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  Zaid Ali Kahn

  Zaid is currently GM in Microsoft’s Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering where he leads systems engineering and hardware development for Azure including AI systems and infrastructure. Zaid is part of the technical leadership team across Microsoft that sets AI hardware strategy for training and inference. Zaid's teams are also responsible for software and hardware engineering efforts developing specialized compute systems, FPGA network products and ASIC hardware accelerators. Prior to Microsoft Zaid was head of infrastructure at LinkedIn where he was responsible for all aspects of architecture and engineering for Datacenters, Networking, Compute, Storage and Hardware. Zaid also led several software development teams focusing on building and managing infrastructure as code. This included zero touch provisioning, software-defined networking, network operating systems (SONiC, OpenSwitch), self-healing networks, backbone controller, software defined storage and distributed host-based firewalls. The network teams Zaid led built the global network for LinkedIn, including POP's, peering for edge services, IPv6 implementation, DWDM infrastructure and datacenter network fabric. The hardware and datacenter engineering teams Zaid led were responsible for water cooling to the racks, optical fiber infrastructure and open hardware development which was contributed to the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP). Zaid holds several patents in networking and, is a sought-after keynote speaker at top tier conferences and events. Zaid is currently the chairperson for the OCP Foundation Board. He is also currently on the EECS External Advisory Board (EAB) at UC Berkeley and a board member of Internet Ecosystem Innovation Committee (IEIC), a global Internet think tank promoting Internet diversity. Zaid has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Physics from the University of the South Pacific.

  Microsoft

  GM, Cloud AI & Advanced Systems Engineering

  Zaid Ali Kahn

  GM, Cloud AI & Advanced Systems Engineering

  Microsoft

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  Christina Kite

  Christina Kite is a senior technology, finance, and operations executive with more than 25 years of experience leading large, global cross-functional teams and programs for Fortune 50 and Government organizations. She is currently the Global Director for Strategy and Operations at Amazon Web Service’ Professional Services Before joining AWS, Christina was the Vice President of Global Business Strategy and Analytics at Oracle where she was responsible for driving key business and customer strategies and initiatives across the cloud development organization. Prior to Oracle, she was the SVP for Corporate Group Strategy & Operations at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She has also held senior executive positions at Goldman Sachs, Cisco and Northrop Grumman. An aerospace engineer who grew to CFO, Christina also has her MBA from MIT and graduated cum laude with a BS in Management Science. She also has attended graduate programs at Stanford University and the University of Southern California (USC).

  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Global Director, Strategy & Operations

  Christina Kite

  Global Director, Strategy & Operations

  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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  Jim Fletcher

  Jim Fletcher joined Momenta Partners as a Strategy Partner, in the office of the CTO. in 2017. He most recently served IBM as an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the IBM Watson Internet of Things Platform. In this role, Jim had responsibility for the architecture and technical direction for IBM’s Internet of Things platform including identifying technologies, architecture, M&A and strategic partnerships. During his career at IBM, Jim served in executive management and technical leadership positions in areas of networking, IT systems management, and pervasive computing. Jim holds over 60 patents, is an IBM Master Inventor, and member of the IBM Academy.

  Momenta Partners

  Strategy Partner

  Jim Fletcher

  Strategy Partner

  Momenta Partners

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  Barak Turovsky

  Barak Turovsky is responsible for product management and user experience for Google Translate and Natural Language Understanding within Google AI team. Barak focuses on applying cutting edge Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies to deliver magical experiences across Google Search, Assistant, Cloud, Chrome, Ads and other products. Previously, Barak spent 2 years as a product leader within Google Wallet team. Prior to joining Google in 2011, Barak was Director of Product in Microsoft’s Mobile Advertising, Head of Mobile Commerce at PayPal and Chief Technical Officer in an Israeli start up. He lived more than 10 years in 3 different countries (Russia, Israel and the US) and fluently speaks three languages. Barak earned a Bachelor’s of Laws degree from Tel Aviv University, Israel, and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

  Google

  Director, Product - Google AI

  Barak Turovsky

  Director, Product - Google AI

  Google

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  Shawn Tugwell

  Director, Data Center Design & Engineering

  PayPal

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  Marc Bhuyan

  Product Manager

  Google

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  Richard Reyher

  Rich Reyher is a Director, Global Data Center Services for PayPal Inc., the world's leading global payments platform. After serving several years first in the U.S. Army military police and then as a federal officer in the U.S. Department of Justice, Rich started as a systems engineer for Aether Systems, a wireless web communications developer, where he managed operations of their flagship data center in Phoenix as Chief Engineer until the site was sold in 2003. Rich began his career on the eBay team as Chief Engineer, overseeing construction and maintenance of eBay's first, and largest Tier IV data center at the time. Promoted to Director in 2015, Rich led the expansion of the Phoenix region into the largest portfolio within Global Data Center Services. He championed operational excellence, drove efficiencies and implemented industry best practices, with a proven up-time record of 99.999%. Rich recently moved to PayPal with the primary responsibility to run day to day critical infrastructure operations and decide strategy for all data centers globally for PayPal. Rich is an active member of the Uptime Institute and Data Center Pulse.​

