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Marc Ganzi

Marc Ganzi

CEO

Digital Colony

Marc Ganzi

CEO

Digital Colony

Marc C. Ganzi is President and Chief Executive Officer of Colony Capital, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Colony. He is also a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Bridge Holdings, a leading global investor and owner of mobile and internet infrastructure.

In July 2019, Digital Bridge was acquired by Colony Capital to become the premier platform for digital infrastructure and real estate investment, and Mr. Ganzi was announced as Colony Capital CEO, Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.’s successor. At the time of the acquisition, Digital Bridge managed nearly $20 billion of global digital infrastructure assets, directly, through Digital Colony Partners, and pro forma for Digital Colony Partners’ pending acquisition of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZAYO).

Prior to Digital Bridge, Mr. Ganzi was the founder and CEO of Global Tower Partners (“GTP”), which grew from inception in 2003 to become one of the largest privately-owned tower companies in the U.S. when it was sold to American Tower Corporation in 2013 for $4.8 billion. At GTP, Mr. Ganzi executed a series of strategic acquisitions, build-to-suit agreements with wireless carriers and financings in the credit markets.

Prior to the formation of GTP, Mr. Ganzi worked as a consulting partner for DB Capital Partners in New York City from 2000 to 2002 where he was tasked with overseeing the institution’s investments in the Latin American tower sector. Prior to his tenure at DB Capital, Mr. Ganzi was the President and co-founder of Apex Site Management, one of the largest third-party managers of wireless and wireline communication sites in the United States. Apex merged with SpectraSite Communications in 2000 to create one of the largest telecommunications site portfolios in the United States at the time.

Mr. Ganzi has served on the boards of numerous corporations, including: Apex Site Management, Global Tower Partners, Olympus Outdoor Media, Mexico Tower Partners, Vertical Bridge, DataBank, Vantage Data Centers, Andean Telecom Partners and ExteNet Systems.

Mr. Ganzi received a B.S. from the Wharton School of Business in 1993. He was a Board Member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association from 2008 to 2017 and served as Chairman from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission, and he currently serves on the board of the Aspen Valley Ski Club.

Expanding Canada For Long-Term Growth Opportunity

AJ Byers

AJ Byers

President, International

Compass Datacenters

Sean Maskell

Sean Maskell

President, Canada

Cologix

Philbert Shih

Philbert Shih

Founder & Managing Director

Structure Research

Sheldon So

Sheldon So

Executive Director, Canada

KPMG

Randy Borron
Moderator

Randy Borron

Vice Chairman, Global Data Center Advisory Group

Cushman & Wakefield

Sean Maskell

President, Canada

Cologix

Mr. Sean Maskell serves as President of Cologix Canada at Cologix, Inc. He has over 16 years of experience in Telecommunication and Data Facility Operations. He founded Telehouse Centre Canada in 2004, which quickly became the fastest growing carrier neutral facility in Toronto over the next 8 years. Through Sean's vision and leadership, Telehouse has modeled a more efficient data center that reduces operational costs, while escalating facility reliability and customer experience. He continues to provide leadership and strategic direction for the Toronto and Vancouver locations to ensure Cologix customers receive the highest level of services to meet their most demanding applications.

Mr. Maskell is an active volunteer in his community and holds a degree from Niagara College, along with sales/management certifications.

Philbert Shih

Founder & Managing Director

Structure Research

Philbert Shih is the Founder and Managing Director of Structure Research, an independent research firm focused on the cloud, hosting and data centre infrastructure service provider markets. Structure Research is squarely focused on the SMB to mid-tier segments with an emphasis on international markets, particularly the Asia-pacific region. Services include publication of syndicated and customized research and analysis, strategic consulting, advisory services and public speaking. Clients include service providers, technology vendors supplying service providers and investors.

