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2023
Keynote speaker
Dakota Meyer
Dakota Meyer is a United States Marine. A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on 8 September 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Meyer is the second-youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, the third living recipient for either the Iraq War or the War in Afghanistan.
In 2007, he deployed to Iraq and in 2009-10, he deployed to Afghanistan. For his actions on his last deployment to Afghanistan Dakota became the first living United States Marine in 41 years to receive the Medal of Honor. After leaving the military Dakota has continued his passion for serving. Dakota serves his community through his work as a Firefighter and First Responder and as an active father, church member, and volunteer. With an emphasis on Public Safety and personal resilience, Meyer is the Founder and CEO of Dash Strategies: a nationally recognized firm applying tactical solutions to complex issues. Meyer is a NYT best selling Author, frequent news commentator, and MilVet Advocate.
2023 speakers
Chris Crosby
CEO
Compass Datacenters
Alfonso Portillo
Data Center Design and Engineering Machine Learning Lead
GOOGLE
Thomas McAndrew
CEO
Enchanted Rock
Lindsey Bruner
COO
CleanArc Data Centers
Karli Waldon
Managing Partner, President
Talent War Group
Curt Holcomb
EVP, Data Center Solutions
Jones Lang LaSalle
Justin Tinoco
Executive Vice President
Rosendin
Jim Roche
SVP Engineering
CyrusOne
Rhea Williams
Data Center Site Selection
Oracle
Bill Kleyman
Board Member & Investor
@ Neu.RO
Shawn Tugwell
Director, Data Center Design & Engineering
PayPal
Alejandro Cantu Sepulveda
COO / Co-Founder
Layer 9 DataCenters
Jose Ruiz
SVP, Global Accounts & Platform Strategy
Stream Data Centers
Steve K. Lee
Founder & Managing Director
Layer 7 Capital LLC
Kayla Remington
Data Center Consultant
CyrusOne
Rob Coyle
Community Technical Program Manager
Open Compute Project foundation
Liz Cruz
Director of Product Marketing
Accelsius
Dean Nelson
Technology Executive, Board Member, Advisor, Investor, Advocate, Philanthropist.
Luke Kipfer
VP, Data Center Development and Construction
AREP/PowerHouse Data Centers
Robert Book
Vice President
Arroyo Investors
Adil Attlassy
CTO
Compass Datacenters
Brian Jabeck
Vice President Data Centers
Enchanted Rock
Andy Cvengros
Vice President-Data Center Real Estate Practice
JLL
Kirk Offel
CEO at OVERWATCH Mission Critical (SDVOSB), Host of Data Center Revolution
Anthony Garcia
President – Hyperscale @ OVERWATCH | Data Center Construction | Project Controls | Veteran
Jesse Sargent
President of Delivery
OVERWATCH Mission Critical
Sam Persico
Chief Financial Officer
OVERWATCH
2022 Conference Speakers
Andy Cvengros, Managing Director, Data Center Solutions JLL
Carl Beardsley, Senior Director, Capital Markets with JLL
Mark Thiele, CEO of Edgevana
Peter Gross, Managing Partner, PMG Associates, Consulting and Advisory
Tony Grayson, General Manager of Quantum and Navy Veteran
Erich Sanchack, Chief Operating Officer of Digital Realty
Chris Crosby, CEO Compass Data Centers
Kirk Offel, CEO for OVERWATCH and Founder of DCAC Live and DCAC Revolution
Anthony Garcia, head of veteran recruiting at OVERWATCH Mission Critical
Shawn Tugwell, Data Center Engineering Manager for PayPal
Celeste Dela Calzada, Maverick for TikTok
Jesse Sargent, Executive Vice President of Construction at OVERWATCH
Jim Albin, Head of Strategic Sourcing – Datacenter Site Selection for UBER
Mercy Manning, VP of Sales & Sustainability Strategy at Aligned
