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Rob Dean

Rob Dean

VP, Design & Construction,

CoreSite

Richard Rademaker

Richard Rademaker

Director, Data Center Operations

Cogent Communications

Jacob Rose

Jacob Rose

Data Center Architect

LinkedIn

Tejo Pydipati

Tejo Pydipati

CTO

Stream Data Centers

Chris Kincaid

Chris Kincaid

Senior VP, Design & Construction

Stream Data Centers

Rick Waddle

Rick Waddle

Senior VP, Construction & Development

STACK Infrastructure

Sam Brown

Sam Brown

Chief Development Officer

ServerFarm

Danny Allen

Danny Allen

VP, Mission Critical & Building Infrastructure

DataBank

Alex Sharp

Alex Sharp

Global Head of Design & Construction

Iron Mountain Data Centers

Keith Dines

Keith Dines

Senior Leader, DC Site Selection & Construction Mgmt.

Nvidia

Anthony Caracino

Anthony Caracino

Senior VP, Global Construction

Digital Realty Trust

Rob Dean

VP, Design & Construction,

CoreSite

With nearly 15 years of construction management experience, Rob Dean, VP of Design and Construction, has been involved with almost every aspect of a successful construction project. He has led capital improvement projects for a renowned public American university, managed projects for national General Contracting companies, and now leads the team that designs and builds CoreSite’s world-class data center facilities.

In each stop, Rob learned that repeatable features and processes are essential, but each project is unique and challenging in its own way. “All projects have similarities,” he says. “However, every project has its own nuances, and each one has the potential to challenge the limits of your team's skill, expertise and patience.”

Jacob Rose

Data Center Architect

LinkedIn

Jacob Rose is the Datacenter Infrastructure Architect for Linkedin. Over the past 12 years there he has seen server growth from hundreds to over a hundred thousand, space from hundreds of kilowatts to hundreds of megawatts and a nearly unrecognizable datacenter landscape become the norm. He currently focuses on technical assessment of space, leasing strategy and negotiation, and creation of new technologies to support Datacenter deployments and operations. He is a multiple patent holder and multiple dog owner.

Tejo Pydipati

CTO

Stream Data Centers

Tejo manages the design processes and leads the construction of Stream Data Centers’ expanding portfolio of Hyperscale Data Centers, Private Data Center™ facilities, Build-to-Suit Data Centers and Ready-to-Fit™ powered shells. Tejo leverages his design, construction and mission critical background to support Stream’s ongoing growth, driving alignment across the design and development of new data center facilities and bolstering success for customers seeking to expand their IT footprints and capabilities.

Tejo holds a Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

Chris Kincaid

Senior VP, Design & Construction

Stream Data Centers

Chris oversees the design and construction of Stream Data Centers’ product portfolio of Hyperscale Data Centers, Private Data Center™ facilities and Ready-to-Fit™ powered shells. He has more than two decades of experience in project management services, including more than a dozen years focused on mission-critical data center construction and commissioning. Since joining Stream in 2012, Chris has expertly managed an extensive supply chain to support data center projects in excess of 200 megawatts. Chris is a graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and is a certified project management professional. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

Rick Waddle

Senior VP, Construction & Development

STACK Infrastructure

Rick Waddle leads STACK’s construction and development efforts to address increasing client demand for the company’s HYPER STACK™, POWER STACK™, and READY STACK™ products. He has focused throughout his career on consistently delivering innovative data centers to meet the needs of enterprise and hyperscale clients. Rick specializes in the design and construction of large, highly reliable, purpose-built data centers. Prior to STACK, he was Vice President of Development for DuPont Fabros Technology, where he led over 200 MW of data center construction. Rick also held senior positions at AOL and was most recently Senior Director of Facilities Operations and Construction, overseeing the construction and operation of the company’s domestic and international data centers, call centers, and office space. His experience includes commercial real estate roles with Centennial Management and LaSalle Partners. Rick is certified in facilities operations by BOMA and IFMA and is a Licensed Class A General Contractor.