  PayPal

  Director, Core Platform & Infrastructure - Global Data Center Services

  Richard Reyher

  Director, Core Platform & Infrastructure - Global Data Center Services

  PayPal

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  Herman Brown

  Herman Brown serves the City and County of San Francisco as the CIO for the SF District Attorney’s Office. His private-sector mentality and a track record of success, has proved valuable contributions to the City & County for the last 6 years; with the last 2 years in his current role. With over 25 years of experience in IT, Herman’s managed several enterprise initiatives that consolidated services, streamlined processes, and lowered overall city operating costs. His experience spans various industries; defense, manufacturing, healthcare, software development, advertising and now local government. Herman’s aims to bring efficiency, transparency, and productivity to government by leveraging technology. As CIO for the DA’s Office, Herman leads the effort to transform a government law firm laden with paper to a digital one that rivals any private sector organization.

  San Francisco District Attorney's Office

  Chief Information Officer

  Herman Brown

  Chief Information Officer

  San Francisco District Attorney's Office

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  Scott Peterson

  CEO

  Global Compute Infrastructure

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  Jeff O'Reilly

  Jeff O'Reilly is a Sr. Manager at ServiceNow running the cloud platform research and engineering lab. Jeff began his career at ServiceNow nearly 7 years ago as a Sr. Engineer where he implemented programs for data center compliance and site selection as well as standardizing data center infrastructure design to support ServiceNow's rapid growth. He was promoted to Sr. Manager in 2015 to run global data center operations before transitioning to his current role in 2017. Prior to coming to ServiceNow, Jeff worked at Casne Engineering for 2 years building an Engineering Service Desk, a subscription based model for engineering services providing reliable post project customer support and a steady revenue stream for the company to offset the volatility of work volume common to a consulting company. Jeff got his start in the data center world at Microsoft where he worked for 10 years as a data center manager, global capacity manager and research engineer leading the team which designed and implemented the EPMS for Microsoft's data centers. Jeff graduated from Washington State University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He lives near Seattle, Washington where he enjoys doing DIY projects with his family on their 5 acre property.

  ServiceNow

  Senior Manager, Data Center Services

  Jeff O'Reilly

  Senior Manager, Data Center Services

  ServiceNow

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  Joseph Jankowski

  Joe spent over 20 years in various process and factory related engineering roles at Intel concluding with the start-up of a new wafer fab in China. More recently Joe has been leading the design and construction of Intel’s Santa Clara D2 Data Center which will result in over 50 MW of compute capacity with world class PUE and server density.

  Intel Corporation

  Manager, Construction & Facilities Engineering

  Joseph Jankowski

  Manager, Construction & Facilities Engineering

  Intel Corporation

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  Richard Donaldson

  Co-Founder & Head of Strategy and Platform

  Requis

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  Nabeel Mahmood

  Nabeel Mahmood is a Technologist, Futurist and a Keynote Speaker. His career is driven by one question – what’s next? He is passionate about the power of technology to deliver competitive and transformational change and the need to develop digital leadership that will create the enterprise of the future. He believes strongly in simplification, with a purpose. Nabeel brings 18 plus years of experience leading large-scale global technology organizations through seasons of explosive growth via M&A, global expansion, implementing new business models and technology innovation. His expertise includes leading organizations through transformation changes, connecting IT to the needs of the business, technology innovation, Big Data, Cloud, ERP, IoT, Mobility and Data Centers. He brings a unique blend of experiences spanning the entire breadth of technology from Grid to Chip. At, heart he’s a true technologist and futurist, he is a proven strategist, winsome communicator and leader with extraordinary vision and operational expertise within very large, complex organizations. Nabeel is a strategic CIO identifying opportunities that are being underpinned by emerging technologies. He serves on multiple boards and is an advisor to CIOs and CEO across a number of industries.

