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Adam Knobloch
Emcee

Adam Knobloch

VP & Head of Data Centers

Bisnow

Sherman Ikemoto

Sherman Ikemoto

Group Director

Cadence Design Systems

John Parker

John Parker

Manager, Global Data Center Ops & Disaster Recovery

ESRI

Fred Rebarber
Moderator

Fred Rebarber

President

NSW PEP

Adam Knobloch

Emcee

Bisnow

Adam Knobloch has been involved in the commercial real estate event and media space since 2010, having held roles in sales, account management, production and coordination. He joined Bisnow Media as the Global Director of Data Centers after having led event sales and strategy efforts in the CRE space for nearly a decade. Since 2012, he has found a significant passion for the data center and technology sectors, while building an international network of active followers across numerous asset classes in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland. In his current role, Adam oversees Bisnow Media's event and sponsored media strategy for the data center sector, having expanded its Datacenter Investment Conference & Expo (DICE) Series event offerings to more than 15 markets, with an international presence in the UK and Canada.

He previously held a board member role on the Telecom Exchange (TEX) Advisory Board, collaborating on content, speaker recommendations and event strategy. Additionally, he has made a point of promoting local and national organizations with a focus on STEM education and advancing the next generation into the technology sector through support, collaboration and ambassadorship. Notable organizations include the Nomad Futurist Academy, Infrastructure Masons, H5 Data Centers' STEM Fest and local chapters of both 7X24 Exchange and AFCOM.

In his personal life, Adam is a musician, having toured the east coast as the drummer of The Gantry. He was a frequent member of the NYC folk/indie rock music scene and is currently the drummer for A.M. County.

Adam holds a Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration from American University's Kogod School of Business, with a focus on Marketing and Public Relations.

John Parker

Manager, Global Data Center Ops & Disaster Recovery

ESRI

John Parker is a Senior Data Center Operations Management professional with an MBA and over 25 years of IT experience in 4 industries (Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Banking, and Software Development). Currently John manages Global Data Center Operations and Disaster Recovery at Esri. Strengths are Leadership and mentoring managers, building and maintaining Global Data Center Operations, Facilities and Information Technology support teams. Recent accomplishments include reconditioning and consolidation legacy data centers, collocation retirements and build outs, managing hybrid data center models and implementing ITIL Service Delivery initiatives.

John is also an accomplished international speaker. His most recent speaking engagements include; Frankfurt Germany, Vendor National Sales Conferences, IMN Conferences, the CDM-CIO Summits, the Digital Media Educators conferences, Cal Poly Tech Swift conferences, Data Center World conferences and a guest speaker at universities.

Professionally he is current President of 7x24 Exchange International SoCal Chapter, resides on the Data Center Institute Board of Directors and was President of local AFCOM chapters in North Carolina (2000-2006) and Southern California (2007-2015).

Fred Rebarber

Moderator

NSW PEP

In his role as President of NSW PEP, Fred

leads the team responsible for Data Center

Solutions (Power, Cooling, Channel Products)

for Northern California, Northern Nevada,

Hawaii and Guam. Prior to NSW PEP, Fred was

with Vertiv for nearly 18 years. As Sr. Technical

Director, Thermal Solutions, Fred served as the

corporate technical interface for large end-users

and consulting engineers who specialized in

mission critical thermal designs. A key function

of that role was to provide input on product

development based on customer needs and

market demands. Prior to that, in the OEM

group, Fred worked with OEMs and end-users

to gain adoption of existing Liebert Products as

well as create specifications for new products.

Before his OEM role, Fred was Director of Sales

and Marketing for Cooligy. Cooligy designed

and manufactured chip level liquid cooling

solutions for OEMs. Fred has served on several

Industry groups; The Green Grid, Open

Compute Project and Open19 (now called

Sustainable & Scalable Infrastructure Alliance

(SSIA)). Fred holds a Bachelor of Science

Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the

University of California at Berkeley.

Summary

  1. How can data center owners and operators prepare to deploy high-density equipment in their legacy facilities?

  2. What challenges are data center managers experiencing with the introduction of higher density requirements?

  3. What strategies are colocation and enterprise facility managers using to optimize their infrastructure for maximum efficiency?

  4. What processes are owners using to evaluate technologies and equipment to ensure they are as efficient as possible?

  5. What new technologies are data center owners considering to help better strategically design and upgrade facilities?