Sam Brown

Chief Development Officer

ServerFarm

Sam Brown joined the Serverfarm team in 2011 as the Vice President of Engineering & Construction. Managing the engineering and construction teams, Brown is responsible for managing all aspects of data center construction and critical infrastructure projects from initial facility acquisition to design, budgeting, bidding, building, commissioning, and final turnover to the customer. Since joining the company, he has led projects ranging in scale from small power and cooling infrastructure upgrades to complex data center developments.

Prior to joining Serverfarm, Brown worked for five years as a mechanical project engineer for Ascent, LLC. Brown is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Danny Allen

VP, Mission Critical & Building Infrastructure

DataBank

Danny joined the DataBank management team in 2011. As the head of DataBank's technical operations, hen is responsible for all facility infrastructure and data center operations. With over 28 years of Telecom and management experience, His oversight ensures DataBank clients have the highest levels of security and redundancy in the industry. Prior to DataBank, Danny managed multiple facilities totaling more than 100K sqft. of raised floor for Denver-based ViaWest. He was also the Director of Technical Services for colocation provider Dataside, and spent 16 years with Cable & Wireless, managing the company's central US operations. Danny also served in the United States Air Force.

Alex Sharp

Global Head of Design & Construction

Iron Mountain Data Centers

Alex is one of the leading data centre construction professionals in Europe, having been Managing Director of Mace Technology. He is a qualified Electrical & Electronic Engineer and has built a significant number of complex data centres for some of the world’s leading companies including Barclays, Santander, the London Stock Exchange and the Sanger Institute.

Alex has been building Data Centres for over 25 years. He is a Chartered Electrical and Electronic Engineer and started his career at the London Stock Exchange, where he was involved in many of the LSE's off site DC's. Moving onto a Project Management company in the City, he delivered two DC/Disaster recovery centres for a Major international Investment bank, followed by a number of large Comms rooms for Telecoms companies. He then moved onto a Regional Contractor in Essex, where he managed a four year framework agreement to Design and Build leading edge Laboratories at the Sanger Institute for some of the World's leading scientists, including the World renowned Cancer Genome laboratory. At Wates, he set up the Technology division and delivered at the time, the largest High Density data centre in Europe, second only to one built by the CIA. He continued to build DC's for major hosting organisations, financial organisations and insurance market makers. Now at Iron Mountain Data Centers, he is drawing on his experience in Site selection, Data Centre delivery, Mergers & Acquisitions and sale and leaseback transactions.

Keith Dines

Senior Leader, DC Site Selection & Construction Mgmt.

Nvidia

Keith Dines is a recognized expert on data centers. With over 30 years of experience developing data centers for enterprise and colocation providers he has a broad background in all phases of design, construction and IT deployment.

Currently the Senior Leader of Data Center Site Selection and Construction Management for nVidia, he is responsible for the company’s strategy and implementation of its next generation of high-performance data centers for the future of machine learning and artificial intelligence in all of its deployments.

Prior to joining Nvidia, Mr. Dines served in senior management positions for colocation companies including Digital Realty Trust, The Cambay Group, Aligned Energy, and Core Location. While focused on build-to-suit developments at Digital Realty, he developed customized solutions for NetApp, Savvis, ARM Technologies and Equinix.

Earlier in his career as a data center consultant, Dines’ clients included corporate real estate executives, IT directors, and venture capitalists managing software developers, hardware manufacturers, on-line investment firms, on-line travel firms, telecommunications and a university hospital system. His most notable clients include Oracle, Charles Schwab, GI Partners, ViaWest, Adobe, and Stanford University Hospital.

Anthony Caracino

Senior VP, Global Construction

Digital Realty Trust

Anthony Caracino, Senior Vice President of Global Construction, is responsible globally for overseeing all datacenter design and construction activities, including new campus builds, existing datacenter refresh program and providing custom solutions for customers, coordinating across internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure project success throughout the Digital Reality global portfolio. His team has delivered projects successfully throughout North America, EMEA and APAC.

Anthony joined Digital Realty in 2008 and has more than 33 years’ of experience in the design/construction of Data Centers and Mission Critical facilities.

Anthony is a registered architect in the state of New York and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.

