Data Center World 2025 | Informa Tech | 14 April 2025 | Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001

The Data Center industry is at an inflection point. Demand is multiplying while supply is constricting. The workforce is turning over and how we get things done is evolving. Sustainability and political unrest are of greater consideration than they have ever been. The only global industry event that combines real world, practitioner and thought leader expertise with in-depth research and data, and access to a full spectrum of solution providers driving the data center and digital infrastructure industry forward.

No other event covers the breadth of data center industry challenges and opportunities like the event. This is a must attend event for you to confront market shifts head on and connect with individuals who can help solve your most pressing challenges and deliver answers. Use Data Center World as a key building block for accelerating your strategic plans.

Who Attends:
• Data Center Facility Manager
• Critical Cooling and Power Manager
• Cloud Architect
• Data Center Planning and Capacity Lead
• Technical Architect
• Data Center Operations Specialist
• Director of Construction
• Director of Facilities Operations
• IT Facilities Engineer
• System/Network Administrator
• Manager of Security Operations
• Energy Efficiency Engineer
• IT Operations Manager
• Economic Development Officer
• VP of Leasing and Operations
• IT Infrastructure Manager

2025 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Wade Vinson
Chief Data Center Engineer, NVIDIA

Lucia Tian
Head of Clean Energy & Decarbonization Technologies, Google

Jeffrey Olson
Vice President of Business Development & Finance, Kairos Power

Bill Kleyman
DCW Program Chair & CEO & Co-Founder, Apolo

David Bell
Vice President of Data Center and MicroGrid Development, VoltaGrid

Chris Orlando
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, DDC Solutions

SPEAKERS:

Luca Amalfi
CEO, Seguente Inc.

Matthew Archibald
Director, Technical Architecture, nVent

Andrew Azure
VP of Sales – Data Centers, MGM Transformers

Jason Ball
Engineering Manager, PCX (a Hubbell Company)

David Bell
Vice President of Utility and Microgrid Development, VoltaGrid

Doug Bernauer
CEO, Radiant

Jack Bidlack
IET Director of Strategic Initiatives, NOVA

Richard Bonner
CTO, Accelsius

Matthew Brice
Technical Marketing Senior Manager, Prysmian

Mike Broeker
Managing Director and President, Bedford Management Partners

JP Buzzell
VP, Data Center Chief Architect, Eaton

Jamison Caldwell
Principal Mechanical Engineer, SmithGroup

Chris Campbell
Sr. Director, AI Solutions – AIaaS/GPUaaS, Facilities & Infrastructure, WWT

Steve Caroselli
Founder, President and CEO, Orion Entrance Control, Inc.

Amanda Carter
Principal, Senior Project Technical Lead, Electrical, Stantec

Greg Case
Chief Innovation Officer, Taco Comfort Solutions

Tim Chadwick
COO, AlfaTech

Joel Chakkalakal
Strategic Solutions Advisor, Critical Risk Solution

Yongsuk Choi
Chief Strategy Officer - Product & Infrastructure, Empyrion Digital

Ryan Cialdella
Chief Mission Critical Carbonization Officer, Ozinga

Josh Claman
CEO, Accelsius

Karen Cooper
Mission Critical Client Leader, DLR Group

Colby Cox
Managing Director - Americas, DC Byte

Valerie Crafton
CEO/Owner, VAL Consultants

Dan Crosby
Founder & CEO, Legend Energy Advisors

Liz Cruz
Chief Marketing Officer, Accelsius

Rob Curtis
Fellow, Thermal/Mechanical Architect, AMD

Bryan Darby
Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure Executive, QTS

Bret Davis
Senior Project Engineer, CoolIT Systems

Peter de Bock
Program Director, DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

Kevin DeWalt
Co-Founder, Prolego

Rich DiClaudio
President and CEO, Energy Innovation Center Institute Inc

Allen DiGerolami
Business Development, Data Centers, Hanwha Vision America

Paul Donohoo-Vallett
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, US Department of Energy

Jennifer Downing
Engagement Officer, Loan Programs Office, US Department of Energy

Jesse Duker
Business Development Leader, DLR Group

Amy Dunton
Data Centers BDM, Ameristar - ASSA ABLOY

Matthew Eagen
Data Center Operations, Team Leader, Bloomberg

Casey Eldringhoff
Sr. Product Lifecycle Electrical Engineer, Amazon Web Services

Ryan Enright
CTO, Seguente Inc.