  Nomad Futurist Foundation

  Co-Founder

  Nabeel Mahmood

  Co-Founder

  Nomad Futurist Foundation

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  Mark Thiele

  CEO & Founder

  Edgevana

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  Joe Goldsmith

  Joe Goldsmith is Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at RagingWire Data Centers, responsible for all aspects of go-to-market strategy and execution including: sales, marketing, product management, business development, channels, and sales operations. Joe is a proven sales executive with more than 25 years of experience, including more than a decade in the data center industry. Prior to joining RagingWire, Joe was the Chief Revenue Officer for Vantage Data Centers, utilizing his expertise in complex contract and lease negotiations to lead Vantage to become an industry leader in wholesale data centers. Previously, Joe was Vice President and General Manager at Digital Realty, where he led efforts related to global alliances, channel sales, and colocation products, growing the company’s annual revenues from $200 million to over $1.5 billion. He has also served as Executive Director of Global Accounts at Qwest, Director of Sales at FiberTower, and Vice President of Sales at Colo.com. Mr. Goldsmith earned a Bachelor’s degree from the California State University-Sacramento.

  RagingWire Data Centers

  CRO

  Joe Goldsmith

  CRO

  RagingWire Data Centers

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  David Dunn

  David Dunn is COO of H5 Data Centers. Mr. Dunn has nearly 15 years of experience managing significant growth and delivering outsized returns on investment in the Internet infrastructure space. Mr. Dunn most recently served as vice president at the Zayo Group where he was responsible for managing the wavelength and mobile infrastructure business units. Prior to Zayo, Mr. Dunn was senior vice president at CoreSite where he held leadership roles in mergers & acquisitions, leasing, marketing and strategy. Before joining CoreSite, Mr. Dunn held roles at several private equity firms including The Carlyle Group and J.E. Robert Companies. Mr. Dunn earned a B.S. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

  H5 Data Centers

  COO

  David Dunn

  COO

  H5 Data Centers

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  Clint Heiden

  Clint Heiden joined QTS in 2018 to lead the company’s Hybrid Colocation Sales and Marketing organization. Clint has more than 26 years of sales leadership experience in the data center, telecommunications and internet technology industries. Prior to joining QTS, Clint served as Chief Commercial Officer for five years at another data center company where he helped sell and deliver more than 80 megawatts of critical capacity to customers. He also previously served as President of Sidera Networks and held senior leadership roles at PAETEC, Cable & Wireless America and UUNET. In these roles, Clint led organizations responsible for over one billion dollars of annual enterprise revenue while at the same time generating significant organic revenue growth. Clint received his BBA in Computer Information Systems from James Madison University, where he continues to sit on the Board. Clint lives in McLean, Virginia with his wife and four children.

  QTS

  CRO

  Clint Heiden

  CRO

  QTS

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  Jonathan Atkin

  Jonathan Atkin is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets. His focus areas include communications, internet and data infrastructure as well as cloud computing and telecom services. During the last six years, Jonathan has received the #1 ranking from Institutional Investor in the Communications Infrastructure sector. He has also received #1 rankings from Thomson Reuters in Telecom Services and Real Estate Equities, a #1 ranking from the Wall Street Journal in Internet Services, and a #1 ranking from the Financial Times in Telecom Services. Before joining RBC, Jonathan was a senior consultant at BIA Companies focused on wireless strategy and valuation, worked in corporate strategy at Daimler-Benz AG, and was a policy analyst with the United States Congress. He has an MBA from Columbia University and BS and MS degrees in engineering from Stanford University. He is a two-time finisher of the Ironman triathlon.‎

  RBC Capital Markets

  Managing Director

  Jonathan Atkin

  Managing Director

  RBC Capital Markets

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  Kevin Dalton

  Kevin Dalton serves as Chief Data Center Officer for Cumulus Data, a division of Talen Energy Corporation. In this role, he leads the design and construction of data centers and supports technical customer sales efforts. He has over 30 years of experience developing 1,000 MW of data center capacity ($10B CapEx) across over 75 data centers globally. Mr. Dalton is an expert in leveraging supply chain optimization and modular prefabricated construction techniques to drive rapid growth, improved quality, and speed to market. Throughout his career, he has set the standard for next-generation data center designs and led multiple successful sustainability initiatives. Prior to joining Cumulus Data, Mr. Dalton served as Senior Vice President of Design & Construction for NTT Global Data Centers, responsible for leading the team that designs and delivers world-class data centers. Before his tenure with NTT Global Data Centers, he spent 12 years at Digital Realty in technical and senior management roles, including seven years as Vice President of Engineering, leading teams of engineers to deliver data center solutions for customers around the world. Mr. Dalton previously spent 10 years at MGE UPS Systems, a world leader in uninterrupted power supply systems, and nine years at McClier Corporation, a design-build firm. Mr. Dalton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