Data Center Power Play:

Energy Consumption & Sustainable Alternatives

Kevin Dalton

Kevin Dalton

Chief Data Center Officer

Cumulus Data

Troy Hill

Troy Hill

Director, Data Center Operations

Iron Mountain Data Centers

David Lambiaso

David Lambiaso

VP, Portfolio Management

Legacy Investing

Mason McPike

Mason McPike

Principal, Mission Critical Engineering

Telios Corporation

Michael Morris

Michael Morris

Senior VP, Design & Construction

Aligned Data Centers

Matt Zieg

Matt Zieg

VP, Global Strategic Accounts

Vertiv Co

Kevin Dalton

Chief Data Center Officer

Cumulus Data

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.

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

Mason McPike

Principal, Mission Critical Engineering

Telios Corporation

As Principal for the Mission Critical Practice, Mason McPike partners with colocation operators, cloud providers, and enterprise users to develop MEP Engineering and Technology Design solutions for greenfield and brownfield data center assets. Joining the company in 2004, Mason has delivered over 30 diverse data center projects which include multi building campus development, live central plant replacements, and adaptive re-use infill opportunities . In addition, he has provided consulting on private equity transactions in the space exceeding 1 billion USD.

Michael Morris

Senior VP, Design & Construction

Aligned Data Centers

Michael has been leading high-impact data center development and construction projects for ~15 years. As SVP, Design and Construction at Aligned, Michael is responsible for the development of cutting-edge data center campuses, ensuring alignment of performance with best-in-industry design, efficiency, and operational objectives, as well as speed-to-market targets.

Prior to Aligned, Michael served as Regional Director, Construction Management for Equinix, Sr. Project Manager at DPR Construction and Builder, Drees Homes.

Location & Site Selection

Jim Albin

Jim Albin

Head of Site Selection

Uber

Nathan Hazelwood

Nathan Hazelwood

Chief Development Officer

Cologix

Drew Leonard

Drew Leonard

VP​,​ Strategy

Evoque Data Center Solutions

Michael Terrigno
Moderator

Michael Terrigno

Principal

Syska Hennessy Group

Nathan Hazelwood

Chief Development Officer

Cologix

Nathan Hazelwood, Chief Development Officer of Cologix, is responsible for leading all aspects of design and construction, supply chain, vendor management, sales engineering and strategic sourcing throughout the company.

Over the past 18 years, Nathan has been an industry leader in key areas, such as design, construction and supply chain by forging new ways of procuring that have led to changes in how manufacturers and end users benefit together.

Prior to joining Cologix, Hazelwood held leadership roles in the data center industry at CyrusOne and QTS. He was responsible for overseeing development projects, establishing corporate standards, building procurement departments, setting overall strategic sourcing strategies, creating robust supply chains and fostering strategic partnerships.

Hazelwood holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from Purdue University.

Michael Terrigno

Moderator

Syska Hennessy Group

Michael Terrigno has over 16 years of experience as a principal, project manager and electrical engineer. As Director of Syska Hennessy’s Washington, D.C. office, Mike has led the engineering design teams for many of the firm’s significant and complex Critical Facility projects in the NoVA region. Through both design/build partnerships and traditional bid-build construction projects, he has managed and designed engineering projects to provide safe, secure, functional, and resilient facilities for numerous Cloud, Colocation, and Enterprise clients. He is actively involved with various mission critical facility clients working with them to increase reliability and to integrate new technology within their business. Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Auburn University, Auburn, AL. He is a Professional Engineer licensed in NY, VA, MD, DC, and DE as well as a LEED Accredited Professional.

