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.

Ray Sidler is a senior management executive with 20+ years of experience in the telecommunications, data center and managed IT services space. Since co-founding DataVerge in 2003 alongside COO Ruben Magurdumov, Ray has served as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), charting the vision for securing, developing and growing the most connected and the only carrier-neutral data center in Brooklyn today.

In 2010 Ray and Ruben led the company’s acquisition of a 35,000 sq. ft. data center space at Industry City in Brooklyn, NY, and a 10,000 sq. ft data center space in Jersey City, NJ. From there, the experienced executive duo has spearheaded DataVerge’s strategic transformation into the only carrier-neutral Interconnected Hub in Brooklyn, with direct access to over 30 carriers and network providers; with on-ramps to major cloud providers.

Fentress Boyse is part of the Private Infrastructure Americas business unit at Partners Group, based in New York. He has been with Partners Group since 2014. Partners Group is a leading global private markets firm that seeks to capitalize on thematic growth trends and transform attractive businesses into market leaders. Fentress focuses on the origination, execution, and ongoing value creation activities for lead direct infrastructure investments in the communications, energy, water and services sectors. He is on the Board of Directors and is the Investment Leader for Partners Group’s investment in EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Citigroup. He holds a master’s degree in energy studies and international finance from The Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington D.C. and a bachelor’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.

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.

Jeff Moerdler is chair of the Haynes Boone Data Center and Digital Infrastructure Practice and a real estate partner in the New York office. He has more than 40 years’ experience in general commercial real estate law. Jeff’s real estate practice includes acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, and borrower’s side financing. Jeff 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, particularly in data center development, acquisitions, sales, leases, colocation agreements and service level agreements. His clients include both large national companies and smaller, local clients, and includes representation of landlords and tenants in all types of leases; counseling owners and developers in the acquisition, sale, joint venture, development, and renovation of property as well as sale-leaseback transactions; 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. He also represents many not-for-profit entities and is active in health care, senior living, and educational real estate.

During the past 35 years, Jeff has developed considerable experience in the intersection of real estate with communications, technology, and energy issues. He has extensive experience representing landlords, tenants, developers, and communications service providers in the leasing, purchase, sale, and financing of data centers, colocation facilities, radio and television broadcast antennas, distributed and in-building wireless 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, colocation agreements and service level 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, battery storage facilities, and bulk power purchases.

Jeff is a frequent speaker on real estate, data center, and telecom topics around the country. He is Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and on the faculty of the Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute. He regularly speaks as a panelist at data center, digital infrastructure and real estate conference around the United States. In addition, he is regularly quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bisnow, Commercial Property News, Real Estate Weekly, and other publications. He co-authored the first treatise chapter on telecom real law for Powell on Real Property in 1999.

Jeff has previously served in numerous governmental positions, including as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 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, Jeff 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 President of his local chapter, as well as having served for 8 years on the Board of Trustees of the umbrella organization which is the largest volunteer ambulance service in the United States.

Nick Malfitano is a Sales Director at TitleVest, a First American company, where he helps real estate and infrastructure professionals navigate complex title insurance matters and move transactions toward successful closings. With nearly two decades of experience in title insurance, Nick brings a practical understanding of both the financial and real estate considerations involved in sophisticated transactions.

Before joining TitleVest, Nick held commercial banking roles with JPMorgan Chase and Citi and worked in business development within the title industry. His relationship-focused approach, industry knowledge, and commitment to finding practical solutions have made him a trusted resource for developers, lenders, attorneys, and other transaction stakeholders nationwide.

Ryan brings more than 10 years of investment, advisory, and operating experience across the digital infrastructure and technology sectors.

Before joining Snowhawk, Ryan was a Principal at Devonshire Investors, a private investment firm affiliated with Fidelity Investments. There, he led investments across hyperscale data centers, retail colocation, fiber, and wireless infrastructure in North America, Europe, APAC, and India. Previously, Ryan was a member of the Communications M&A team at Evercore Partners, where he advised on more than $100 billion of M&A, capital raising, and restructuring transactions. Ryan began his career at PwC as a member of the cross-border M&A tax structuring team. Ryan graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with an M.B.A., and earned an M.S. and B.S. in Accounting from the Binghamton University School of Management. At Binghamton, Ryan was a member of the NCAA Division I golf team. Ryan is a CFA Charterholder and licensed CPA. Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife, Emily, and family, on the golf course, traveling abroad, and exploring new restaurants.