  Cumulus Data

  Chief Data Center Officer

  Kevin Dalton

  Chief Data Center Officer

  Cumulus Data

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  David Waller

  Vice President

  Harrison Street

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  Arman Khalili

  Arman Khalili is the Founder and CEO of Foundation Data Center and is a Board Member of Evocative and brings with him over 25 years of experience in Internet Infrastructure industry. Prior to joining the company, Arman served as a Principal at Industry Capital a real assets based private equity firm in San Francisco. He was the founder and CEO of CentralColo also known as Element Critical. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Black Lotus, a leader in DDoS mitigation company, which was acquired by Level 3, and was the Founder/CEO of UnitedLayer, the largest privately held colocation provider in San Francisco. He was the founder of Sirius – one of the first ISPs in Silicon Valley, as well as the Co-founder and CTO of MusicBank, the first music subscription company. He has held numerous senior consulting positions at Level3, AT&T and Apple Computers.

  Blackstart Infrastructure Partners

  Partner

  Arman Khalili

  Partner

  Blackstart Infrastructure Partners

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  Ryan Oro

  ​Ryan is the Senior Vice President of Revenue for EdgeCore Internet Real Estate. In this capacity, Ryan is accountable and provides strategic direction for the sales, marketing, and product functions of the company. Prior to EdgeCore, Ryan was Vice President and Group Head of the General Management function at CoreSite Realty Corporation where he was a member of CoreSite’s Senior Leadership Team. Prior to CoreSite, Ryan worked in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group at Wachovia Securities / Wells Fargo.

  EdgeCore Internet Real Estate

  Senior VP, Revenue

  Ryan Oro

  Senior VP, Revenue

  EdgeCore Internet Real Estate

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  Jeff Ferry

  Board Member & Investor

  Elea Digital

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  Andy Carlson

  CFO, Colocation & Cloud Infrastructure - zColo

  Zayo Group

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  Chris Flynn

  Chris Flynn brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience and well over $25 billion in overall real estate transaction experience to Strategic Data Center Fund Manager, LLC. As Chief Investment Officer, Chris provides the strategic vision to turn business goals into actionable plans with appropriate risk management. In this role, he is responsible for acquisitions, leasing and management strategy. Prior to Strategic Data Center Fund Manager, LLC, Chris was President at Lightstone Data Fund where he served as the company’s leader in the investment of digital infrastructure assets. In this capacity, he had overall responsibility for the strategic planning, capital raising, financing, acquisitions, development, operation and leasing. Prior to joining Lightstone, Chris was a Vice President of Global Real Estate at EdgeConneX, a wholesale data center owner and developer, where he was responsible for all aspects of real estate including the acquisition and development of 40 data centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America. The EdgeConneX portfolio consisted of over 3 million square feet, in excess of 350 megawatts of critical power and over $6 billion worth of data center transactions which helped EdgeConneX to grow from one data center in 2013 to a global presence in the edge and hyperscale market. He was formerly the Director of Real Estate at XO Communications, a telecommunications company owned by Verizon Communications which provides managed and converged internet protocol network services for small and medium-sized enterprises. During his time at XO, Chris led a real estate team responsible for over $10 billion in acquisitions, renewals and dispositions and managed over 50,000 telecom license agreements. Chris serves on the board of directors for The First Tee of Washington, D.C. and volunteers at Stone Ridge School and Mater Dei School.