Influence of Edge Growth on Colocation Construction Design

Jack Elsea

Jack Elsea

Director, Design Integration

Evans General Contractors

Jeff Ivey

Jeff Ivey

VP, Data Center Construction

Crusoe

Dave Crowley

Dave Crowley

Founder

Telcopedia Consulting

Nabeel Mahmood

Nabeel Mahmood

Co-Founder

Nomad Futurist Foundation

Frank McCann

Frank McCann

Fmr. Associate Director, Engineering and Construction

Verizon

Nick Speziale

Nick Speziale

Manager, Real Estate & Facilities Management

GEICO

Derrick Millard

Derrick Millard

Director, Real Estate & Facilities Management

GEICO

Robbie Sovie

Robbie Sovie

EVP, Construction & Development

T5 Data Centers

Mark Hurley
Moderator

Mark Hurley

Data Center Solutions Architect

Schneider Electric

Dave Crowley

Founder

Telcopedia Consulting

An Industry Technology Consultant, C-Level Executive, Board Member, Innovator and Investor with a history of leading strategic teams to including: renewable energy, hyper-scale land developer, network infrastructure (Terrestrial/Submarine Cable Systems, Metro/Long Haul Dark Fiber, Lit Services); content distribution networks; data center relations and design, as well as internet peering/transit. With over 30 years’ experience, David embodies a unique industry perspective and can articulate an in-depth knowledge of network design, architecture, capacity management, traffic engineering, deployment, scheduling and support for some of the world’s largest network infrastructures. David managed a $1B annual network infrastructure budget spanning the globe with multiple investments in subsea and terrestrial fiber projects valued in excess of $6.6B over the term while at the same time achieving $4.7B in cost reductions over that same term. He is a motivational, results-oriented leader with a record of directing top-level international teams to grow and deliver business worldwide. Highly regarded by partners, customers and executive teams, David is known as a creative problem solver, skilled leader, key adviser and astute business development strategist supporting hundreds of billions in revenue globally.

Nabeel Mahmood

Co-Founder

Nomad Futurist Foundation

Nabeel Mahmood is a Technologist, Futurist and a Keynote Speaker. His career is driven by one question – what’s next? He is passionate about the power of technology to deliver competitive and transformational change and the need to develop digital leadership that will create the enterprise of the future. He believes strongly in simplification, with a purpose. Nabeel brings 18 plus years of experience leading large-scale global technology organizations through seasons of explosive growth via M&A, global expansion, implementing new business models and technology innovation. His expertise includes leading organizations through transformation changes, connecting IT to the needs of the business, technology innovation, Big Data, Cloud, ERP, IoT, Mobility and Data Centers. He brings a unique blend of experiences spanning the entire breadth of technology from Grid to Chip. At, heart he’s a true technologist and futurist, he is a proven strategist, winsome communicator and leader with extraordinary vision and operational expertise within very large, complex organizations. Nabeel is a strategic CIO identifying opportunities that are being underpinned by emerging technologies. He serves on multiple boards and is an advisor to CIOs and CEO across a number of industries.

Frank McCann

Fmr. Associate Director, Engineering and Construction

Verizon

Frank McCann is a 30 year veteran of Verizon and Verizon Wireless, focusing on data center design, retrofits and greenfield builds. He has held several leadership roles within Verizon, most recently leading the Potomac Region’s Wireline Network Construction team. Frank also recently lead the Global Wireline Standards team, which encompassed all of Verizon Wireline’s network facilities worldwide.

Outside of his day job, Frank is on the Executive Board for Monmouth Council of Scouting America as well as Assistant Scoutmaster for his son’s troop. He lives at the beautiful Jersey Shore.

Nick Speziale

Manager, Real Estate & Facilities Management

GEICO

Nick Speziale moved to the D.C. area from Buffalo, NY. He spent the early part of his career as a commercial tradesman, working with various state projects. During that time in NY, he learned about commercial building and infrastructure.

Upon his arrival in the D.C. area, he switched his career focus to project/construction management, where he excelled at vendor and operations management.

Nick is currently the Regional Facilities Manager for GEICO’s Region 1 Office and Corporate Data Center. He is a professional manager who is disciplined and focused on the efficient and effective delivery of logistics and other support services related to real property.

He encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality, comfort, safety and efficiency of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology.

Robbie Sovie

EVP, Construction & Development

T5 Data Centers

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.

Mark Hurley

Moderator

Schneider Electric

Mark Hurley is a Data Center Solution Architect at Schneider Electric, responsible for bringing together the full suite of Schneider Electric products and services to provide right-sized, cost-effective, risk-based, innovative data center solutions for our customers. Mark has spent 30 years in the commercial real estate industry and has been involved in the MEP design, start-up, commissioning and operation of commercial office buildings and enterprise data centers. Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Mark was the SVP/Engineering Services Executive at a large financial institution, responsible for Engineering and Energy Services delivered to a 120 million square foot real estate portfolio.

