Morning Keynote Session:

Up-Close with fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty

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  Corey Welp

  Corey Welp is a co-founder and Managing Partner of 1547 Critical Systems Realty (“1547”), and has been instrumental in bringing together the 1547 team. As the Chief Investment Officer, he is responsible for implementing the firm’s investment strategy including, underwriting and structuring new opportunities, evaluating risk, and directing the acquisition and disposition of properties. He is also actively engaged in raising capital and investor relations. Mr. Welp led the acquisition of the firm’s five current properties totaling over 700,000 SF of datacenter space under development, securing debt and equity investments totaling over $250 million. Mr. Welp and his team, located in the company’s Dallas office, are focused on building and managing a portfolio of world class datacenter assets with an emphasis on balancing risk and opportunity. Prior to forming 1547, Mr. Welp held executive positions with both boutique and major investment management firms. He has devoted his career to developing a network of investment advisors, family offices, and institutional asset managers. Through this network, investors have trusted Mr. Welp with over $4 billion for investment opportunities in various asset classes, including technology and real estate. Mr. Welp graduated from Creighton University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

  fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty

  Co-Founder & Managing Partner

  Corey Welp

  Co-Founder & Managing Partner

  fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty

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  J. Todd Raymond

  As CEO and Managing Partner in fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547), Todd is involved with running the operations of the business as well as business development and firm strategy. Mr. Raymond has a reputation of successfully building enterprise value, taking companies from start up to executing an exit strategy. Prior to joining 1547, Mr. Raymond served as CEO, President, COO, General Counsel, Controller and a Director of The Telx Group, Inc. during which time he guided the company through multiple financings, acquisitions, SEC registration and two sales to private equity firms. Prior to joining Telx, Mr. Raymond was a founder of Stratus Services Group, Inc., an engineering and staffing services company, and served as its General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. During his tenure, he guided Stratus through multiple private capital raises, the acquisition of over a dozen businesses, and in April 2000, the Initial Public Offering of the company’s stock on NASDAQ. Todd holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Fairfield University, a Juris Doctor (JD) from Albany Law School of Union University and is completing a Master of Laws (LLM) in Finance Law from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO), the Wine & Food Society of New York and the American Corporate Counsel Association as well as multiple bar and professional organizations.​

  fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty

  CEO & Managing ​Partner

  J. Todd Raymond

  CEO & Managing ​Partner

  fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty

Leading the Curve:

The State of the Data Center Market

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  John Bonczek

  President

  fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty

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  Maggie Arvedlund

  Prior to founding Turning Rock Partners, Ms. Arvedlund was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group where she spent eight years. Fortress Investment Group is a global investment firm. While at Fortress, Ms. Arvedlund was responsible for private equity and debt investments for the Fortress Partners Fund, a multi-strategy vehicle which invested across asset classes and capital structures. During her tenure at Fortress Partner Fund, Ms. Arvedlund served on the Investment Committee from 2010-2015 and allocated capital across the alternative landscape including hedged equity, private equity, real estate, distressed and other hard assets. Prior to joining Fortress, Ms. Arvedlund worked at Hall Capital Partners where she held roles in the portfolio management and research divisions. Hall Capital Partners is a privately held registered investment advisory firm. Prior to Hall Capital Partners, Ms. Arvedlund held a number of senior operating roles in several privately held businesses. Ms. Arvedlund received a BS with Honors from Vanderbilt University in Economics and an MBA in Finance from NYU's Stern School of Business. Ms. Arvedlund serves on several non-profit boards including Summer Search New York City and is a founding member of the NYU Stern Private Equity Advisory Board.

