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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).

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ALLEN, SAM

Title: Director of Mission Critical

Company: Burns & McDonnell

ANDERSON, DON

Title: Owner

Company: Portfolio Solutions, LLC

ANDREA, MIKE

Title: CEO

Company: Oper8 Global

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BEYER-LOUT, ANKE

Title: Associate Principal

Company: CPP, Inc.

BLACK, STACY

Title: Sr. Global Director of Infrastructure

Company: Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

BOOTH, JOHN

Title: MBCS, CDCAP, CDCSP

Company: Carbon3IT Ltd

BOSTON, TIFFANY

Title: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist

Company: Mortenson

BRALLEY, RICHARD

Title: Director, Global MTDC Accounts

Company: Vertiv

BURTON, KYLE

Title: President, NZE

Company: NZE

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CALVO, JOSEBA

Title: Managing Partner

Company: EPI Americas

CARSPECKEN, HUGH

Title: Founder

Company: New Stage Ventures

CLUTTER, MICHAIL

Title: Technical Program Manager

Company: Casne Engineering Inc.

COYLE, ROB

Title: Community Technical Program Manager

Company: Open Compute Project Foundation

CROSBY, CHRIS

Title: CEO

Company: Compass Datacenters

CURTIS, CHRIS

Title: TBA

D

DOTY, BILL

Title: I.T. Group Manager - Data Center Services

Company: CH Robinson

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EVANKO, MARK

Title: Principal - Engineer

Company: BRUNS-PAK WORLDWIDE, INC.

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FINLEY, GUY

Title: founder

Company: Mesa

FLAHERTY, PATRICK

Title: Cloud Architect

Company: Itascapoint Inc.

FLUET, JACQUES

Title: Director, Data Center Program

Company: Telecommunications Industry Association

FRAZIER, BRIAN

Title: TBA

FURMANSKI, JOSEPH

Title: Director, Data Center Facilities and Technologies

Company: UPMC

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GALABOV, VLAD

Title: Head of Cloud and Data Center Research Practice

Company: Omdia

GAUFRèS, JEAN-MARC

Title: Solution Director

Company: Dassault Systèmes

GOHAR, KIAN

Title: Founder

Company: Geolab

GRAYSON, TONY

Title: General Manager

Company: Compass Quantum

GREENWOOD, ALI

Title: Executive Director - Data Center Advisory Group

Company: Cushman & Wakefield

GROSS, JOHN

Title: Owner

Company: JM Gross Engineering

GROSS, PETER

Title: Managing Partner

Company: PMG Associates

GRUVER, RYAN

Title: IT Directory

Company: Banner Heatlh

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HAIDER, UMAIMA

Title: Lecturer -Computer Science & Digital Technologies

Company: University of East London

HANUS, NICHOLE

Title: Energy/Environmental Policy Research Scientist/Engineer

Company: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

HASSEL, BILL

Title: Data Center Sustainability Program Manager

Company: Turner Construction

HILTON, KEVIN

Title: Advancing Ironworking Contractors and Ironworkers

Company: Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT)

HOLLOWAY, SKYLER

Title: Product Engineering

Company: Switch

HOWARD, ALAN

Title: Principal Analyst

Company: Omdia

HSIEH, JANE

Title: Sr. Director, Sales

Company: Aligned Data Center

HUBBARD, GEOFF

Title: Sr. Manager- Data Center Operations

Company: World Wide Technology

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ILLSLEY, ROY

Title: Chief Analyst

Company: Omdia

IZADI MOUD, HASHEM

Title: Data Center Sustainability Engineer

Company: Turner Construction

J

JABECK, BRIAN

Title: Vice President - Sales

Company: Enchanted Rock

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KAPLAN, BEN

Title: Senior Vice President

Company: Turner Construction

KAPLANOGLU, BURCIN

Title: Vice President

Company: Oracle

KEMPER, GREG

Title: PSP, Regional Director, Enterprise

Company: Genetec, Inc.