Considerations for Hyperscale Data Center Design & Development

Lane Anderson

Lane Anderson

EVP, Development & Strategic Procurement

QTS

Matthew Koerner

Matthew Koerner

Principal

Critical Project Services

Jack Kolar

Jack Kolar

VP, Mission Critical Business

TAS Energy

Alexis Layne

Alexis Layne

ICM Geographical Construction Mgr, Leased Facilities

Meta

Karen Petersburg

Karen Petersburg

VP, Data Center Development & Construction

PowerHouse Data Centers

Alejandra Rodriguez

Alejandra Rodriguez

VP, Global Design & Product

Yondr Group

Spenser Hines
Moderator

Spenser Hines

Sales Engineer

Tindall Corporation

Lane Anderson

EVP, Development & Strategic Procurement

QTS

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.

Matthew Koerner

Principal

Critical Project Services

Matthew Koerner has more than 20 years of experience in the AEC industry, Matthew has achieved an extensive understanding of the design and construction aspects of mission critical projects. His resume includes the integration of technology systems into critical environments in over 30 countries throughout the world. Mr. Koerner’s ability to strategically manage and actively participate in a project from inception and throughout design, procurement, construction, and commissioning is a testament to his experience as a professional design engineer and a construction manager of mission critical projects. Matthew is a founder and Principal of Critical Project Services and Integra Mission Critical.

Matthew is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states and is a LEED AP. He is a graduate of Kansas State University’s Architectural Engineering program, holds multiple patents on critical environment systems and energy storage systems, and serves in various board and committee positions for the 7×24 Exchange and Open-IX.

Jack Kolar

VP, Mission Critical Business

TAS Energy

Jack Kolar is the Vice President of Mission Critical Business at TAS; where he has held several leadership roles since 2001. He has collaborated with clientele to develop several standard model series of prefabricated data center support equipment; including electrical, mechanical, and complete data hall solutions. He has delivered chilling for data halls sufficient for over one gigawatt over power consumed, and has served clients throughout North America as well as the EMEA region.

In addition to developing modular solutions, he has contributed innovation advancements in liquid cooling for data, via the Two-phase Immersion method. Jack studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri - Rolla. He earned the PMP certification from PMI in 2012, and he was issued the eighth HVAC contracting license issued by the State of Texas. He served as president of the Houston chapter of ASHRAE in 1994-1995.

He holds the Uptime Institute’s Accredited Operations Specialist – Expert certification.

Alexis Layne

ICM Geographical Construction Mgr, Leased Facilities

Meta

Alexis Layne is a graduate of Virginia Tech from the Building Construction Program. After graduation, she spent over a decade in the General Contracting world, specializing and managing Design/Build projects with Developers, Class A Office Builds and Industrial Building Retrofits. She then transitioned to an Owner’s Representative role with Cushman & Wakefield, representing large build-to-suit efforts, and tenant buildouts.

Currently Alexis is the Geographical Construction Manager for Leased Facilities at Meta where she is responsible for managing and overseeing all construction in the leased portfolio globally.

Karen Petersburg

VP, Data Center Development & Construction

PowerHouse Data Centers

As Vice President of Data Center Development and Construction, Karen Petersburg brings 17

years of significant experience to PowerHouse, having successfully managed complex

sustainable data center design and engineering projects, including campus developments,

hyperscale built-to-suits, and major infrastructure renovations. Most recently, Petersburg has

served as director of design for Digital Realty Trust, where she was responsible for the quality of

the organization’s designs and processes. Alongside Luke Kipfer, Petersburg oversees the

planning and execution of all PowerHouse data center projects.

Karen Petersburg actively contributes to the data center industry as the president of the local

7x24 DC Chapter, with board and committee positions for the Data Center Coalition and the

Nomad Futurist Foundation. She also supports local non-profits aiming to increase STEM

participation among local youth.

