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Data Center World 2023

Data Center World delivers expert strategy and insight on the technologies and concepts you need to know to plan, manage, and optimize your data center. Data Center World educational conference programming is focused on the rapidly advancing data center technologies. Click on session titles for full session descriptions. All times noted are in CST (Austin, Texas time zone).

Mark EvankoPrincipal - EngineerBRUNS-PAK WORLDWIDE, INC.

Mark S. Evanko, Principal, BRUNS-PAK Mark is the principal and one of the original founders of BRUNS-PAK. BRUNS-PAK’s 42+ year/6000+ project experiences in design/building high technology data center projects serve as the basis for the evolution of the ultra-reliable facility. Mr. Evanko continues to actively participate as a BRUNS-PAK project director integrating facilities with information systems in developing technically proficient solutions for the client. Over the years, Mark has chaired BRUNS-PAK’s business partner affiliations with major computer manufacturers and other major Fortune 500 service providers including: Dell, Accenture, IBM, OnX, The Gartner Group, Mainline, Bechtel Verizon Business, Data Span, Mark Levin & Partners, Deloitte (Collaborations), Carter Validus, Vicom, SGI, Sine Nomine, SBC Consulting, and Cloudify. The business relationships have been founded on providing a technically proficient, ethical, and cost effective consulting service that avails the client to alternative “state of the art” solutions. Mark’s personal background includes a Bachelor of Science from Lehigh University in Engineering, a Masters in Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and he attended The University of Toledo College of Law. He graduated from Amerada Hess’ Corporate Management Engineering Program as well. MARK EVANKO’S PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: • AFCOM, Data Center World – August 2020, August 2021 • BRUNS-PAK Webinar – July 2019, September 2019; November 2019; January 2020 • BRUNS-PAK Data Center Technology Forum – January 2019, December 2020 • BWG Strategy: January, April, and November 2018; September 2019, November 2019 • AFCOM Local Conference – Dallas: February 2017, Washington: May 2018, Texas: September 2019 • AFCOM Spring Conferences - April 1997 to March 2018 • AFCOM Fall Conferences - September 1997 to September 2016 • AFCOM Symposium – March 2014 • National Facilities Management & Technology Conference – March 2004 - 2016 – Baltimore, MD • Campus Technology Forum – Long Beach, CA – September 2011; Boston, MA – July 2014 • Critical Facilities Summit – October 2013-2016, Charlotte, NC / Las Vegas, NV • Datacenter Dynamics – March 2013 – New York, NY; June 2013 – San Francisco, CA • IBM’s IPR Conference – September 1997 – June 2013; IBM SFS Workshop – May 2011 • ERAPPA – October 2010 – Pittsburgh, PA • National Facilities Management & Technology Webcast – April 2011 • Honeywell Users Group – Scottsdale, AZ – June 2010 • AFCOM Chapter Meeting – San Antonio, TX – February 2009; Boston, MA – May 2010 • Ethernet Forum – San Jose, CA – February 2010 • SHARE Conference - August 1997 to August 2009 • Cogentes Webinar – Edison, NJ – July 2008 • AFCOM Chapter Meeting – Western PA – September 2007; Toronto, Canada – February 2008 • UCF CIO Coop WK GP – Innovation Session – Dec. 2007 – Orlando, FL • Uptime Institute – May 2007 - Houston, TX • Future Facilities Data Center Dynamics Conference – July 2007 – San Francisco, CA • Canadian IBM Tour - Data Centres and Ultra Reliability: The Quest Continues – May 2006 • 7x24 Exchange – Spring 2005 – Tempe, AZ; Sept. 2005 - Atlantic City, NJ • Server Blade Summit – March 2005 – Santa Clara, CA/April 2006 – Garden Grove, CA • IBM Canada’s Global Services Conference - February 2002/June 2005 - Toronto, Ontario • COMMON Fall Conference – October 1999 – San Antonio, TX • IBM’s PSS Complex Systems Solutions Forum – May-July 1999: MO, GA, TX, NY • RISCON Conference – October 1998 – Denver, CO • IBM’s Managing S/390 Enterprise & Technical Show – September 1998 – Reno, NV • CMA Telecom Conference – November 1997 – New York, NY • National Managed Healthcare Congress – November 1997 – Los Angeles, CA • IBM Data Centers of the 90’s Technical Conference – September 1997 – Arlington, VA • POWERSYSTEMS WORLD – September 1997 – Baltimore, MD • Uninterruptible Uptime Users Group (7x24 Exchange) – Fall 1996 Conference – Seattle, WA

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