Sam Huckaby – SVP of Construction for North America at Vantage Data Centers
Bill Kleyman, Board Member at Neu.ro
Rob Morris, CEO & Co-Founder of Skybox Datacenters
Lindsey Bruner, former VP of Project Development for CyrusOne
McKenzie Edwards, Director of Construction for OVERWATCH
Cameron Wynne, Chief Data Center Officer at Element Critical
David McCall, VP of Innovation, QTS Data Centers
2021 Conference Speakers
Gilbert Romo, EVP at IES Communications, LLC
Dean Nelson, Head of Uber Metal
Joe Kava, Vice President of Data Centers, Google
Peter Gross, Managing Partner, PMG Associates, Consulting and Advisory
Curt Holdcomb, EVP, Data Center Solutions at Jones Lang LaSalle
Bill Kleyman, Board Member at Neu.ro
Sam Huckaby, COO North America, Vantage Data Centers
Sam Brown, VP Engineering and Construction at ServerFarm
Lane Anderson, EVP, Development & Strategic Procurement at QTS Data Centers
Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO StrategITcom
Jennifer Reininger, Senior Development Manager at Yondr Group
Tim Hughes, SVP Strategy at STACK INFRASTRUCTURE
Hannibal Flemning, CEO, Argo Critical Solutions
Scott Jarnagin, Director – Global Data Center Site Selection – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Jim Smith, Managing Director, Equinix
Bill Mazzetti, SVP – Innovation at Rosendin
Laramie Dorris,EVP, Global Design & Construction at Yondr Group
Frank Nash, Vice President of Sales, Schnieder Electric
2019 Conference Speakers
Allen Tucker, Virginia Data Center Icon
Amy Peck, Sr. Director, Enterprise Content, VIVE Studios @ HTC VIVE
Blair LaCorte, President @ Aeye, Inc.
Dr. Julie Albright, Ph.D., Digital Sociologist, TEDx Speaker, Author
Harmail Chatha, Senior Director of Platform Operations @ Nutanix
Raj Puran, Director of Client VR Business Development & Strategic Partnerships @ Intel
Shawn Tugwell, Director, Data Center Architecture & Engineering @ PayPal
Jenni Cook, Head Of Production @ Dreamscape Immersive
Marcie Jastrow, SVP Immersive Media @ Technicolor
Mark Thiele, Edge Computing Expert @ Ericsson
Jake Ring, Co-Founder & CEO @ GIGA Data Centers
Missy Young, CIO @ Switch
Phill Lawson-Shanks, CDO @ Aligned Energy
Matthew Heaviside, President @ QOOR
Jason Carolan, Chief Innovation Officer @ Flexential
Lee Kirby, Co-Founder/Chairman @ Salute Mission Critical
Anthony Garcia, Principal Program Manager @ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Michael Korn, Global Data Centers @ Google
Craig McKesson, EVP Colocation and Cloud Solutions @ T5 Data Centers
Ali Greenwood, SVP – DC Solutions @ Jones Lang LaSalle
2018 Conference Speakers
Amy Peck, Founder & CEO @ Endeavor VR
Bo Bond, Managing Director @ Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
David Hall, Senior Director of Technology @ Equinix
David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy Officer @ Deloitte Consulting
David McCall, VP of Innovation @ QTS Data Centers
Frank Nash, Senior Director of Sales @ Schneider Electric
Harmail Singh Chatha, Sr. Director Global Platform Operations @ Nutanix
Jason Walker, Managing Director, Cloud @ Schneider Electric
John Healy, Vice President of the Data Center Group @ Intel
KareemYusuf Ph.D, General Manager of Watson @ IBM
Robbie Williamson, Head of Software Engineering @ Vapor IO
Sarah Keller, Sr. Manager, Technical Sourcing and Supply Chain @ UBER
Scott Noteboom, Founder & CEO @ Litbit
Sharif Fotouh, Founder/CEO @ Compass EdgePoint
Sherrie Greer Calhoun, Project Manager @ Tesla
Tim Chandler, VP Solutions Architecture @ Aligned Energy
Ty Schmitt, VP/Fellow of Extreme Scale Infrastructure @ Dell EMC