  Turning Rock Partners

  Managing Partner

  Maggie Arvedlund

  Managing Partner

  Turning Rock Partners

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  Jeffrey Moerdler

  Jeff heads our Real Estate and Communications practices in New York and has significant experience in general commercial real estate law. Jeff’s general real estate practice includes acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, and borrower’s side financing. He also has a particular focus on real estate challenges facing communications, technology, and energy companies, and represents property owners and telecom companies in telecom real estate matters, such as data center leases. Jeff also advises on the use of EB-5 capital in large-scale real estate transactions. His clients include both large national companies and smaller, local clients. He is frequently invited to speak on real estate, data center, and telecom topics. He also writes for several industry publications, and he is regularly quoted in national media. Jeff was a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and led many of its major real estate and telecom transactions. Jeff is the head of the Real Estate and Communications practices in New York. With experience including almost 30 years as a general commercial real estate attorney, he has worked with many large national companies — particularly in the high-tech, telecommunications, financial services, health care, supermarket, and oil and gas sectors — as well as numerous smaller local clients. His real estate practice is both national and local and includes representation of landlords and tenants in all types of leases; counseling owners and developers in the acquisition, sale, development, and renovation of property; advising lenders and borrowers in commercial loans; and the representation of all parties in real estate litigation. He is actively involved in settling real estate, partnership and inter- family disputes. During the past 30 years, he has developed a unique specialty practice in the intersection of real estate with communications, technology and energy issues. He has extensive experience representing landlords, tenants, and communications service providers in the leasing, purchase, sale, and financing of data centers, switch facilities, colocation facilities, radio and television broadcast antennas, distributed and in-building antenna systems, rooftop antennas, and fiber-optic transactions as well as the wiring of buildings for broadband communications access. Jeff has also negotiated thousands of data center leases, master services agreements and colocation agreements, rooftop and cellular antenna leases, inside wiring agreements, and antenna tower leases throughout the country – covering over 500 million square feet. He has also devoted a considerable portion of his practice to power and energy issues related to real estate and other technology matters, including large solar and wind installations and bulk power purchases. Jeff is also a member of the firm's Not for Profit Practice, Sports & Entertainment Practice and Israel Practice. Jeff counsels developers, regional centers, senior lenders, and institutions on the strategic use of EB-5 capital in large-scale real estate transactions. Jeff has served as counsel to several EB-5 issuers and regional centers, with a specific focus on the real estate law aspects of transactions. Jeff also advises clients in the EB-5 space on all aspects of deploying capital into projects and has experience as well in negotiating intercreditor agreements on behalf of senior lenders and EB-5 regional centers. A frequent speaker on real estate, data center and telecom topics around the country, Jeff has also written a column called Leasing on the Level, covering leasing topics in Real Estate Weekly. He is a member of the board of advisors and regular contributor to Commercial Lease Law Insider, Commercial Tenant’s Lease Insider, and Communications Environmental and Land Use Law Report. In addition, he frequently contributes to Mortgage and Real Estate Executives Report and is regularly quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Commercial Property News, Real Estate Weekly, and other publications. In the past, he has served in numerous governmental positions, including as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (including serving as the lead board member on many large public private partnerships and real estate transactions), a member of the New York State Banking Board, a member of the New York State Financial Control Board, a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee of the Appellate Division of the First Department of the New York State Supreme Court, Assistant to the First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York and assistant to the Deputy Borough President of the Borough of Manhattan. From 1981 to 1982, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles L. Brieant, US District Judge, and later Chief Judge, for the Southern District of New York. Jeff is also an emergency medical technician on his local volunteer ambulance and coordinator of his local chapter.