Randy Borron

Moderator

Cushman & Wakefield

Randolph (Randy) is a Vice Chairman at Cushman & Wakefield with 41 years of experience in commercial real estate and data center and portfolio optimization site acquisition and disposition, lease

negotiations, and over 40 years of experience in Commercial Real Estate. His data center expertise covers site selection, risk analysis, portfolio strategy, Real Estate strategic planning, and account

management.

Randolph is one of the founding members of Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Data Center Advisory Group. This highly specialized group is made up of uniquely qualified real estate brokers who

understand the specialized requirements of mission critical environments. Mr. Borron ensures that his client’s real estate solutions create optimum efficiency and minimized risk while meeting the

business’ needs.

Design, Enablement and Development Changing The Data Center Landscape

Padmalatha "Padma" Ragunathan

Padmalatha "Padma" Ragunathan

Principal & Technical Architect

Google Cloud

Mitchell Fonseca

Mitchell Fonseca

COO

Edged

Jas Saraw

Jas Saraw

VP, Canada

Procore

Sanjeevan Srikrishnan

Sanjeevan Srikrishnan

Head of Global Solutions Architecture, Canada

Equinix

Kim Lewis

Kim Lewis

Senior VP, Technology

Oxford Property Group

Jim Marsh
Moderator

Jim Marsh

Key Accounts Manager, Data Center Technologies

Munters Corporation

Mitchell Fonseca

COO

Edged

Mitch Fonseca leads the global datacenter product management and commercial services teams for Cyxtera, responsible for product pricing and positioning. With over 11 years in IT infrastructure, Fonseca has experience in product management, operations, sales, finance and business development.

Mitch Fonseca leads the global datacenter product management and commercial services teams for Cyxtera, responsible for product pricing and positioning. With over 11 years in IT infrastructure, Fonseca has experience in product management, operations, sales, finance and business development.

Most recently, Fonseca served as Sr Director of Strategy and Operations at General Electric, where he helped develop GE’s long-term datacenter and cloud strategy and headed GE’s datacenter operation teams.

Prior to GE, he joined Digital Realty, through their acquisition of Telx. At Digital Realty, Fonseca served as Director of Global Product Management for Colocation and Services. There he managed Digital Realty’s retail colocation product within North American, Europe and Asia; driving increased profitability to a wholesale datacenter footprint.

Jas Saraw

VP, Canada

Procore

Jas Saraw is the Vice President of Canada at Procore where he is responsible for all Canadian revenue and customer-facing teams that reside in the Canadian offices, including Business Development, Customer Success, Sales and Marketing. Jas joined Procore in 2017 and has over 18 years of technology leadership experience specializing in SaaS, ERP, CRM and eCommerce solutions. Jas is passionate about diversity and education in construction and brings a unique understanding and perspective of construction technology as it applies practically from coast to coast.

Kim Lewis

Senior VP, Technology

Oxford Property Group

Kim is Senior Vice President of Technology at Oxford Properties Group, who connects people to exceptional places, and is the owner, developer and manager of some of the world’s best real estate assets. Established in 1960, it manages approximately $60 billion of assets across the globe on behalf of its co-owners and investment partners. Oxford’s portfolio encompasses office, retail, industrial, hotels and multifamily residential and spans more than 100 million square feet in global gateway cities across four continents.

Kim is a seasoned strategist in all things digital who has lead large technology teams in Fortune 500 global companies for over 20 years. She has a passion for collaborating with innovators to solve complex business opportunities with a focus on value, productivity & sustainable operations. Known for building and growing high-performing teams who work together with business leaders to anchor technology as a key enabler to strategy, growth & industry innovation.

Operations and Efficiency: How facilities Benefits From Canadas Geography

Scott Mills

Scott Mills

Global Vice President, Solutions Engineering

Digital Realty Trust

Roberto Montesi

Roberto Montesi

Senior VP & GM, SMB

INAP

Eudes Rethier

Eudes Rethier

VP, Operations

Compass Datacenters

Mike Whitman

Mike Whitman

Head of Critical Facilities Services

Serverfarm

Tifft Gannon
Moderator

Tifft Gannon

Director, North America Thermal Sales

Vertiv Co.