Sapna is a managing director in

Infrastructure within Goldman

Sachs Asset Management. She

joined Goldman Sachs in 2013 as an analyst

in Merchant Banking Division and was

named managing director in 2023.

Prior to joining the firm, Sapna worked at

Lazard as an analyst on the M&A advisory

team.

Sapna serves as a director on the board of

Calisen, UK's largest smart metering

business, and ImOn, a US-based provider of

fiber-based telecommunications services to

residents and businesses.

Sapna earned a BSc in Statistics from the

University of Delhi and an MSc in Financial

Economics from University of Oxford.

Michael Felman is President and CEO of MSF Capital Advisors, a global multi-family office. Besides his own family office, his firm advises other family offices and a select group of high net worth individuals. Mr. Felman began his investment career as an Angel Investor. He invested in real estate, film projects, technology companies and a restaurant. Mr. Felman received his B.A from Clark University and J.D. from Pace University. Winner of Acquisition International 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Global Multi-Family Office award. Winner of Wealth & Finance International 2014, 2020,2021 Global Multi-Family Office Award. Winner of Corporate Live Wire 2020 Investment Advisory Firm of the Year. A member of the NYU Stern Family Office Council. Advisory Board member of Family Office Association. He is a frequent speaker at family office, hedge fund and emerging markets conferences.

Aaron Kutner is MetLife Investment Management’s Regional Head of Acquisitions & Joint Ventures in the Mid-Atlantic, and previously oversaw regional acquisitions extending north through Boston. Before joining MetLife in 2019, Aaron ran US real estate acquisitions for Paris-based AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (n/k/a AXA IM-Alts) and served as Vice President at Clarion Partners in New York. Aaron has directly led more than $5.2 billion of real estate investments ranging from core wholly-owned properties and portfolios to opportunistic joint venture developments. Aaron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University and a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He also holds the LEED Green Associate credential from the US Green Building Council.

Hunter Newby is an American entrepreneur, investor, conservationist and the owner of Newby Ventures. His primary field of interest has been network infrastructure. As Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer and a Director of Telx, he pioneered the carrier-neutral Meet-Me-Room and the development of carrier hotels and data centers in the United States leading to massive value creation and economic development throughout the Country. Since the sale of Telx he has been and continues to be a founder, developer and investor in the creation of multiple network-neutral infrastructure businesses all across North America.

Mr. Newby is a recognized authority in the network-neutral interconnection and data center industry. He has served on multiple company boards, is a published author, public speaker and has been quoted in several publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today. He has also been the recipient of numerous awards including being named to the Global Telecoms Business Top 40 Under 40 in 2010.

Mr. Newby earned a B.S. in Communications from Drexel University.

Syed Ahmed is a Managing Director and Head of Digital Infrastructure at Apterra. He is responsible for maintaining client relationships with a purpose of originating digital infrastructure financings for Apterra in areas including data centers, broadband and mobile towers. Prior to joining Apterra, he was a Director at MetLife Investment Management for 12 years, where he was responsible for originating infrastructure debt investments globally and client management. He holds a BSc in finance from Rutgers Business School and is a CFA charterholder.

Vince is a Partner and Executive Vice President – Data Center Practice Leader with USI Insurance Services. He has over 30 years of commercial insurance experience focusing the last 20 years on data centers. He has extensive experience working with colocation data center clients on operational and construction risks. He has consulted on Builders Risk and OCIP programs on more than 50 projects. Vince maintains a CRIS(Construction Risk Insurance Specialist) designation. He is a creative, problem solver. Vince holds a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Jason is a Vice President on Stonepeak’s Credit Investment Team, where he focuses on digital infrastructure investments across lit/dark fiber, data centers, DAS, and infrastructure services. He has deep sector expertise across hyperscale, retail colocation, neocloud infrastructure, fiber networks, DAS platforms, and related mission-critical communications services.