KILLIAN, KIRK

Title: President

Company: Partners National Mission Critical Facilities

KIPPING, MARTIN

Title: VP IT Direct

Company: Rittal

KLEYMAN, BILL

Title: AFCOM Data Center World Program Chair

Company: Informa Tech

KOBLENCE, PHILLIP

Title: Co-founder

Company: Nomad Futurist

KOCHHAR, GARIMA

Title: Senior Distinguished Engineer

Company: Dell

KONCEWICZ, DOMINIKA

Title: Senior Analyst, Cloud Services and SD-WAN

Company: Omdia

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LAWSON-SHANKS, PHILL

Title: Chief Innovation and Technology Officer

Company: Aligned Data Centers

LEE, JAY

Title: Chief Technology and Strategy Officer

Company: ATX Networks

LEVY, MOISES

Title: PhD, Data Center Power and Cooling Research

Company: Omdia

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MAHMOOD, NABEEL

Title: Co-founder, Managing Director

Company: Nomad Futurist

MALTAIS-BOISVERT, GENEVIEVE

Title: Managing Director

Company: Digital Bridge

MARTIN, JEFF

Title: Vice President - Edge Solutions

Company: Ascent Corp

MITCHELL, DON

Title: Mission Critical Division Manager

Company: OpenComputeProject, Victaulic

MOODDY, MARK

Title: EVP Sales & Marketing

Company: Gateview Technologies

MULROY, PAT

Title: Water empress of Vegas and consultant

Company: Sustainable Strategies

MURREN, TODD

Title: TBA

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NICHOLS, AL

Title: Executive Consultant

Company: Silverback Data Center Solutions

NICHOLSON, CALVIN

Title: Senior Director of Product Management

Company: Legrand

NOVAK, NANCY

Title: Chief Innovation Officer

Company: Compass Datacenters

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O'LEARY, VICKI

Title: Director of Diversity

Company: Ironworkers International

OLSEN, CHRISSY

Title: Senior Manager - Global Data Center Solutions

Company: Wesco Anixter

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PARKER, JOHN

Title: Global Data Center Operations Management

Company: Esri

PARPART, RAYMOND

Title: Director Data Center Operations & Strategy

Company: University of Chicago

PARRIS, ROWAN

Title: Embodied Carbon Program Manager

Company: Turner Construction Company

PENDEKANTI, RAVI

Title: SVP Product Management and Marketing, HDD BU

Company: Western Digital

PITTS, DONDRA "DRE"

Title: Data Center Engineer

Company: World Wide Technology

PORTO, ALISE

Title: VP of Sustainability and Strategic Initiatives

Company: Switch

POUCHET, JACK

Title: VP Sales

Company: Natron Energy

PULLINS, STEVE

Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Company: AlphaStruxure

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RAJ, ANUBHAV

Title: CFO

Company: Aligned Data Centers

RHODES, CRAIG

Title: Managing Director, Data Center Services

Company: Structured Communication Systems, Inc.

RICHARDSON, JADEN

Title: Critical Facility Engineer

Company: Meta

RIZER, BUDDY

Title: Executive Director

Company: Loudoun County Economic Development

ROBERTSON, JEMMA

Title: Engineering Incident Management Team Lead

Company: Bloomberg

ROSENQUIST, MAJA

Title: Senior Vice President

Company: Mortenson

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SARAF, SHWETA

Title: Head of Engineering

Company: Equinix

SAY, ANGEL

Title: CEO

Company: Resolve

SCHULTZ, MARK

Title: Project Executive

Company: Gray

SHEHABI, ARMAN

Title: Energy/Environmental Policy Staff Scientist/Engineer

Company: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

SINCLAIR, CY

Title: Infrastructure Support Team Leader

Company: Bloomberg

SMITH, LEE

Title: Data Center Industry Consultant

Company: DataCenterDNA

STEWART, PHD, BEN

Title: SVP OPS

Company: NTT

STRADER, HAYNES

Title: Chief Development Officer

Company: Skybox Datacenters

STRONG, P.E., LARS

Title: Senior Engineer and Company Science Officer

Company: Upsite Technologies

SULLIVAN, RYAN

Title: TBA

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TAJKOWSKI, SEAN

Title: CEO, Principal

Company: Tajkowski Studio Design

TELFORD, SARAH

Title: MEP Coordinator / OFE Lead

Company: DPR Construction

THISSEN, RICK

Title: Founder

Company: Itascapoint Inc.

THOMSON, BILL

Title: VP Marketing and Product Management

Company: DC BLOX

THORNOCK, TRENTON

Title: Founder | Managing Member

Company: Wyoming Hyperscale White Box

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VOKOUN, RON

Title: Director of Critical Facilities

Company: OAC Services

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WALKENHORST, BRETT

Title: CTO

Company: Bastille Networks

WEEKLY, REBECCA

Title: Vice President- Hardware Systems Engineering

Company: Cloudflare

WINSININSKI, BILL

Title: Managing Partner

Company: EPI Americas

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ZAFAR, ALI

Title: Senior Director of Engineering

Company: Dropbox

ZOLDAN, RYAN

Title: Integrated Construction Manager

Company: Mortenson