Scott Mills

Global Vice President, Solutions Engineering

Digital Realty Trust

Scott Mills is Global Vice President, Solution Enablement at Digital Realty. Mr. Mills has worked in the Data Center and telecommunication industry for nearly 20 years in various roles. Currently, Scott is charged with leading Global Sales Engineering and Solution Architecture organizations and keenly focused on supporting a structured technical solutions selling approach, educating customers and partners on Digital Realty’s value proposition, and building customer engagement frameworks for deep technical discovery, ensuring design quality, service reach and maximum total cost of ownership.

Prior to Digital Realty, Mr. Mills lead Cloud Business Development at Equinix where he was responsible for evaluating new market opportunities as well as identifying and solidifying strategic alliances that deliver increased business value to Equinix customers and partners and expand the addressable market for dedicated network to public and private cloud.

Prior to Equinix, Scott held senior Product and Business Development roles at Qwest, Motorola Mobility and tw telecom. Currently residing in Denver, Colorado, Mr. Mills holds a Masters in Communication from Ball State University as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Colorado Boulder

Mike Whitman

Head of Critical Facilities Services

Serverfarm

Data Center / Computer Operations specialist with experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, telecom, healthcare and ISP. – ITIL v2.0 Certified. Experienced in running multiple sites across time zones. Specific project activities have included process improvement, data center remodeling, energy efficiency and data center infrastructure hardening.

Prior to joining ServerFarm, Whitman worked as a VP of Facilities Operations for Canara, Inc. as well as for Thomson Reuters and CBRE.

Tifft Gannon

Moderator

Vertiv Co.

Tifft Gannon is the North American Technical Sales Director for Vertiv. His primary responsibility is leading the Thermal Management Technical Sales team and overseeing Vertiv’s Data Center Thermal Systems Training program. In former roles, Tifft was responsible for the launch and product management of Vertiv’s air handler business. Earlier in his career, Tifft focused on the design and control of large applied systems with special focus on custom air handler applications.

Tifft is a long time ASHRAE member who has served the society through involvement with the ASHRAE 90.1 Standards Committee and presenting to numerous ASHRAE chapters. He was the featured presenter for one of ASHRAE’s most well attended webcasts “Selecting the Right Air Handling Approach for Data Centers”. In addition to volunteering with ASHRAE, he has mentored teens through the Young Life organization for over 20 years. Tifft holds a BS in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University. He can be reached at Tifft.Gannon@Vertiv.com .

Why This Matters

What You'll Learn:

  • Adaptive opportunity in Canada, can existing assets be converted to find yield?

  • What makes Toronto and Montreal desirable data center markets?

  • How is the digital surge increasing interest for edge and high-density facilities?

  • Hyperscale is on the rise. How are expanding hyperscalers creating an opportunity for Toronto to emerge as a desirable tier two market?

  • What operational incentives does Ontario have to offer? Are cooling strategies and energy expenses worth the investment?

How You'll Do More Business: You will learn how data center deals can be done in the Toronto market, which trends are leading to consistent growth and which investment opportunities are driving returns.

Who You'll Meet: Data Center CEOS, VPs, developers, investors, general contractors, architects, lenders, engineers, end-users and owners.

What Does Your Ticket Get You: Access to all live content, panel replays on-demand, and live networking that is dynamic and actually useful. Networking tools include direct messaging, lobby chat and speed networking which have led to over 5,000 matches this year.

Agenda

Time Activity
4:30 PM
4:55 PM
Pre-Event Networking
4:55 PM
5:15 PM
Keynote
5:15 PM
6:00 PM
What Opportunities Can Toronto Provide For Long Term Investments and Returns?
6:00 PM
6:45 PM
Speed Networking
6:45 PM
7:30 PM
M&A, Investments and The Expansing Pipeline
7:30 PM
9:15 PM
How Operators Are Evolving To Market Growth and Whats In The Development Pipeline
8:15 PM
8:30 PM
Post-Event Networking