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From Capital to Operations: Managing Growth In Uncertainty

Peter Shaplin

Peter Shaplin

Chief Investment Officer

Becknell Industrial

Tom Griggs

Tom Griggs

Managing Partner

Skipjack Partners

Maria Poyer

Maria Poyer

Principal, Strategic Programs & Global Expansion

CoreWeave

Phillip Koblence

Phillip Koblence

Co-Founder & COO

NYI

Will Follett
Moderator

Will Follett

Senior Producer

Bisnow

Peter Shaplin

Chief Investment Officer

Becknell Industrial

Peter Shaplin was named Chief Investment Officer of Becknell Industrial in March 2026. Mr. Shaplin plays an integral role in all investment decisions across the Company's industrial real estate platform. He is responsible for overseeing investment strategy, including acquisitions, dispositions, and capital deployment. Peter works closely with the executive team to evaluate opportunities, manage risk, and ensure disciplined underwriting aligned with the Company's long-term objectives. His insight and market expertise are critical to driving strategic growth and maximizing portfolio performance. Prior to joining Becknell Industrial, Peter worked for UBS Realty Investors where he served as Executive Director - Portfolio Manager of UBS' Trumbull Property Fund. Peter received his Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics from Lafayette College.

Tom Griggs

Managing Partner

Skipjack Partners

Mr. Griggs brings over 20 years of industrial real estate experience, with an emphasis on acquisitions, development and platform

leadership. Mr. Griggs has transacted on over $6 billion over the course of his career, most recently as Managing Director at Hines

where he established and led the East Region industrial/logistics platform. In that capacity, he personally sourced and executed over

$800m of GAV in the sector.

Prior to Hines, Mr. Griggs was Head of Acquisitions at Realterm, along with industrial acquisitions and development roles at LaSalle

Investment Management & JLL in North America and Eastern Europe. He also worked in transportation infrastructure with Macquarie

Infrastructure & Real Assets (MIRA) and has experience across most major U.S. markets.

Mr. Griggs earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Finance from Penn State University.

He and his wife reside in Annapolis, MD where they enjoy spending time on the Chesapeake Bay.

Maria Poyer

Principal, Strategic Programs & Global Expansion

CoreWeave

Maria Poyer is a Principal within Strategic Programs & Global Expansion at CoreWeave, bringing more than $5B in transaction experience across 3GW+ of data center and industrial real estate. Previously, Maria served as Head of Acquisition and Development at Verrus, leading acquisitions, development, entitlements, economic development, and community engagement across its U.S. portfolio. At Microsoft, she led land acquisition and infrastructure planning for major cloud regions. At Amazon, she led lease, development, and land acquisitions and built and led a community engagement team supporting large-scale development. Her experience spans the full development lifecycle, from site selection and acquisition through entitlements, infrastructure, economic development, and community engagement.

Phillip Koblence

Co-Founder & COO

NYI

Phillip Koblence is a strategic executive and thought leader in the data center and network space. He co-founded NYI (www.nyi.net) in 1996 and has successfully navigated through an ever-shifting infrastructure landscape, growing 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, focus on customer experience, and ability to cut through complexity and hype, has positioned NYI as an industry leader in high-touch infrastructure solutions.

Phillip is also CEO of Critical Ventures, a consulting agency offering a range of services to help clients, owners and investors optimize the value of critical infrastructure assets. Phillip sits on the DE-CIX North America Advisory Board as well as on the Board of OIX (formerly Open-IX). Phillip is Co-Founder of the Nomad Futurist Foundation and Podcast, designed to demystify the world of critical infrastructure and inspire younger generations to join the industry. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been profiled by Data Center Knowledge, TheWHIR, MSPMentor, and NJ BIZ. He has an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Will Follett

Senior Producer

Bisnow

Will Follett is the Senior Producer for Bisnow's Midwest market, where he oversees content and strategy for 40+ annual programs aimed at connecting and advancing the commercial real estate industry. He previously worked at GovExec, the largest B2G marketing and events platform for public sector leaders.

A New England native turned longtime Midwesterner, he holds a degree in political science from Drake University and lives in Chicago where he enjoys the city's restaurant scene and the occasional triathlon.

About this webinar

SUMMARY:

Now more than ever, facility owners are finding that budget constraints are no longer limiting their programs—it's resources. Power availability, water access, labor supply, and supply chain delays are reshaping project viability. Capital plans written years ago become obsolete when these realities shift mid-project.

Join us as we discuss how to rethink capital planning in this environment: where resource constraints reshape project viability, how to adjust forecasts when original assumptions break down, and what visibility and processes actually look like when you're planning around scarcity, not just spending.

In this webinar, facility owners and finance leaders will share:

  • How resource constraints are reshaping capital project timelines and budgets

  • Real examples of mid-project pivots and cost reforecasts

  • What a capital planning process needs to account for today

  • How technology and better processes give you visibility to lock in plans before breaking ground

WHO ATTENDS: CFO, VPs of Finance, capital planning, project leaders

ABOUT BISNOW:

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From Capital to Operations: Managing Growth In Uncertainty

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