Jason has experience underwriting and executing private credit investments across the digital infrastructure ecosystem, with a focus on structured and tailored capital solutions for businesses with complex growth, acquisition, refinancing, and asset-backed financing needs. His transaction experience includes providing tailored solutions to sponsors and operators which adequately consider downside protection, collateral value, contractual cash flows, customer concentration, and growth capital requirements across these core sectors.

Jason received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Furman University.

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).

Graeme N. Kavanagh is a seasoned infrastructure real estate executive with over 25 years of experience leading business development, origination, and investment strategies across a broad range of asset classes. A recognized deal maker, Mr. Kavanagh has successfully originated, structured, and closed billions of dollars in transactions across telecom, renewable energy, data centers, billboards, EV charging infrastructure, and logistics.As Partner and Chief Revenue Officer at Accelerate Infrastructure Opportunities, Mr. Kavanagh oversees the firm’s acquisition and capital deployment strategy, directing originations and the acquisition of income-producing real property interests under critical infrastructure. He has led the acquisition of thousands of real estate assets and built high-performing teams that consistently deliver value through strategic growth and disciplined execution. Under his leadership, Accelerate has emerged as a market leader in aggregating ground lease and fee simple interests into a diversified, scalable portfolio. His customer-first approach, combined with deep industry knowledge, fosters long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with landowners, tenants, and stakeholders.

Prior to joining Accelerate, Mr. Kavanagh co-founded Landmark Dividend, serving as Executive Vice President and playing a pivotal role in launching the first IPO in the ground lease asset class. He also held leadership positions at Wireless Capital Partners, where he originated the industry’s first secondary market financing for wireless infrastructure ground leases, and at Falcon Financial, a specialty finance firm focused on real estate-backed investments. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President at Enterprise Mortgage, part of the Financial Services Division of Koch Industries. Throughout his career, Mr. Kavanagh has been defined by his unwavering commitment to execution, his deep understanding of complex real estate transactions, and his ability to unlock value in niche and emerging infrastructure sectors. His tenacity, vision, and leadership continue to shape the evolving landscape of infrastructure real estate investment.

Brian is the Vice President at Stewart Title’s National Commercial Services group, where he and his team provide title insurance solutions for complex transactions across the United States. With over ten years of experience in the energy sector, Brian specializes in development, construction, and operations. He is an active member of the Houston community, co-founding the Renewable Energy Alliance (REAL) Houston and serving on its Board of Directors. Before his career in the energy industry, Brian served in the U.S. Army and completed a tour in Afghanistan.

As President of Cresa’s Data Center Practice, Michael leads a team of top-tier professionals with deep expertise across all

areas of the industry. The team’s capabilities span the sale of operating data centers and development sites, asset level and

portfolio financing, site selection, occupier solutions, telecommunications, and infrastructure—delivering comprehensive

support for clients with mission-critical requirements.

Michael brings over 25 years of experience in the data center and mission-critical sectors, including extensive work with every

major hyperscaler. He is also a Certified Professional in multiple data center design specifications, underscoring his technical

acumen and leadership in the field. He launched his career at Newmark nearly 30 years ago, where he founded the firm’s

data center practice. Over the years, he has led a wide range of mission-critical projects, encompassing all aspects of capital

markets, leasing and consulting. His clients include data center developers, occupiers, and landowners, to whom he offers

strategic guidance rooted in deep industry experience.

Michael brings a wealth of insight to clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, financial services,

energy, and more. Beyond his expertise in mission-critical environments, he has advised numerous multinational corporations

on office deployment strategies across major global markets. His comprehensive knowledge spans corporate services,

procurement, project management, and construction.

GRC Investment Group is a prominent, privately-owned single-family office and strategic investment firm founded by entrepreneur and CEO Kamil Homsi. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, with its onshore advisory and investment arm (Global Realty Capital) based in New York and Chicago, the firm focuses on cross-border transactions and alternative investments.