2017 Conference Speakers
Alexander Ramirez, Managing Director, Global TMT Group @ Citi
Ali Greenwood, Vice President, Data Center Solutions @ Jones Lang LaSalle
Andy Carlson, Managing Director, Corporate Development and Real Estate @ zColo
Anubhav Raj, CFO @ Aligned Energy
Bo Bond, Managing Director @ Jones Lang LaSalle
Carrie Goetz, Global Director Technology @ Paige DataCom Solutions
Danny Johnson, Director Technical Operations West Region @ Digital Realty
David Bailey, Regional General Manager @ Fibernet Direct
David Liggitt, Founder & CEO @ datacenterHawk
Emil Sayegh, CEO @ Hostway Services, Inc
Fred Dirla, CEO @ AUSTERE-SOLUTIONS
Gus Haug, Corporate Development @ Cequel III
James Pieri, Portfolio Manager @ BlueMountain Capital Management
Karan Wu, Director, Design Engineering @ Facebook
Kristina Metzger, SVP of Data Center Solutions @ CBRE
Luke Nosek, Entrepreneur, Investor (Founders Fund) Managing Partner @ Gigafund
Michael Lahoud, COO @ Stream Data Centers
Michael Sassano, Vice President @ Sunesys
Mona Mehta, Global Program Manager, Service Delivery @ Google
Peter Feldman, CEO @ DataGryd Data Centers
Peter Gross, Vice President @ Bloom Energy
Rob McClary, COO @ FORTRUST
Rob Morris, Managing Partner @ SKYBOX
Robert DeVita, Managing Director @ Mejeticks
Sharif Fotouh, Founder/CEO @ Edge Point Systems
Sherrie Jackson Sr., Program Manager @ PayPal
TJ Karklins, SVP @ zColo Colocation Segment (Zayo Group)
Tomer Yosef-Or, Partner @ ABRY Partners, LLC
2023 Keynote speaker
Dakota Meyer
Dakota Meyer is a United States Marine. A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on 8 September 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Meyer is the second-youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, the third living recipient for either the Iraq War or the War in Afghanistan.
In 2007, he deployed to Iraq and in 2009-10, he deployed to Afghanistan. For his actions on his last deployment to Afghanistan Dakota became the first living United States Marine in 41 years to receive the Medal of Honor. After leaving the military Dakota has continued his passion for serving. Dakota serves his community through his work as a Firefighter and First Responder and as an active father, church member, and volunteer. With an emphasis on Public Safety and personal resilience, Meyer is the Founder and CEO of Dash Strategies: a nationally recognized firm applying tactical solutions to complex issues. Meyer is a NYT best selling Author, frequent news commentator, and MilVet Advocate.
2023 speakers
Chris Crosby
CEO
Compass Datacenters
Alfonso Portillo
Data Center Design and Engineering Machine Learning Lead
GOOGLE
Thomas McAndrew
CEO
Enchanted Rock
Lindsey Bruner
COO
CleanArc Data Centers
Karli Waldon
Managing Partner, President
Talent War Group
Curt Holcomb
EVP, Data Center Solutions
Jones Lang LaSalle
Justin Tinoco
Executive Vice President
Rosendin
Jim Roche
SVP Engineering
CyrusOne
Rhea Williams
Data Center Site Selection
Oracle
Bill Kleyman
Board Member & Investor
@ Neu.RO
Shawn Tugwell
Director, Data Center Design & Engineering
PayPal
Alejandro Cantu Sepulveda
COO / Co-Founder
Layer 9 DataCenters
Jose Ruiz
SVP, Global Accounts & Platform Strategy
Stream Data Centers
Steve K. Lee
Founder & Managing Director
Layer 7 Capital LLC
Kayla Remington
Data Center Consultant
CyrusOne
Rob Coyle
Community Technical Program Manager
Open Compute Project foundation
Liz Cruz
Director of Product Marketing
Accelsius
Dean Nelson
Technology Executive, Board Member, Advisor, Investor, Advocate, Philanthropist.