  Strategic Data Center Fund Manager

  Chief Investment Officer

  Chris Flynn

  Chief Investment Officer

  Strategic Data Center Fund Manager

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  Vinay Nagpal

  26+ years of global experience in Data Center & Connectivity industry specializing in Product & Business Management Vinay Nagpal is an industry leader and visionary with global experience developing products and solutions in wholesale and retail colocation data centers with a strong focus on connectivity, subsea and terrestrial fiber. Currently, he is the President of InterGlobix LLC, a global consulting and advisory firm focused on the convergence of data centers, subsea and terrestrial fiber. Vinay is also the Co-Founder and Member of QTS Richmond NAP, which is a global Internet Interconnection hub in Virginia offering the lowest-latency, highest-capacity subsea connectivity. He is the Founding Member & Executive Director of Internet Ecosystem Innovation Committee (IEIC), an independent global committee that promotes Internet diversity and forming of Internet nexus points. Vinay also serves on the Leadership Board of NVTC Data Center & Cloud Committee, and actively leads Northern Virginia’s data center and connectivity initiatives. Vinay has been involved in the subsea developments in Virginia. He also serves on the Submarine Networks EMEA Customer Advisory Board, LINX NoVA Customer Advisory Board, and NVTC’s Executive Circle. As an active participant in industry forums, Vinay is a member of the PTC Membership Committee, Marketing & Communications Committee and SubOptic Diversity & Inclusion Working Group. Vinay’s past endeavors include being part of the Open-IX Association board to build open standards for data centers and IXPs. As the Vice President of Product Management at Digital Realty / DuPont Fabros (DFT), he led product management of DFT’s Data Center, Connectivity and Managed Services. During his tenure, he developed company’s carrier-neutral data center connectivity and peering services, designed and implemented dark fiber networks and supported customers’ network requirements. His senior-level network-centric positions at Tata Communications, Verizon, MCI, Digex and UUNET allowed his to productize data center and connectivity services across US, Canada, London, Singapore, Australia and India. Vinay holds an MBA in Information Systems, a B.S. in Computer Science, an ITIL certification and a Higher Diploma in Software Engineering. He has authored white papers, blogs, and industry publications on datacenter and connectivity services. He has been invited a speaker to several renowned conferences across the world.

  InterGlobix | IEIC

  President | Executive Director & Founding Member

  Vinay Nagpal

  President | Executive Director & Founding Member

  InterGlobix | IEIC

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  Therese Kerfoot

  Therese is based in the Company’s Denver office and leads EdgeCore’s day-to-day data center operations and customer-lifecycle activities, from lease execution and move in through expiration and move out, including space build out, on-going support, and incident management. Therese brings significant experience in designing strategy and leading execution and operation of end-to-end service-delivery and customer-support teams, systems, and processes. Therese joined EdgeCore following roles of progressive accountability at CoreSite Realty Corporation, most recently as Vice President supporting and leading the company’s activities around customer-lifecycle management for more than 1,200 customers and $500M+ in annualized revenue. Her responsibilities included a) on-boarding and capacity deployment, b) on-going support via self-service systems (portal management) and a team of Strategic Account Service Representatives, c) capacity and contract management, d) service-processes design and improvement, and e) incident engagement, remediation, and avoidance. Prior to CoreSite, Therese was a Dean’s Research Fellow at the University of Colorado Law School, where she authored and collaborated in authoring works related to cybersecurity, telecommunications, and technology. Therese holds a B.A. in International Business from The University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law.

  EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure

  SVP, Operations & International

  Therese Kerfoot

  SVP, Operations & International

  EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure

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  Lane Anderson

  With more than 25 years of experience in mission critical construction and design, Lane Anderson has an extensive background in MEP projects and design and construction leadership. Having delivered over 3.5 million square feet of data center projects, Lane is well versed in designing for efficiency to pursue low PUE facilities and has strong expertise in building design and construction teams. At QTS, he is responsible for Corporate Development, Construction, Design and Strategy, as well as Strategic Procurement.

  QTS

  Executive VP, Development & Strategic Procurement

  Lane Anderson

  Executive VP, Development & Strategic Procurement

  QTS

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  Jennifer Reininger

  Project Developer

  CyrusOne

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  Michael Durham

  Michael Durham is the General Manager for CoreSite’s Bay Area market, responsible for the overall investment performance and business operation of CoreSite’s San Jose, Milpitas, and Santa Clara facilities. Mr. Durham has been with CoreSite in this role for 18 months. Prior to CoreSite, he worked in Mergers and Acquisitions for Agilent Technologies managing inorganic growth and IP licensing; as a Financial Analyst for Xilinx’s R&D and CTO groups optimizing budget spend and resource allocation; and as a transportation engineer for CHA, Inc. designing traffic intersections and general aviation airports. Mr. Durham received a B.S. and a Masters of Civil Engineering from Cornell University.

  CoreSite

  GM, Silicon Valley

  Michael Durham

  GM, Silicon Valley

  CoreSite

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  Josh Zhou

  Manager, Applications - High Tech

  Oracle

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  Jason Mayer

  Jason is co-founder of EPI - Mission Critical where he applies 15+ years experience building Internet infrastructure including; Data Center, Co-location, Virtualization, Caching, Connectivity, Security and Analytics. Prior to founding EPI - Mission Critical Jason played a significant roll at Amazon Web Services' expanding it's data center footprint globally, delivering over 100 new sites ranging from small POP's to Large Availability zones (150kw to 50 MW). While at AWS, Jason championed best practices with engineering and operations around site selection world wide. Jason created the site selection strategy adopted by his infrastructure peers and worked closely with real estate/asset design acquisition teams to address GAP in TCO for data center owners & operators.