  Mintz

  Member

  Jeffrey Moerdler

  Member

  Mintz

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  Regina Brewton-Smith

  Regina is a sales and marketing professional in the field of critical energy infrastructure and energy efficiency. In her current position as Business Development Manager with Con Edison of New York, Inc., she is responsible for helping C&I customers meet their sustainability and efficiency goals by discovering energy savings within their facilities. Regina is the lead contact for government entities and assists in the processing of Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESC) and Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) for all federal agencies. Additionally, Regina brings her expertise to clients with critical energy needs in data centers, and in leased and multi-tenant spaces. A large focus of her work in data centers involves encouraging customers to consider increased use of cooling and containment systems, reduction in servers, efficient use of lighting and sensors as well as other improvements or replacements involving Computer Room Air Conditioners (CRAC), Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Power Distribution Units (PDUs) and Computer Room Air Handler (CRAH) systems that can garner greater efficiencies and large dollar incentives for the ongoing management and maintenance of their data centers. Regina has been with the Con Edison family of companies for nearly 20 years. She began as an Account Executive with Con Edison Solutions in 2001, and had successive positions within sales, operations and management. While at Con Edison Solutions, Regina was responsible for the sale of electricity and gas to commercial customers. She demonstrated her entrepreneurial spirit overseeing the successful launch of the Small Commercial Business, a niche unit that grew quickly with impressive annual revenues. Since joining Con Edison in 2014, Regina has been driving her customers toward greater sustainability and responsible use of their energy. Regina holds a BBA in Business Economics and Public Policy from the George Washington University in Washington D.C. She is pursuing her MBA in Managerial Analytics and Marketing from Mercy College.

  Con Edison

  Manager, Business Development - Energy Efficiency

  Moderator

  Regina Brewton-Smith

  Manager, Business Development - Energy Efficiency

  Con Edison

The Future of Infrastructure in the Cloud Age:

The Modernization of Infrastructure and Operations

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  Sandeep Katarnavre

  Proven executive leader with rich and global experience conceiving and executing innovative business strategies, building businesses, fueling growth, assessing and solving complex business challenges, enterprise / digital transformations and operational improvements to drive enhanced value propositions. Trusted advisor to executives and boards as well as a versatile communicator who relates well from the Board to the front line. Experienced Senior Executive with 25 plus years of experience. Globally served various industries in multiple roles providing expertise in Digital Disruption and Innovation, Cloud Management, Big Data Strategy, Cyber Security, Factory 4.0, Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence. Key strategic engagements include ERP Transformation, Sales Force Automation, Merger and Acquisitions, Tax Aligned Supply Chain, Commercial Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and Customer Logistics & Transportation. In addition to technology modernization, these engagements included overall process improvements and business transformation. Served Pharma, Bio, and Medical Devices, High tech, Consumer, Chemicals, Construction Products, Wholesale & Distribution and other industry segments. Worked and lived in Europe, Asia and North America with extensive work experience in Russia, Eastern Europe and Latin America as well. Also part of Industry advisory council member to SAP’s Chemicals, Medical Device, Pharmaceuticals and Life Science Industry Advisory Councils Sandeep recently was Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Saint Gobain Construction Products North America, had responsibility for shaping the Information Technology (IT) strategy and leading the Construction Products IT organization. He was responsible for working closely with leaders across Saint Gobain to ensure that IT accelerates innovation, lead and drive digital transformation, delivers against key business performance goals and helps drive growth initiatives. He was also a member of the Saint Gobain Corporate Foundation Inc. Committee. Prior to joining Saint Gobain, Sandeep was Senior Director and IT Executive for Johnson and Johnson, the largest healthcare products and drugs manufacturer globally. Prior to that, Sandeep was Global Technology Director for Synthes, Medical Device Company. Before joining Synthes, he was Senior Manager and Engagement Executive for Deloitte Consulting where he served many fortunes 500 and Global companies across the world in various industry sectors; helping them transforming various businesses functions and delivering key and strategic engagements. Sandeep also participates in various nonprofit and charitable activities such as YearUp, Women Leadership in Technology including key note speakers to chairs to many CIO Governing Bodies and Forums globally and locally. Sandeep has also published white papers on Machine Learning, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation – RPA, Augmented Reality and Factory 4.0 and presented to various universities and highly reputed organizations. He enjoys spending time with nature, travel, meeting new people across the world and very much engaged with local tennis, badminton and biking teams where he teaches students of all ages. Sandeep has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical from Mumbai University.