Mr. Krupp is responsible for capital formation, strategic joint venture partnerships, and spearheads Wharton Digital Ventures’ Data Center platform. During his over 35-year career, Mr. Krupp has been involved in all facets of real estate, including acquisition, development, construction, leasing, asset management, and capital raising. Working both entrepreneurially and with well-established firms including Waterton Residential, CS Technology, Grubb & Ellis, and The Glick Organization he has been involved with the acquisition and development of over $3 billion worth of properties across a broad array of asset classes.

As pertains to WDV’s Data Center vertical, Mr. Krupp brings 15 years of experience in the siting, design and construction of high reliability and sustainable mission critical data centers for some of the world’s largest financial services and technology companies including Bank of America, AIG, Digital Realty Trust and CRG West (the predecessor of CoreSite). He has been instrumental in the firm’s acquisition and development of both utility power and “behind the meter” data center projects ranging from 80MW to 1.3GW.

Mr. Krupp received his Master of Science in Real Estate Development & Investment degree from New York University’s Shack Real Estate Institute, and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Mr. Lewis is Chairman and founder of Wharton Industrial, a fully integrated investor and

developer of last mile, urban infill and larger distribution facilities located along the

Eastern Seaboard, Florida and the Southeast United States. Wharton Industrial is a

platform company of New York-based real estate investment firm, Wharton Equity

Partners, which Mr. Lewis founded in 1987.

In forming Wharton Industrial in 2017, Mr. Lewis sought to capitalize on the secular

change in industrial real estate brought on by the emergence of e-commerce. Since that

time, Wharton Industrial has acquired and developed over 4.5 million SF of warehouses.

Notable transactions include the development of a 988,000-SF bulk distribution facility in

Atlanta, GA which was leased to Phillips van Heusen before completion; the acquisition

of a 283,500-SF former subway repair facility in Philadelphia, which was completely

renovated into a last-mile distribution center, leased to Amazon and sold in November

2020; and the development of a 617,000-SF bulk distribution warehouse located in Ocala,

FL, which was leased to Amazon and sold to a REIT at the highest per-square-foot price

ever achieved in the market in June 2020.

Wharton Industrial’s growth has been fueled by joint ventures with such firms as Starwood

Capital, Carlyle and Walton Street Capital.

Wharton Industrial’s market leadership and forward-thinking approach flows from that of

its parent company, Wharton Equity Partners. Over the course of the last three decades,

Mr. Lewis has been the visionary force behind shaping Wharton Equity’s prowess as an

opportunistic investor that has consistently been ahead of the curve in making large bets

on emerging real estate trends in industrial, multi-family, self-storage and other asset

classes.

Over his career, Mr. Lewis has been involved in well over $2 billion of real estate

transactions. In addition, Mr. Lewis and Wharton Equity are active venture capital

investors with a focus on later-stage growth companies. The firm’s current holdings

include positions in Dataminr and Latch.

Mr. Lewis received his BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of

Pennsylvania and his MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He

is a sought-after industry speaker and a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia Business

School on the topic of “The Future of Real Estate.” Mr. Lewis resides in Old Westbury,

Long Island with his wife and three children.

David Strauss is a Principal and Co-founder of BSP, the leading M&A technical advisor and due

diligence specialist across data centers and data centers - having completed 150+ data center

and network projects for 85+ clients including Ares, Brookfield, Carlyle, DIF, Grain, Macquarie,

Novacap, Palistar and Sixth Street. For example, BSP advised OIC on DartPoints, Tallvine on

TRG Datacenters, Evocative Data Centers, BlackRock on Gigapower, DigitalBridge on WOW,

Stonepeak on GFiber, and T-Mobile on Metronet. Previously, Mr. Strauss developed the original

go-to-market plan for Comcast Business’ enterprise services. He was also VP of Marketing for

Lightpath at Optimum. Earlier, Mr. Strauss helped launch Sprint’s wireless business. He also

worked at AT&T, Juniper Networks and IBM.