  EPI - Mission Critical

  Co-Founder

  Jason Mayer

  Co-Founder

  EPI - Mission Critical

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  Tejo Pydipati

  Tejo manages the design processes and leads the construction of Stream Data Centers’ expanding portfolio of Hyperscale Data Centers, Private Data Center™ facilities, Build-to-Suit Data Centers and Ready-to-Fit™ powered shells. Tejo leverages his design, construction and mission critical background to support Stream’s ongoing growth, driving alignment across the design and development of new data center facilities and bolstering success for customers seeking to expand their IT footprints and capabilities. Tejo holds a Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

  Stream Data Centers

  CTO

  Tejo Pydipati

  CTO

  Stream Data Centers

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  Jeffrey Moerdler

  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.

  Haynes and Boone, LLP

  Partner & Chair, Data Center & Digital Infrastructure

  Jeffrey Moerdler

  Partner & Chair, Data Center & Digital Infrastructure

  Haynes and Boone, LLP

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  William McCausland

  Senior Economic Development Market Specialist

  Dominion Energy

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  Bruce Myatt

  Bruce Myatt is a Director in the Mission Critical Data Center Group. He offers over 35 years data center and power systems engineering, design, analysis, business/ project development and business operations experience, Bruce serves as a Project Advisor, Technical Director, and Client Sponsor for selected Data Center clients. He is responsible for the development and support of new client business and projects. He leads contractual negotiations and client relationships and he supports Enercon engineering teams with the delivery of complex and important projects related to data center design template design guidelines and equipment specifications, as well as on-site power generation and distribution.

  Enercon Services

  Director, Data Center Engineering & Design

  Bruce Myatt

  Director, Data Center Engineering & Design

  Enercon Services

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  Chris Pumphrey

  Executive Director

  Douglas County Economic Development Authority

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  Jason Green

  Jason joined Element Critical With 15+ years of hands-on and management experience in the technology and data center industries. He has worked with, and for, all sizes of companies. From startups to Fortune 500’s, Jason relates data center infrastructure to comprehensive IT and business solutions. Prior to joining Ken Parent to launch Element Critical in 2016, Jason successfully built business and mission-critical teams in solutions engineering, managed services, engineering, operations, construction, security, and corporate strategy for multiple private and provider-based data centers globally. Jason co-founded Vantage Data Centers in Santa Clara, creating and running engineering, operations, construction, solutions engineering, as well as mergers and acquisitions. He assisted organizations in leading the delivery of four net-new Tier 3+ facilities and 50MW+ of customer solutions in 24 months. Subsequent to Vantage, Jason served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy at both Sentinel Data Centers and Gexpro (Rexel USA) before co-founding a boutique data center, IT, and energy consultation firm performing over $10BN of data center acquisition assessment in 2016. Prior to Vantage, Jason ran managed services and solutions engineering for FusionStorm, directed solutions engineering for RagingWire Enterprise Data Center Solutions, and ran global IT operations and disaster recovery for Gap Inc.

  Element Critical

  CTO

  Moderator

  Jason Green

  CTO

  Element Critical

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  Kemal Hawa

  Kemal Hawa is a corporate partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kemal represents many of the world’s largest private equity firms, infrastructure funds, real estate investors and lenders across a broad range of transactions in the digital infrastructure sector domestically and internationally, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, financing arrangements, joint ventures and development projects. Kemal counsels clients in complex transactions across the digital infrastructure and telecommunications, media and technology industries. This includes many of the world’s largest data center operators, telecommunications carriers, tower companies, cloud providers, fiber providers, media companies, submarine cable operators, fintech companies, wireless and international carriers, internet service providers, satellite companies, equipment manufacturers and electric utilities. In addition to M&A and financing transactions, Kemal represents companies in connection with the full spectrum of digital infrastructure transactions globally, including the negotiation of data center leases and colocation agreements, telecommunications master service agreements, licensing deals and other commercial transactions. Kemal is a frequent author and speaker on digital infrastructure topics and has consistently been recognized as an industry leading attorney in the sector. In 2023, Kemal was named as one of Capacity Media’s “Power 100” – a list of the 100 most influential people in the digital infrastructure sector globally, and was voted “TMT M&A Lawyer of the Year” by an independent panel of judges organized by TMT Finance.

