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2026 Conference Speakers

  • KIRK OFFEL, CEO & Founder, Overwatch Mission Critical
  • ANDY KIRBY, GM, AMERS EPC, Microsoft
  • JASON CHAFFETZ, Former Chairman, Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House; Fox News
  • MIKE SARRAILLE, Chief Talent Officer, Overwatch Mission Critical
  • JJ CUMMINGS, Retired Navy Captain and Fighter Pilot; TOPGUN Maverick First Technical Advisor; Aircraft Carrier Commanding Officer, ShieldAi
  • MARK QUINLAN, Group Strategic Partnerships Director, TSL Projects Limited
  • CURT HOLCOMB, Vice Chairman, JLL
  • DAN CROSBY, Founder & CEO, Legend Energy Advisors
  • DREW BAGLINO, CEO & Founder, Heron Power
  • DOUG MOUTON, CEO, Mouton Advisory Services
  • PAWAN PATEL, Founder & CEO, PBX Energy
  • ED LUNDHOLM, COO – U.S.A., TSL
  • MATTHEW KNAPP, Sector Integration and Technical Infrastructure Manager (Sr. ITIM), Microsoft
  • DOUG KINDIG, President, Patriot Power Services (PPS)
  • BOB WALLACE, Global Director of DC Infrastructure Commissioning, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • STEPHEN LIVICK, Senior Director of Construction, NScale
  • DAVID MCCALL, Brand Evangelist, QTS Data Centers
  • ANDY CVENGROS, Executive Managing Director, JLL
  • DAVID ISAAC, President & Co-Founder, DCAC
  • JESSE SARGENT, Chief Delivery Officer, Overwatch Mission Critical
  • MIKE SOLFELT, Director of Preconstruction, NScale

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
  • CHRISTINA CUELLAR-NELSON, Head of US Data Center Sales, H&MV
  • 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

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 & Microgrid 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 & 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 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 Data Centers
  • 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, 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
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2022 Conference Speakers

  • ANDY CVENGROS, Managing Director, Data Center Solutions, JLL
  • CARL BEARDSLEY, Senior Director, Capital Markets, JLL
  • MARK THIELE, CEO, Edgevana
  • PETER GROSS, Managing Partner, PMG Associates; Consulting and Advisory
  • TONY GRAYSON, General Manager, Quantum; Navy Veteran
  • ERICH SANCHACK, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Realty
  • CHRIS CROSBY, CEO, Compass Data Centers
  • KIRK OFFEL, CEO, Overwatch; Founder, DCAC Live and Data Center Revolution
  • ANTHONY GARCIA, Head of Veteran Recruiting, Overwatch Mission Critical
  • SHAWN TUGWELL, Data Center Engineering Manager, PayPal
  • CELESTE DELA CALZADA, Maverick, TikTok
  • JESSE SARGENT, Executive Vice President of Construction, Overwatch
  • JIM ALBIN, Head of Strategic Sourcing – Data Center Site Selection, Uber
  • MERCY MANNING, VP of Sales & Sustainability Strategy, Aligned
  • SAM HUCKABY, SVP of Construction for North America, Vantage Data Centers
  • BILL KLEYMAN, Board Member, Neu.ro
  • ROB MORRIS, CEO & Co-Founder, Skybox Datacenters
  • LINDSEY BRUNER, Former VP of Project Development, CyrusOne
  • MCKENZIE EDWARDS, Director of Construction, Overwatch
  • CAMERON WYNNE, Chief Data Center Officer, Element Critical
  • DAVID MCCALL, VP of Innovation, QTS Data Centers

2021 Conference Speakers

  • GILBERT ROMO, EVP, 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, Jones Lang LaSalle
  • BILL KLEYMAN, Board Member, Neu.ro
  • SAM HUCKABY, COO, North America, Vantage Data Centers
  • SAM BROWN, VP, Engineering and Construction, ServerFarm
  • LANE ANDERSON, EVP, Development & Strategic Procurement, QTS Data Centers
  • CARRIE GOETZ, Principal & CTO, StrategITcom
  • JENNIFER REININGER, Senior Development Manager, Yondr Group
  • TIM HUGHES, SVP, Strategy, STACK Infrastructure
  • HANNIBAL FLEMMING, CEO, Argo Critical Solutions
  • SCOTT JARNAGIN, Director, Global Data Center Site Selection, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • JIM SMITH, Managing Director, Equinix
  • BILL MAZZETTI, SVP, Innovation, Rosendin
  • LARAMIE DORRIS, EVP, Global Design & Construction, Yondr Group
  • FRANK NASH, Vice President of Sales, Schneider 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, Data Center 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 of 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 and 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
  • KAREEM YUSUF, 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
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