Beyond her professional life, Karen is dedicated to exploring the philosophical and

socio-economic dimensions of data, contemplating how it impacts our daily lives and shapes our

globalized society's future.

Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government as well as a Masters of

Arts in Philosophy from Virginia Tech, along with several industry certifications from CNet

Training/Uptime Institute and Data Center Dynamics.

Alejandra Rodriguez

VP, Global Design & Product

Yondr Group

With 20 years of experience, Alejandra has a strong background in data center design. She has been involved in the design of many significant data center projects - encompassing over 1GW of critical power - leading great consultant teams. She is now the VP of Global Design and Product at Yondr, building and leading teams to deliver designs around the world as well as spearheading the development of Global Design & OFE Standards and processes.

Spenser Hines

Moderator

Tindall Corporation

In his role as Sales Engineer at Tindall Corporation, Spenser Hines manages Tindall’s preconstruction services in the greater Washington metropolitan area. As a Professional Engineer with more than a decade of expertise in the precast concrete industry, Hines leverages his in-deep knowledge of precast design and construction to provide customers with innovative solutions while delivering the best and most-informed service possible. He attributes his ability to offer creative solutions to his customers’ challenges to Tindall’s position at the forefront of precast construction technology. Hines earned his Bachelor of Science from Old Dominion University. When he’s not helping the Tindall team push the boundaries of what’s possible with precast concrete, he enjoys spending time with his young family, watching his children learn and grow, and golfing.

Afternoon Keynote Roundtable:

Innovating the Data Center from Micro Design Strategy to Large Scale Development

Tony Grayson
Keynote

Tony Grayson

General Manager

Compass Quantum

Josh Snowhorn
Keynote

Josh Snowhorn

Founder & CEO

Quantum Loophole

Lee Kirby
Moderator

Lee Kirby

Co-Founder & Chairman

Salute Mission Critical

Kurt Karnatz
Moderator

Kurt Karnatz

President

ESD

Tony Grayson

General Manager

Compass Quantum

Tony Grayson is the General Manager of Compass Quantum and is known as a cloud and datacenter leader throughout the industry. He regularly speaks and writes on topics ranging from sustainability to energy to datacenters. Before joining Compass, Tony was an SVP at Oracle, responsible for their cloud physical infrastructure. Before Oracle, Mr. Grayson held senior positions with AWS and Facebook. Before embarking on his datacenter career, Tony served for 20 years in the United States Navy in multiple places, including Commanding Officer of USS PROVIDENCE (SSN-719). He is a winner of the prestigious VADM James Stockdale Award for inspirational leadership.

Josh Snowhorn

Founder & CEO

Quantum Loophole

Josh values approachability, accessibility, collaboration, innovation and growth. These qualities guided Josh’s leadership in the interconnection industry over the last 20 years and building over $10B of value along the way. He has pretty much seen and done it all through key founding and executive positions at Terremark, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Cincinnati Bell, and CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE). Josh founded the Global Peering Forum, the annual meeting for the Internet interconnection and peering community where he serves on the board of directors. Josh serves on the advisory board of Telescent, the finest automated interconnection machine on the planet. He is an avid speaker at conferences globally including networking, data centers, real estate, edge networking, and quantum computing. He has been a surfer for 39 years and a snowboarder for 25 years, traveling the globe in pursuit of experiences. Josh loves cars and racing. He founded TrackRats, LLC, the premier car club for track enthusiasts.

Auto racing enthusiast. Industry leader and innovator. Surfer and snowboarder. Peering expert. Public speaker. Founder and CEO of Quantum Loophole.

