

Jeff Uphues is responsible for DC BLOX’s business strategy, mission, and goals guiding the company’s vision of designing, building and operating a network of innovative data centers that bring best-in-class business services to the Edge.

A tireless tech-savvy executive, strategist and cloud services entrepreneur, Jeff has held C-suite leadership positions in organizations ranging in size from Fortune 50 companies to start-ups including Liquid Web, Cbeyond and Bandwidth.com. He is an active board member for several privately held technology software companies and is co-chair of the New Venture Competition for the Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta.

Jeff is a graduate of Harvard Business School and completed undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. He lives in Alpharetta, GA with his wife and two girls (who are known as the Three Texas Chix) where he serves as the president of the Jr. Raiders Girls Lacrosse Board.

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.

Greg Carender is the Vice President of Global Deployment for EdgeConneX, one of the largest privately-owned data center developer/operators headquartered in the United States. Greg joined EdgeConneX in 2016 where he leads the company’s PMO and efforts to analyze, permit, develop, and deploy new data centers around the globe. Prior to joining EdgeConneX, Greg was a Director in PwC’s Capital Projects & Infrastructure practice where he worked on major initiatives for some of the world’s largest broadband and wireless carriers. Greg has over 20 years of experience leading operations and capital projects. He got his start in the data center industry back in the late 90s while building long haul fiber networks. Greg is a Purdue University graduate, has an MBA, and has completed post graduate course work at Stanford, Cornell, and Robert Gordon University. Greg holds several industry certifications and has served on Georgia Tech’s School of Building Construction Advisory Board for the past 5 years. He has also served on the American Institute of Constructors National Board of Directors for the past 7 years, where is the outgoing National President.

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.

An accomplished executive, Lindsey brings together expertise in project development for both data centers and renewable energy. Lindsey led the advancement of several hundred megawatts of data center pipelines across the US and Europe, and her renewable energy development experience extends to the US, Canada and parts of South America.

Prior to joining CleanArc, Lindsey served as Vice President of Project Development at CyrusOne, a leading global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions across the globe. At CyrusOne, she led the global Project Development team and was responsible for the strategy, execution, and delivery of the company’s organic data center development projects. Prior to this role, Lindsey served as CyrusOne’s Senior Corporate Counsel of Real Estate & Construction, working alongside the company’s U.S. and global site selection and construction teams in all aspects of site selection and development. Previously, Lindsey served as Senior Attorney for the Americas division of RES Group, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, where she represented the organization in various matters related to the development and construction of utility scale renewable energy projects. Lindsey began her career as an attorney in private practice focused on commercial and industrial real estate.

Lindsey holds an AB in English from Duke University, a JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and an Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology.

Greg Force joined Tindall Corporation in 1988. He was named CEO in 2018 after serving as President and COO for 14 years. Greg is a civil engineering graduate of Lehigh University and obtained his MBA from Georgia College & State University. He is a registered professional engineer in ten states and has held positions in engineering, sales, and project management. Before becoming a corporate member, Greg was the Vice President and General Manager of the Virginia Division. Greg has been actively involved in the Precast, Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) for over three decades, serving as Chairman of the Board in 2012, Chairman of Design Handbook Committee for the 7th Edition, Chairman of the Parking Structures Committee, and a member of the Technical Activities Council. Greg remains active on several technical committees, and he is presently the Chairman of Research and Development Council, as well as a member of the PCI Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a Fellow of PCI and ASCE and was named a Titan of the Industry by PCI in 2014. Greg was the recipient of the Mario J. Bertolini Leadership & Innovation Award in 2018.

Cindy sets the strategy and tactics for Aptum’s global strategic accounts, responsible for sales and operations as well as driving revenue growth. Cindy is committed to building a company culture that embraces innovation and cooperation, allowing us to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Cindy also leads Aptum’s relationships with key alliances that enhance the go-to-market strategy for the company.

Focusing on excellence is the key to success, Cindy believes, and she’s not afraid to embrace risk if she sees an opportunity for improvement.

Cindy is a communications technology and IT industry expert with more than 25 years of experience in IT sales and service leadership. She has worked with organizations such as Xerox, Sprint, AT&T, SAVVIS (CenturyLink) and Virtustream (Dell), driving new levels of innovation and performance, strengthening regional collaboration and improving customer experiences.

Cindy is a board member of Tech Alpharetta and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the National Louis University in Chicago.

Clark Dean helps directs Transwestern’s Occupier Solutions business and is the founder of the company’s Transaction Sciences platform, which operates across service lines. Clark is a member of Transwestern’s Board of Directors and its National Occupier Solutions Steering Committee. He also helps lead the company’s global partnerships with BNP Paribas Real Estate and Devencore.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

With a background in biomedical engineering, management consulting, and financial structuring, Clark is known for being a disruptive innovator in the brokerage industry. His Transaction Sciences practice combines robust brokerage capabilities with behavioral science, organizational science, and decision science to deliver real estate solutions that optimize culture, function, and economics for occupiers and investors. Prior to joining Transwestern, Clark was a founding principal of Studley’s

Corporate Services Group where he spent over a decade working on some of the firm’s largest and most complex assignments. Before that, Clark was a management consultant and later chief operating officer for a management consulting firm specializing in strategic and operational consulting for insurance and financial service companies. He began his real estate career with Studley as a financial

analyst in Washington, DC.

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.