Mara Ervin
Owner, Mara Jade Consulting, LLC

Andrew Fanara
Sustainability Advisory, Casne Engineering

Dino Foderaro
Chief Revenue Officer, Accelsius

Vlad Galabov
Research Director, Digital Infrastructure, Omdia

Paul Gauche
Deputy Director, Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office, US Department of Energy

Rebecca Gilstrap
Director of Strategy, Legrand Data, Power & Control, Legrand

Tony Grayson
General Manager, Compass Data

Jon Greives
Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities (DANU), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Committee

Timothy Grunloh
Principal Scientist, University of Illinois

Ryan Gruver
IT Director, Banner Health

Mark Gusakov
CCO, International Data Center Authority

Alison Hahn
Advanced Reactor Director, Department of Energy

Ken Harris
Data Center Operations 3rd Oscar Region Team Leader, Bloomberg

Bill Hassel
Sustainability Program Manager - Global Critical Facilities, Turner Construction Company

Nate Hefner
Hyperscale Data Center Innovation Manager, Corning

Ali Heydari
Technical Director & Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA

Ariel Horowitz
Deputy Director for Grid Modernization, Grid Deployment Office, US Department of Energy

Alan Howard
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Jack Hsieh
Sr. Product Manager, Liquid Cooling Solution, Supermicro

Joe Hubbard
Senior Director, Global Design & Delivery, AVAIO Digital Partners

El-Marie Hugo
Vice President, DB Schenker

Sherman Ikemoto
Group Director, System Sales, Cadence Design Systems

Spencer Ingaldson
Chief Development Officer leading Sales, Marketing, and Systems Engineering, Darcy Solutions

Hashem Izadi Moud
Sr. Data Center Sustainability Project Manager, Stok

Brian Jabeck
VP, Business Development, Bennett & Pless, Inc.

Thom Jackson
Sr. Associate, Mechanical Engineer, Dunham Associates

Jad Jebara
President & CEO, Hyperview

Avir Kalva
Director of TPM - Advanced DC Infrastructure, Microsoft

Ken Moreano
Founder, President & CEO, Scott Data

Byungloo Kim
Key Account Manager, LG DC Team, LG Electronics Inc.

Kirk Killian
President, PNMCF

Matthew Kleiman
CEO, Cumulus

Daniel Klein
Principal Team Lead for Nuclear Beyond Electricity, ERPI Advanced Nuclear Technology

Bill Kleyman
Co-Founder, CEO, Apolo.us

Steve Kline
Global Technical Director, BAC

Jaeyoon Koh
Technical Adviser, LG DC Team, LG Electronics Inc.

Adam Kotrba
Product Director, Copper Development Association

Dustin Krause
VP, Business Development, Redwood Materials

Sergey Kynev
FACTS Lead Engineer, Siemens Energy

Josh Labrie
Director, NOVA SySTEMic, NOVA

Laura Laltrello
COO, Applied Digital

Imran Latif
Chief Operations Officer - DC Infrastructure, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Phill Lawson-Shanks
Chief Innovation Officer, Aligned Data Center

Rob Lawson-Shanks
CEO & Co-Founder, Molg

Karine Leblanc
Modular Prefab Solutions Sales Manager - West, Daikin Applied

Marcelle Lee
Cybersecurity Researcher, Self

Sarah Levine
Director of Circular Economy, Legrand

Steve Lewis
VP Americas, EkkoSense LLC

Steve Madara
VP, Thermal, Data Centers, Global, Vertiv

Romi Mahajan
CEO, ExoFusion

Nabeel Mahmood
Founder, Nomad Futurist

Amy Marks
SVP, Compass Datacenters

Erica Marois
Sr. Manager, Content & Community, Informa

Nash Martis
Director, Electrical Engineering & ICT, Stantec

Bill Mazzetti
Senior Vice President, Rosendin

Tim McCain
Americas Channel & Industry Development, Mitsubishi Electric/ICONICS

Mike McGovern
Principal, Security Entrance Control

Trevor Mecham
VP, Global Infrastructure Technology Strategy and Industry Relations, Valmont Industries

Brad Meissner
Director of Product Management, Generac Industrial Energy

Greg Metcalf
Global Engineering Development and Innovation, Equinix

Ashish Moondra
Senior Director, Electronics & Software, Chatsworth Products

Srdan Mutabdzija
Offer Management, Thermal BTU, Vertiv

Al Nichols
Vice President, Silverback Data Center Solutions

Nancy Novak
Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters

Shawn Novak
Chief Revenue Officer, Techfusion

Stacy O'Donnell
Director of Operations, Clark Technologies

Kevin O'Leary
Shark Tank Veteran and Renowned Investor

Stephen Oliva
Partner Development and Sales Manager, Altronix, Inc.