Luke Kipfer
VP, Data Center Development and Construction
AREP/PowerHouse Data Centers
Robert Book
Vice President
Arroyo Investors
Adil Attlassy
CTO
Compass Datacenters
Brian Jabeck
Vice President Data Centers
Enchanted Rock
Andy Cvengros
Vice President-Data Center Real Estate Practice
JLL
Kirk Offel
CEO at OVERWATCH Mission Critical (SDVOSB), Host of Data Center Revolution
Anthony Garcia
President – Hyperscale @ OVERWATCH | Data Center Construction | Project Controls | Veteran
Jesse Sargent
President of Delivery
OVERWATCH Mission Critical
Sam Persico
Chief Financial Officer
OVERWATCH
2022 Conference Speakers
Andy Cvengros, Managing Director, Data Center Solutions JLL
Carl Beardsley, Senior Director, Capital Markets with JLL
Mark Thiele, CEO of Edgevana
Peter Gross, Managing Partner, PMG Associates, Consulting and Advisory
Tony Grayson, General Manager of Quantum and Navy Veteran
Erich Sanchack, Chief Operating Officer of Digital Realty
Chris Crosby, CEO Compass Data Centers
Kirk Offel, CEO for OVERWATCH and Founder of DCAC Live and DCAC Revolution
Anthony Garcia, Head of Veteran Recruiting at OVERWATCH Mission Critical
Shawn Tugwell, Data Center Engineering Manager for PayPal
Celeste Dela Calzada, Maverick for TikTok
Jesse Sargent, Executive Vice President of Construction at OVERWATCH
Jim Albin, Head of Strategic Sourcing – Datacenter Site Selection for UBER
Mercy Manning, VP of Sales & Sustainability Strategy at Aligned
Sam Huckaby – SVP of Construction for North America at Vantage Data Centers
Bill Kleyman, Board Member at Neu.ro
Rob Morris, CEO & Co-Founder of Skybox Datacenters
Lindsey Bruner, former VP of Project Development for CyrusOne
McKenzie Edwards, Director of Construction for OVERWATCH
Cameron Wynne, Chief Data Center Officer at Element Critical
David McCall, VP of Innovation, QTS Data Centers
2021 Conference Speakers
Gilbert Romo, EVP at IES Communications, LLC
Dean Nelson, Head of Uber Metal
Joe Kava, Vice President of Data Centers, Google
Peter Gross, Managing Partner, PMG Associates, Consulting and Advisory
Curt Holdcomb, EVP, Data Center Solutions at Jones Lang LaSalle
Bill Kleyman, Board Member at Neu.ro
Sam Huckaby, COO North America, Vantage Data Centers
Sam Brown, VP Engineering and Construction at ServerFarm
Lane Anderson, EVP, Development & Strategic Procurement at QTS Data Centers
Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO StrategITcom
Jennifer Reininger, Senior Development Manager at Yondr Group
Tim Hughes, SVP Strategy at STACK INFRASTRUCTURE
Hannibal Flemning, CEO, Argo Critical Solutions
Scott Jarnagin, Director – Global Data Center Site Selection – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Jim Smith, Managing Director, Equinix
Bill Mazzetti, SVP – Innovation at Rosendin
Laramie Dorris,EVP, Global Design & Construction at Yondr Group
Frank Nash, Vice President of Sales, Schnieder Electric
2019 Conference Speakers
Allen Tucker, Virginia Data Center Icon
Amy Peck, Sr. Director, Enterprise Content, VIVE Studios @ HTC VIVE
Blair LaCorte, President @ Aeye, Inc.