Lee Kirby

Moderator

Salute Mission Critical

Lee has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of information systems, strategic business development, finance, planning, human resources, and administration both in the private and public sectors. Lee has successfully led several technology startups and turnarounds as well as built and run world-class global operations. He is a trusted advisor and independent consultant for various organizations in the data center sector and provides interim leadership to emerging and transforming technology companies. His core technical competency focuses on improving the performance of critical infrastructure through sustainable solutions that reduce power and water consumption with application across all industries. Lee provides leadership from business strategy development through funding to execution and his focus on sustainable operations has repeatedly driven value to all stakeholders. Salute launched in 2013 and is focused on providing military veterans with job opportunities. By immersing the veterans and helping them gain experience and skills this initiative will deliver a feeder system to the data center industry and the first step in a career for the veterans. In addition to an MBA from University of Washington and further studies at Henley School of Business in London and Stanford University, Lee holds professional certifications in management and security (ITIL v3 Expert, Lean Six Sigma, CCO). He also serves as a frequent contributor for several industry publications, including Mission Critical Magazine, Data Center Management, Processor Magazine Network World and BusinessWeek. In addition to his many years as a successful technology industry leader, he has masterfully balanced a successful military career over 36 years (Ret. Colonel) and continues to serve as an advisor to many veteran support organizations.

Kurt Karnatz

Moderator

ESD

For more than 30 years at ESD, Kurt Karnatz has provided leadership in guiding the company in becoming a world-recognized consulting practice. As a strategic leader, consultant and engineer, he has developed long-term relationships with corporate real estate clients in finance, high-tech, medical, energy and beyond, while establishing ESD’s expertise in building sciences, intelligent buildings and smart cities. As President, he works to foster global thinkers who are admired for their innovative approach in creating sustainable solutions. ESD’s teams of professionals focus on solutions that maximize efficiency, reliability, flexibility, longevity and marketability – resulting in competitive advantage and enterprise value for its clients.

State of the Market:

The Evolution of the Interconnected Data Center in a 5G-Enabled World

Dr. Julie Albright
Keynote

Dr. Julie Albright

Digital Sociologist

University of Southern California & Infrastructure Masons

Amber Caramella
Keynote

Amber Caramella

CRO

Netrality Data Centers

Sarah Keller
Keynote

Sarah Keller

Head of Global Technical Sourcing & Supply Chain

Uber

Nancy Novak
Keynote

Nancy Novak

Chief Innovation Officer

Compass Datacenters

Marshall Sorenson
Moderator

Marshall Sorenson

VP

Metromont

Dr. Julie Albright

Digital Sociologist

University of Southern California & Infrastructure Masons

Dr. Julie Albright is a Sociologist specializing in digital culture and communications; She has a Masters Degree in Social and Systemic Studies from Nova SouthEastern University and a Dual Doctorate in Sociology and Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California. Dr. Albright is currently a Lecturer in the departments of Applied Psychology and Engineering at USC, where She teaches master’s level courses on the Psychology of Interactive Technologies and Sustainable Infrastructure.

Amber Caramella

CRO

Netrality Data Centers

Responsible for Netrality’s revenue generation strategy and execution, including overseeing sales, marketing, strategic alliances and channel partnerships. Prior to joining Netrality, Amber served as Senior Vice President of Sales at Zayo, where she built the company’s global data center vertical team. She brings vast industry experience, previously holding a variety of sales and leadership roles at Level 3 Communications (now CenturyLink), XO Communications and Allegiance Telecom.

Sarah Keller

Head of Global Technical Sourcing & Supply Chain

Uber

Sarah Keller is the Head of Technology Sourcing and Supply Chain at Uber and is responsible for developing and management of strategic sourcing and supply chain activities for all Infrastructure, IT and custom Uber ODM products. In this capacity, she develops strategies that support Uber's technology platform which is at the intersection of lifestyle and logistics that is revolutionizing the way people connect with their cities around the world. An industry veteran with more than 15 years spent providing best in class leadership, Sarah has held numerous positions managing global hyperscale infrastructure, supply chain and supplier strategy. Prior to Uber, Sarah has been in leadership roles in Operations and Engineering teams for companies including Facebook, Workday and Google. Sarah participates in several industry initiatives related to Women in Technology, STEM Mentorship and Innovation Forums.