Chrissy Olsen
Vice President of Sales - Data Centers, GCG RWL

Jeff Olson
VP Business Development & Finance, Kairos Power

Melissa Olson
Global Data Center Solutions Leader, Belimo

Ana Marie Ordonez
Principal Solutions Architect, Equinix

Chris Orlando
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, DDC Solutions

Ivan Ospina
Founder, CEO, Qubits Energy LLC

Karin Overstreet
President, Nortek Data Center Cooling

Peter Panfil
VP Global Power Sales, Vertiv

Raymond Parpart
Director Data Center Operations & Strategy, University of Chicago

Disha Patil
Global Product Manager, CoolIT Systems

Amy Paulson
Environmental Manager - DC Site Development, Meta

Anna Pavlova
SVP - Strategy, Market Development, and Sustainability, CarbonQuest

Pete Sacco
CEO & Founder, PTS Data Center Solutions, Inc.

Ivo Petrov
Data Center Solutions Architecture, Eaton

Ashley Pilipiszyn
Founder/CEO, Startup

Gary Pollack
Director of Technology, PCX a Hubbell Company

Paul Quigley
President, AIRSYS Cooling Technologies, Inc.

Roshan Rajeev
VP, Engineering, Janitza

Pranava Raparla
Presidential Innovation Fellow, Office of Policy and Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies, US Department of Energy

Doug Recker
President & Founder, Duos Edge AI

Joe Reele
Vice President, Solutions Architects, Schneider Electric

Gemma Reeves
Business Development Manager Data Centers, Alfa Laval

James Reilly
Principal Consultant, Reilly Associates

Brian Rener
Mission Critical Leader, SmithGroup

Brevan Reyher
Senior Electrical Engineer, Ramboll

James Richards
Manager, Nuclear Economics and Project Development, Nuclear Innovation Alliance

Buddy Rizer
Executive Director for Economic Development, Loudoun County, Virginia

Sam Rodriguez
Sr. Product Manager - Cabinets, Containment & Industrial Solutions, Chatsworth Products

Sandra Rolph
Principal Landscape Architect, O2 Design

Daisy Saulls
President, PATHIRED.ORG

Jason Scimeca
Product Line Manager, Eaton

Roxxann Sczepanik
Partner, Joseph Chris Partners

Sean Farney
Vice President, Data Center Strategy - Americas, JLL

Forrest Secosky
Commercial Marketing Manager, Eaton

Karimulla Shaikh
CTO, Volta Insite, Inc.

John Shingler
Executive Vice President, T5 Data Centers

Daren Shumate
Managing Principal, Shumate Engineering

Joe Skorjanec
Business Development Manager – DC Rack Power and Emergent Technologies

Brian Smith
Director, Nuclear Reactor Development, Idaho National Laboratory

John Sofra
Director of Sales, NA - Environmental, Industrial & Commercial Attenuation Markets, Kinetics Noise Control, Inc.

Uri Soroka
Co-Founder & COO, Apolo

R. Stephen Spinazzola
Director, Shumate Engineering

Lee Srokosz
Director of Customer Success, Greenchip E-Waste & ITAD Solutions

Michael Stadler
CTO, Xendee Corporation

Greg Stover
Global Director Hi-Tech Development, Vertiv

Manoj Sukumaran
Senior Principal Analyst for Data Center Computing, Omdia

Ashu Swami
CTO, Mara Holdings

Travis Talcott
Technical Lead, EkkoSense LLC

Dennis Thompson
Vice President - Advanced Energy, Amentum

Lucia Tian
Head, Clean Energy & Decarbonization, Google

Donovan Tindill
Senior Director, OT Cybersecurity, DeNexus

Bill Torson
CTO, Scott Data

Mike Turner
Vice Chair, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors

Jan Tysebaert
Data Center Sales, Baltimore Aircoil Company

Andrew Urda
Vice President, Strategic Marketing, LS ELECTRIC America Inc.

Nathan Van Velson
Lead Engineer, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.

Wade Vinson
Chief Data Center Engineer, NVIDIA

Chris Walker
Director of Sustainability, Amazon Web Services

Shen Wang
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Rebecca Weekly
VP Infrastructure Engineering, GEICO

Robert Weinman
Director of Workforce Innovation, National Institute for Industry and Career Advancement

Andrew Whitmore
Senior Vice President, Sales, Motivair

Scott Wilson
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Ramboll

Jill Wyant
President and CEO, Madison Air

Andria Zou
Senior Director of Global AI Strategies, NVIDIA