  Kirkland & Ellis

  Partner

  Moderator

  Kemal Hawa

  Partner

  Kirkland & Ellis

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  Jerry Inguagiato

  For 18 years, Jerry has specialized in providing Commercial Real Estate Advisory Services in site acquisition / disposition, leasing and sale of Data Center, Office and R&D properties in the Silicon Valley. On multiple occasions he has been nominated and won Industrial Broker of the Year by the (ASVB) Association of Silicon Valley Brokers an elected group consisting of his industry peers. Additionally, he has been acknowledged by the Silicon Valley Business Journal Structures Award for “Most Creative Deal of The Year” for his efforts in successfully leading 156,000 square foot corporate head quarter relocation with a property ownership in bankruptcy foreclosure. Over his career he has been involved in more than 350 lease and sale transactions, totaling more than 9 million square feet and resulting in over two billion in total consideration. Significant Silicon Valley Data Center market share as Jerry was involved in 44% of all data center transactions in 2013, and 30% over the past 18 years, totaling over 175 Mega Watts or 3.2 million square feet. Jerry is a Northern California Practice Leader for CBRE's Data Center Solutions group. He leads a Silicon Valley based team providing strategic occupancy budgeting-forecasting-planning, transaction management, project/construction management, remote office capabilities, facility management, and lease administration. He lives locally in Menlo Park with his wife and two daughters and is an avid runner just completing the LA Marathon. ​

  CBRE

  Senior Vice President

  Moderator

  Jerry Inguagiato

  Senior Vice President

  CBRE

• Moderator

  Peter Kangas

  VP & Preconstruction Manager, Critical Facilities

  Turner Construction Company

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  Miles Loo, Jr.

  Miles Loo Jr., CRE, FRICS, joined Newmark Valuation & Advisory in 2017 in the Downtown Los Angeles office, where he serves as Vice Chairman and the Global Lead for Newmark Valuation & Advisory’s Data Centers & Life Science group. Miles is well recognized as the industry’s leading appraiser of data center properties. His experience includes advising private equity funds, institutional investors, large pension funds, Fortune 500 companies, cloud companies and Global IT conglomerates on investments in all types of data centers, including mission critical, disaster recovery data centers, colocation facilities, carrier hotels, internet gateways and life science properties. These assignments have involved data centers owned and/or operated by Fortune 500 companies across numerous industries as well as Uptime Institute Site Certified Tier III and Tier IV facilities; U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED Platinum, Gold and Silver buildings; and state and federal disaster recovery data centers. Miles has led valuations of large individual and portfolio valuations spanning multiple countries across six continents (NA, EMEA, APAC, LATAM and African regions) and has consulted on a number of the world’s largest data centers.

  Newmark Valuation & Advisory

  Vice Chairman, Global Practice Leader – Data Centers

  Moderator

  Miles Loo, Jr.

  Vice Chairman, Global Practice Leader – Data Centers

  Newmark Valuation & Advisory

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  Richard Lupfer

  Mr. Lupfer has over 20 years of experience focused on Cloud infrastructure and services, as well as nearly a decade with international telecommunications providers in M&A, Operations, Finance, and Marketing roles. At CORTAC Group, a unique consulting firm with extensive datacenter experience and expertise in Project Planning and Controls, Management Consulting, Technology Solutions, Business Capture, and M&A integration, Mr. Lupfer helps clients with Cloud migrations, Cloud product design, M&A integration, and sales operations. During roles at Microsoft Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, and America Online, Mr. Lupfer received numerous awards including a Global Technology Infrastructure Award, a Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure Operations Award, multiple CFO Awards, and recognition from the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) for sponsoring women-owned businesses in the areas of process automation and operational efficiency. Mr. Lupfer holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina’s International OneMBA program, with additional degrees and coursework from the US Air Force Academy, George Washington University, and Ohio State University.

  CORTAC Group

  Director, Client Engagement

  Moderator

  Richard Lupfer

  Director, Client Engagement

  CORTAC Group

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  Emily Naughton

  Emily Naughton focuses her practice on transactions in the telecommunications, media and technology space, with an emphasis on cloud computing.  Emily has represented clients in connection with real estate acquisitions, development projects and leases, mergers and acquisitions involving cloud service providers, and telecommunications network infrastructure deals.  Emily has represented some of the world’s largest content providers globally in connection with network procurement and colocation and data center leases involving providers ranging from multinational companies to single facility operators. Emily has experience representing property owners in the acquisition, financing and development of real estate; landlords and tenants in a variety of short- and long-term leases and subleases; and developers on complex land use and permitting matters. Emily has also represented contractors and subcontractors in the negotiation of construction contracts and disputes. In addition to assisting clients on transactional matters, Emily has also regularly advised clients on general governance and operational issues from entity inception to dissolution.