Nancy Novak

Chief Innovation Officer

Compass Datacenters

Nancy Novak, Compass Datacenters’ Chief Innovation Officer, has over 25 years of construction experience and has overseen the delivery of over $3.5 billion in projects during that time. Prior to joining Compass, Nancy was the National Vice President of Operations for Balfour Beatty Construction which she joined after serving in a variety of executive positions for Hensel Phelps Construction Company. Ms. Novak is a member of the iMason’s advisory council and is actively involved in a number of organizations dedicated to the advancement of woman in business including Above the Glass Ceiling (AGC) who are working with Fortune 500 companies to aid in the advancement of women in STEM, Women in Government Relations (WGE), Women Construction Owners and Executives (WCOE), The World Trade Center Initiative, Fortune Media’s Most Powerful Women and the National Women’s Party. Nancy is a frequent speaker on the topic and has participated in the White House Womens and Diversity in STEM forums. Nancy holds a degree in Construction Engineering and Management from San Diego State University.

Marshall Sorenson

Moderator

Metromont

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).

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Why This Matters

What You’ll Learn: With the pandemic’s increased reliance on working remotely, the requirement for copious amounts of storage and processing power has upturned exponentially, positioning data centers to be one of the trendiest and fastest-growing developments in commercial real estate. Climate change, wellness, seismic considerations, power sources, cooling capabilities, and access to resources like water and talent pools are just a few of the challenges developers face.

  • How might a data center’s location produce unique competitive advantages and disadvantages?

  • How will risks such as climate, accessibility, seismic activity, and nearby talent pools affect investment considerations?

  • How are Cloud and Connectivity driving demand for Hyperscale Data Centers?

  • What strategies can be developed to validate reliability and uptime?

Who You'll Meet: Investors, end-users, developers, architects, brokers, tenants, and engineers. 

Why You Should Attend: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us. Join Bisnow as we jump into the market in Data Centers to analyze its strengths and strategize on its areas of opportunity.

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Agenda

Time Activity
1:00 PM
1:55 PM
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
1:55 PM
2:00 PM
Opening Remarks: Welcome to Bisnow's National DICE Construction, Design & Development Summit!!
2:00 PM
2:40 PM
State of the Market: The Evolution of the Interconnected Data Center in a 5G-Enabled World


- What is the current state of the data center as it innovates to meet customer demands?
- What are the growth predictions for operational footage of the multi-tenant data center industry?
- How are enterprises leveraging colocation to interconnect to an ecosystem of clouds and services?

2:40 PM
3:20 PM
Data Center Power Play: Energy Consumption & Sustainable Alternatives


- How is building sustainable operation facilities beneficial to the overall running cost?
- What is new in energy-efficient cooling?
- What is the impact of using renewable power?

3:20 PM
3:45 PM
Morning Networking Break
3:45 PM
4:25 PM
Location & Site Selection


- What are the best strategies to determine if local utilities have sufficient power infrastructures to support the substantial, and ongoing, demands of the project?
- What local or state regulations may impact the project?
- Are there climate issues in the proposed location that should be considered which may impact the heating/cooling of the facility?
- Is the location a safe one from a security standpoint (given the type of data that will be stored there)?

4:25 PM
5:25 PM
Networking Luncheon
5:25 PM
6:10 PM
Influence of Edge Growth on Colocation Construction Design


- What does the volume of competitor network and cloud providers forecast for the market?
- What strategies should be utilized to validate reliability and uptime?
- What are the best practices to develop secure and compliant assets?

6:10 PM
6:55 PM
Considerations for Hyperscale Data Center Design & Development


- What location constraints are considerations specific to hyper scale data center construction?
- What are the current and forecasted security challenges?
- How does the dearth of skilled workforce affect timelines and budget?
- In what ways could ESG initiatives impact hyperscalers?

6:55 PM
7:10 PM
Afternoon Networking Break
7:10 PM
7:45 PM
Afternoon Keynote Roundtable: Driving Towards Tomorrow: Innovating the Data Center Sector - Micro to Macro Development, Strategy and Opportunity

Hear from industry leaders who are innovating across the spectrum of the data center industry. Opportunities continue to expand as digital infrastructure grows to meet demand and is seen in multiple use cases and forms from 100KW to 1GW. As innovation helps to evolve the industry to an asymmetrical matrix, how we succeed will depend on how quickly we adapt to change.
Join Tony Grayson, Josh Snowhorn and Lee Kirby as they discuss the complexities and opportunities in the coming years.

7:45 PM
8:30 PM
Post-Event Networking

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