Connect 2025 - New York | Data Centre Dynamics | 24 March 2025 | New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA

Connecting 3,500+ buyers, sellers and peer-groups to design, build and operate next-gen data centers.

Bringing together more than 3,500 senior leaders working on North America's largest data center projects, The event will drive industry collaboration, help you forge new partnerships and identify innovative solutions to your core challenges.

Why you should attend:
• 3 Co-located events covering the entire digital infrastructure ecosystem
• 120+ Exhibitors showcasing the latest tech
• Hear from 250+ leading experts from across the data center industry
• Network with 3,500+ Senior Data Center Professionals

2025 Speakers

Tom Garvens
Vice President - Advanced Technology Innovation, Google

John Lee
Executive Director, Wells Fargo

Dagi Berhane
Senior Director, Global Data Center Architecture & Engineering, Salesforce

Vishnu Anasoori
Electrical Field Engineer, AWS

Eyal Itskovich
Director - Strategic Acquisition Hyperscale, AI Infrastructure, Microsoft

Jennifer Ruch
Director of Sustainability, Oracle

Bryan Decker
Co-Founder, CEO, Compass Facilities

John Sasser
Chief Technology Officer, Sabey Data Centers

Sudhir Kalra
SVP, Global Operations, Compass Datacenters

John Coster
Sr. Manager, Innovation, Planning and Strategy, T-Mobile

Tarif Abboushi
Chief Technology Officer, Flexnode

Peter Worley
Development Manager, Hyperscale, CloudHQ

Michael Piccininni
Director, Global Alliances, Americas Cloud, Data Center and Telco Service Providers, Dell

John Hilt
Head of Data Center & Operations, GEICO

Jamie Falow
Global Solutions Director, Data Center Solutions, CBRE

Stephen Perry
President, VP of Operations, Digital Fortress

Roni Ahmed
Senior Critical Environment Mechanical Engineer, Microsoft

Jake Rasweiler
Senior Vice President of Innovation, American Tower

Marcus Hassen
Vice President - Mission Critical Operations Group Manager, Truist

Cy Sinclair
Datacenter Manager, Bloomberg

Brad Barton
EVP Real Estate Development, Applied Digital Marketing

John Hawkins
Global Cloud Data Center Real Estate Lead, IBM

Herb Tracy
Global Director of Critical Site Operations, BlackRock

Ramiro Martinez PE
AVP of Technical Space Operations, AT&T

Refugio Fernandez
Head of Supply Chain, Dropbox

Bryan Decker
Co-Founder, CEO, Compass Facilities

Michael Roark
CEO, iM Data Centers

Usman Hashmi
Sr. Engineer Operations and Design, Yondr

Duncan Ng
Vice President Solutions Engineering, Vultr

Darrick Horton
CEO & Founder, TensorWave

Neeraj Kumar
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Zaid Kahn
VP/GM, Cloud AI and Advanced Systems Engineering, Microsoft

Robert Novo
Head of Compliance and US Gov Network Engineering, Oracle

David McCall
VP of Innovation, QTS Data Centers

Derrick Attubrah
Senior - Data Center Solution Architect, Huawei

Jordan Milman
Chairman and CEO, Archer Datacenters

Joseph Liccardo
Vice President of Data Center Field Operations, Coresite

Jeff Uphues
CEO, DC BLOX

Tony Rossabi
Chief Executive Officer, OCOLO

Sean Varley
Chief Evangelist, VP of Business Development, Ampere

Ryan Capone
Vice President, Network Facilities & Energy, Comcast

Edward Socia
North American Insight Director, datacenterHawk

Bruce Myatt
Director, Data Center Engineering & Design, Enercon

Yuval Bachar
Founder & CEO, EdgeCloudLink (ECL)

Julie Ditchfield
Construction Project Manager, Equinix

Martin Brennan
Director Engineering Process Governance, Credit Suisse

Kenneth Moreano
Co-Founder, President & CEO, Scott Data Centers

Arthur Valhuerdi
Chief Technology Officer, Hudson Interxchange

Richard Hallahan
Senior Solutions Engineer, Digital Realty

Matt Wanderer
Managing Partner, 98six Redevelopment Partners

Bill Picard
Vice President, Channel Development, Prime Data Centers

Miranda Gardiner
Executive Director, iMasons Climate Accord

Varun Sivaram
Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations

Kevin Dalton
Chief Data Center Officer, Cumulus Data

Jesline Leston
Construction Project Manager

Ellen Yang
VP, Regional Construction, Prime Data Centers

Jeff Zygler
Founder, CEO, Active Infrastructure

Allison Boen
President & Immersion Cooling Consultant & Advisor, Alcatex

Nick Blessing
Director of Public Policy & Economic Development, QTS Data Centers

Tom Liddy
Sales Manager, DCD>Academy

2025 Partners

• ABB
• Aredale
• Aligned
• Anord Mardix
• Armstrong World Industries
• CBRE
• CEComm
• CommScope
• CONAPTO
• Constellation
• Corning
• CSB
• DDC Solutions
• EATON
• EAE
• Ehvert
• Ekko Sense
• EnerSysy
• Excool
• FNT
• Green Building Initiative
• Iron Mountain
• Jetcool
• Lantana LED
• Legrand
• Modius
• Munters
• MP Narada
• NUCOR
• Rehlko
• Rovisys
• STULZ
• TTK
• Utility Innovation Group
• Vertiv
• ZincFive