Call for Speakers
Call for speakers
2024 Conference Speakers
Adam Black, SVP, Design and Construction, TA Realty
Wade Vinson, Chief Data Center Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA
Daniel Crosby, Founder/CEO, Legend Energy Advisors
Kirk Offel, CEO, Overwatch Mission Critical, Host of Data Center Revolution
Oz Morales, SVP, Digital Realty, Chief Officer, Infrastructure, DenVR Dataworks
KC Mares, Sr. Director of Global Onsite Power Solutions, Vantage Data Centers
Josh Hoops, Global Vice President, CAI Data Center Services
Curt Holcomb, Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle
Yuval Bachar, Founder & CEO, ECL
David Liggitt, Founder/CEO, datacenterHawk
Dave Bell, Vice President of Utility & Micro Grid Development, Voltagrid
Ken Moreano, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Scott Data Center
Alfonso Portillo,
Andy Cvengros, Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle
Michael Kokal, President, KODIS
Bill Kleyman, CEO and Co-Founder, Apolo.us
Dean Nelson, Technology Executive, Board Member, Advisor, Investor, Advocate, Philanthropist
Dr. Olaf Berlien, President & CEO, INNIO Group
Peter Smith, SVP Sales – Energy Management Solutions, RPower
David Mitchell, Founder & CEO, XYZ Reality
Mike Sarraille, CTO, Overwatch
2023 Conference 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
JENNIFER REININGER, SENIOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – YONDR GROUP
CURT HOLCOMB, EVP, DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS – JONES LANG LASALLE
JUSTIN TINOCO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT – ROSENDIN
JIM ROCHE, SVP ENGINEERING –CYRUSONE
RHEA WILLIAMSDATA 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
2025 Conference Speakers
MATTHEW STRIFFLER, SVP, Construction, Beale Infrastructure
ALFONSO PORTILLO, SVP, Design & Engineering, Beale Infrastructure
CHRIS DOLAN, Chief Data Center Officer, Crusoe
JESSE SARGENT, President, Delivery, Overwatch
SAMUEL HUCKABY, SVP, Data Center Infrastructure, Oracle
CHRIS CROSBY, CEO, Compass Datacenters
MATT TYNDALL, Head of Site Development, Core Scientific
ROB COYLE, Director of Technical Programs, Open Compute Project Foundation
KIRK OFFEL, CEO at Overwatch, Host of Data Center Revolution, Founder of DCAC
LINDSEY BRUNER, Chief Operating Officer, CleanArc Data Center
CATHAL QUINN, Group Managing Director, Moy
MIKE SARRAILLE, Chief Talent Officer, Overwatch
SCOTT ROBERTSON, Chief Delivery Officer, Beale Infrastructure
DOUGLAS MOUTON, Senior Advisor, Global Infrastructure Partners
DAVID FERDMAN, Managing Director, President, Primary Digital Infrastructure
MATT BROWN, COO / EVP Data Center Infrastructure, Core Scientific
DAWN CANTRELL, Vice President, Linesight
VALERIE CRAFTON, CEO of ValC, Founder of Hands-On Heroes
KAYLA REMINGTON, Director of Engineering, CyrusOne
LARAMIE DORRIS, Senior Vice President, Global Data Center Design & Construction, Prologis
JUSTIN TINOCO, Executive Vice President, Rosendin
CHRIS TEDDY, SVP – Director of Mission Critical, JE Dunn Construction
JOSEPH SCHULTZ, Vice President – Mission Critical, JE Dunn Construction
EVE MCILVANEY, VP of Global Procurement, Yondr
MATTHEW O’HARE, Managing Director, Power Construction
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
2024 Conference Speakers
Adam Black, SVP, Design and Construction, TA Realty
Wade Vinson, Chief Data Center Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA
Daniel Crosby, Founder/CEO, Legend Energy Advisors
Kirk Offel, CEO, Overwatch Mission Critical, Host of Data Center Revolution
Oz Morales, SVP, Digital Realty, Chief Officer, Infrastructure, DenVR Dataworks
KC Mares, Sr. Director of Global Onsite Power Solutions, Vantage Data Centers
Josh Hoops, Global Vice President, CAI Data Center Services
Curt Holcomb, Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle
Yuval Bachar, Founder & CEO, ECL
David Liggitt, Founder/CEO, datacenterHawk
Dave Bell, Vice President of Utility & Micro Grid Development, Voltagrid
Ken Moreano, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Scott Data Center
Alfonso Portillo,
Andy Cvengros, Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle
Michael Kokal, President, KODIS
Bill Kleyman, CEO and Co-Founder, Apolo.us
Dean Nelson, Technology Executive, Board Member, Advisor, Investor, Advocate, Philanthropist
Dr. Olaf Berlien, President & CEO, INNIO Group
Peter Smith, SVP Sales – Energy Management Solutions, RPower
David Mitchell, Founder & CEO, XYZ Reality
Mike Sarraille, CTO, Overwatch
2023 conference 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
JENNIFER REININGER, SENIOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – YONDR GROUP
CURT HOLCOMB, EVP, DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS – JONES LANG LASALLE
JUSTIN TINOCO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT – ROSENDIN
JIM ROCHE, SVP ENGINEERING –CYRUSONE
RHEA WILLIAMSDATA 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