  Saint-Gobain

  Former Chief Information Officer

  Sandeep Katarnavre

  Former Chief Information Officer

  Saint-Gobain

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  Richard Diamond

  Senior Vice President

  Canderel

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  Ken Makoid

  Regional VP, Northeast

  Flexential

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  John Diamond

  VP, Engineering

  Evoque Data Center Solutions

• Moderator

  Mike Herwald

  Manager, Sales North America

  Munters Corporation

The Day After Tomorrow:

Data Center Construction, Design, and Planning

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  Frank McCann

  As a certified Data Center Design Professional specializing in network design and construction, Frank McCann's current role as Senior Engineer focuses on Construction Power and Grounding for Verizon Wireless' Northeast and Great Lakes Markets. He oversees designs, request for proposals / quotes and company standards, as well as MOPs for the multiple regions from Delaware to Maine out through the Great Lakes. He recently transitioned from construction engineering for Verizon Wireless' nationwide network equipment centers. McCann's main area of responsibility was Verizon Wireless' Southlake Texas Network Equipment Center (aka Data Center), although he had projects in our other locations as well. After years of being the prime engineer for Verizon Wireless' corporate microwave network, his final task was to decommission it. The network, originally built for Transco, stretched from New York to Texas. McCann also lead Verizon Wireless' Disaster Recovery team. He has designed and built several Cell On Light Trucks (COLTs) for microwave communications, as well as disaster recovery nodes for Verizon Wireless' fiber network. Combined with other aspects of Verizon Wireless' Emergency Preparedness / Disaster Recovery efforts they could restore communications to anywhere within a 100-mile radius of a Mobile Switching Center. He also had the responsibility of overseeing Telco POP (Point Of Presence) rooms in several national network buildings. Additional specialties include Wireless Communications, Project Management, Product/Vendor Review, Power & Grounding, Disaster Recovery, Microwave Path Design.

  Verizon Wireless

  Principal Engineer

  Frank McCann

  Principal Engineer

  Verizon Wireless

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  Brett Korn

  Brett is a mission critical Project Executive and Northeast group leader for the Advanced Technology-Mission Critical Core Market group at DPR Construction, one of the top technical builders and data center/telecom contractors in the United States. His previous experience as Director of Engineering (overseeing the design of over 200 data centers) gives him a unique understanding of the construction, renovation and commissioning of complex data center projects. Brett is a valuable team player, technical lead, and trusted partner with over 36 years of experience in power quality and mission critical facility design and construction. Brett has worked on data center projects for industry leaders such as Bank of America, Bloomberg, Citicorp, Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, HBO Latin America Group, Merck and Company, QTS and TD Bank. He holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information about DPR Construction, please visit www.dpr.com.

  DPR Construction

  Northeast Mission Critical Lead

  Moderator

  Brett Korn

  Northeast Mission Critical Lead

  DPR Construction

The Future of Technology:

Exploring the Evolving Healthcare Industry

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  Daniel Morreale

  Daniel Morreale is a Healthcare Technology Executive dedicated to improving quality and safety within the healthcare delivery system. He is an innovative and creative leader with a strong vision for usable and practical Healthcare Information Technology. Originally trained as a clinician, Mr. Morreale recognized early the strategic potential to integrate Healthcare Delivery and HealthCare Information in order to create a safer and higher quality clinical environment.  Mr. Morreale has published numerous articles on Health Information Exchanges, Healthcare Reform, Meaningful Use, Technology Adoption and the physician experience. He previously implemented the first 10-gigabit infrastructure within a hospital setting in the United States, advanced Voice Recognition to improve physician documentation, designed and implemented the first RFID system for integrated patient Identification and medication administration, as well as having launched the first successful Health Exchange in New Jersey with interconnected Physician Practices creating “Virtual Medical Homes. . He was appointed by the state Governor to the New Jersey Commission on Health Information Technology, is a Fellow of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, and an active Board Member of the New Jersey Chapter of HIMSS. Mr. Morreale holds an advanced degree in clinical study. He has been awarded the CHIME “INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR “award, the CHIME “COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR” award and was recognized by Computerworld Magazine as one of the “PREMIER 100 IT LEADERS.” He is proud to have been awarded the “SAFETY NET AWARD” by National Association of Public Hospitals for his advancement of CPOE, as well as the Smithsonian “CENTER OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY HONORS LAUREATE AWARD” for his work on a comprehensive Electronic Health Record. Mr. Morreale is currently the Chief Information Officer for Hunterdon Healthcare System and is focusing his drive and passion to develop a digital healthcare community with Contextual EMR’s to enhance clinician adoption of Information Systems and Technology for collaborative population Health Protocols.