  Mayer Brown

  Partner

  Moderator

  Emily Naughton

  Partner

  Mayer Brown

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  Drew Osborn

  Mr. Osborn has over 20 years’ experience as a top performing Sales Engineer delivering customers complex, highly managed HVAC Solutions. He is a graduate Engineer from the University of Illinois and a Certified Data Center Design Professional. During his 18- year career at Trane, Mr. Osborn received several awards including; 5-time recipient of Salesman of the Year Award, 10-time member of the National Top 10 Sales Engineer’s Club and was awarded the Controls Salesman of the Year 6 times. Despite his successes, Mr. Osborn felt there was an opportunity to better serve customers by focusing on quality products and developing a team of Technical Sales Engineers that demonstrate the highest level of Service and Integrity in the industry. Mr. Osborn followed his instincts and founded Ascent Inc., a manufacturer’s representative firm focused on delivering a highly managed purchase experience that meets each customer’s unique requirements, budget and business needs. Ascent products and services include; Multiple lines of Custom Air Handlers, air and water- cooled Chillers, Packaged Chiller/Boiler Plants, DX Rooftop packaged units, 100% Outside Air units, WSHP’s, multiple VRF lines, VFD’s, Fans, Air Distribution and Controls applied to projects of all sizes and complexity including office buildings, schools/universities, hospitals, clean rooms, labs, data centers, grow facilities and more. Please email us at sales@ascenthvac.com to speak with one of our Sales Engineers and experience our “Higher Level of Service” for yourself.

  Ascent, Inc.

  President

  Moderator

  Drew Osborn

  President

  Ascent, Inc.

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  Morgan Snyder

  Mr. Snyder is currently VP strategic accounts at Panduit. A 20+ year veteran of the telecommunications & data center industries, Mr. Snyder’s career highlights include being an original team member at Equinix. As the first direct sales hire at Equinix, Mr. Snyder was a key member of the early go to market team where he built the carrier/ISP ecosystem as well as the “ICE” (Internet Core Exchange) product. Most recently he was Co-founder of Console Connect (sold to PCCW last year) where he served as VP Business and Product development. He also has deep roots in the internet exchange community having worked at MFS Worldcom which operated some of the nations first exchange points (MAE west, MAE east) and also worked at Brooks Fiber Communications. Mr. Snyder has a Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

  Panduit

  VP, Strategic Accounts

  Moderator

  Morgan Snyder

  VP, Strategic Accounts

  Panduit

Morning Keynote Session:

Tricks of the Trade: Data Center M&A and Exit Strategy

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  John Sheputis

  John Sheputis is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Primary Digital Infrastructure, an independent data center investment platform. From 2019 through 2023, John was a Managing Director at GI Partners where he led the technology real estate acquisitions and headed the Essential Tech + Science Real Estate Fund. Prior to GI Partners, Mr. Sheputis was President of Infomart Data Centers. In 2018, the Dallas Infomart was acquired by Equinix and the remaining Infomart assets and operations were acquired by IPI Partners to be the initial properties for STACK Infrastructure. Prior to Infomart, Mr. Sheputis was Co-Founder and CEO of Fortune Data Centers. Mr. Sheputis received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA and an MS Engineering from Northwestern.

  Primary Digital Infrastructure

  Co-Founder and Managing Director

  Keynote

  John Sheputis

  Co-Founder and Managing Director

  Primary Digital Infrastructure

• Keynote

  Anthony Wanger

  Founder & CEO

  Regnaw Capital

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  Michael Sweeney

  Michael J. Sweeney is a Vice President with Avison Young’s Philadelphia office after joining the firm in March of 2018 after being a Director with Cushman and Wakefield. With over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate, Michael’s experience includes lease negotiations, tenant relocation/renewals, and implementation of “C-level” multi-state strategic real estate planning. His focus is on the Suburban Philadelphia market, where he has successfully represented over 3,000,000 SF of office and high-finish flex transactions during his previous tenures. Additionally, Michael led the leasing operations for Pennsylvania Business Campus (Horsham, PA) from 2013-2017, where he was responsible for a 40-building portfolio spanning across 2.4 million square feet containing over 150 tenants. Over his career Michael has worked for Liberty Property Trust, Workspace Property Trust and Jones Lang LaSalle. He has been named a Costar Power Broker for Philadelphia Office Leasing. A graduate of Villanova University, Michael is additionally a member of the Montgomery County Development Corporation (MCDC), and volunteers with Merwood Park Civic Association, Habitat for Humanity, and coaching with Haverford Soccer Club & Brookline Baseball.

  Avison Young

  VP

  Moderator

  Michael Sweeney

  VP

  Avison Young