Dr. Julie Albright, Ph.D., Digital Sociologist, TEDx Speaker, Author
Harmail Chatha, Senior Director of Platform Operations @ Nutanix
Raj Puran, Director of Client VR Business Development & Strategic Partnerships @ Intel
Shawn Tugwell, Director, Data Center Architecture & Engineering @ PayPal
Jenni Cook, Head Of Production @ Dreamscape Immersive
Marcie Jastrow, SVP Immersive Media @ Technicolor
Mark Thiele, Edge Computing Expert @ Ericsson
Jake Ring, Co-Founder & CEO @ GIGA Data Centers
Missy Young, CIO @ Switch
Phill Lawson-Shanks, CDO @ Aligned Energy
Matthew Heaviside, President @ QOOR
Jason Carolan, Chief Innovation Officer @ Flexential
Lee Kirby, Co-Founder/Chairman @ Salute Mission Critical
Anthony Garcia, Principal Program Manager @ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Michael Korn, Global Data Centers @ Google
Craig McKesson, EVP Colocation and Cloud Solutions @ T5 Data Centers
Ali Greenwood, SVP – DC Solutions @ Jones Lang LaSalle
2017 Conference Speakers
Alexander Ramirez, Managing Director, Global TMT Group @ Citi
Ali Greenwood, Vice President, Data Center Solutions @ Jones Lang LaSalle
Andy Carlson, Managing Director, Corporate Development and Real Estate @ zColo
Anubhav Raj, CFO @ Aligned Energy
Bo Bond, Managing Director @ Jones Lang LaSalle
Carrie Goetz, Global Director Technology @ Paige DataCom Solutions
Danny Johnson, Director Technical Operations West Region @ Digital Realty
David Bailey, Regional General Manager @ Fibernet Direct
David Liggitt, Founder & CEO @ datacenterHawk
Emil Sayegh, CEO @ Hostway Services, Inc
Fred Dirla, CEO @ AUSTERE-SOLUTIONS
Gus Haug, Corporate Development @ Cequel III
James Pieri, Portfolio Manager @ BlueMountain Capital Management
Karan Wu, Director, Design Engineering @ Facebook
Kristina Metzger, SVP of Data Center Solutions @ CBRE
Luke Nosek, Entrepreneur, Investor (Founders Fund) Managing Partner @ Gigafund
Michael Lahoud, COO @ Stream Data Centers
Michael Sassano, Vice President @ Sunesys
Mona Mehta, Global Program Manager, Service Delivery @ Google
Peter Feldman, CEO @ DataGryd Data Centers
Peter Gross, Vice President @ Bloom Energy
Rob McClary, COO @ FORTRUST
Rob Morris, Managing Partner @ SKYBOX
Robert DeVita, Managing Director @ Mejeticks
Sharif Fotouh, Founder/CEO @ Edge Point Systems
Sherrie Jackson Sr., Program Manager @ PayPal
TJ Karklins, SVP @ zColo Colocation Segment (Zayo Group)
Tomer Yosef-Or, Partner @ ABRY Partners, LLC
2018 Conference Speakers
Amy Peck, Founder & CEO @ Endeavor VR
Bo Bond, Managing Director @ Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
David Hall, Senior Director of Technology @ Equinix
David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy Officer @ Deloitte Consulting
David McCall, VP of Innovation @ QTS Data Centers
Frank Nash, Senior Director of Sales @ Schneider Electric
Harmail Singh Chatha, Sr. Director Global Platform Operations @ Nutanix
Jason Walker, Managing Director, Cloud @ Schneider Electric
John Healy, Vice President of the Data Center Group @ Intel
KareemYusuf Ph.D, General Manager of Watson @ IBM
Robbie Williamson, Head of Software Engineering @ Vapor IO
Sarah Keller, Sr. Manager, Technical Sourcing and Supply Chain @ UBER
Scott Noteboom, Founder & CEO @ Litbit
Sharif Fotouh, Founder/CEO @ Compass EdgePoint
Sherrie Greer Calhoun, Project Manager @ Tesla
Tim Chandler, VP Solutions Architecture @ Aligned Energy
Ty Schmitt, VP/Fellow of Extreme Scale Infrastructure @ Dell EMC