  Hunterdon Healthcare

  Chief Information Officer

  Daniel Morreale

  Chief Information Officer

  Hunterdon Healthcare

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  Mark Sander

  Mark Sander has over 25 years of industry experience in the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Products industries. With a proven record of leading business transformation through the use of technology, he is a CIO, board member and digital strategist who builds bridges between IT and the business, transforms IT organizations to align with business operations and uses digital transformation to drive top and bottom line growth. He has held senior leadership roles at several major pharmaceutical companies (Pfizer, Merck/Schering-Plough) as well as two start-ups, most recently leading Information Technology for Global Quality Operations at Teva Pharmaceuticals, servicing 35,000 users across 130 locations globally. Prior to joining Teva, Mark served as the VP and Global CIO for Church & Dwight, the $3.5B Consumer Products company. Mark earned his B.S. double major in Applied Mathematics (Operations Research and Management Science) and Industrial Management (Tepper) from Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, he earned an M.B.A. (International Business and Finance) from the Stern School of Business at New York University. An active member of the New Jersey chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM), Mark has previously served multiple terms on the Executive Committee (Vice President of Administration & Vice President Communications), been active in the mentoring program, and co-founded the North Jersey CIO Roundtable. Mark has also held a seat on the Board of Advisors for TenFour, an IT Infrastructure Services company, since 2016.

  Teva Pharmaceuticals

  Former Head of IT, Global Quality Operations

  Mark Sander

  Former Head of IT, Global Quality Operations

  Teva Pharmaceuticals

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  David McCall

  David believes good relationships and purpose affects one's life at every moment. He has been able to realize his calling to create teams that simplify and enhance people’s interactions within the world of technology. In the industry since 1997, his career has been anything but typical leading IT and technical teams in Hyperscale, Cloud, Hybrid IT, and Colocation. In his spare time, David enjoys boardgames with friends, family time with his wife and three teenage daughters, and perfecting how to grill.

  QTS

  VP, Innovation

  David McCall

  VP, Innovation

  QTS

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  Phil Koblence

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

  NYI

  Co-Founder & COO

  Phil Koblence

  Co-Founder & COO

  NYI

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  Jeff Teisch

  Jeff is an experienced Enterprise Technology Leader with a demonstrated history of accomplishments in the financial services industry with skills in IT Infrastructure Management, IT Strategy, Data Center, Management, and Project Portfolio Management. He is a strong business development professional with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Applied Math from SUNY Albany and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused in Management Information Systems from Pace University. Jeff is currently the President of J & A Resiliency Partners, a firm that he founded, where he provides advisory services on Operational Resiliency, focusing on virtualization techniques, Data Center Operations and Relocations, Business Continuity planning and Vendor Management. Previously, Jeff has worked at Brown Brothers Harriman where he was the Managing Director of Enterprise Functions where he focused on all aspects of Infrastructure Support which included managing 16 data centers around the globe and all hardware and software that ran in those data centers. Jeff also worked at Salomon Brothers as a senior vice president responsible for Enterprise Systems support.

  COLOTRAQ

  VP, Infrastructure Management & Resiliency Planning

  Moderator

  Jeff Teisch

  VP, Infrastructure Management & Resiliency Planning

  COLOTRAQ