DCD>Connect 2024 - New York | Data Centre Dynamics | 18 March 2024 | Marriott Marquis, Times Square, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA

Join us for a three dedicated content stages. Best-in-class technology discovery. Unparalleled networking opportunities. Whatever your role in the data center industry, DCD>Connect | New York gives you access to the information you need to design, plan, build and operate at the forefront of the industry.

2024 Speakers

Jennifer Ruch
Director of Sustainability, Oracle

Herb Tracy
Global Director of Critical Site Operations, BlackRock

Refugio Fernandez
Head of Supply Chain, Dropbox

Jeff Uphues
CEO, DC BLOX

James Repass
Vice President, Data Center Facilities Operations - Mid Atlantic Region, QTS Data Centers

Mike Licitra
Vice President of Solutions Architecture, Stream Data Centers

Joseph Liccardo
Vice President of Data Center Field Operations, Coresite

Robert M. Yandrofski
Board Director & CTO, CloudBurst Data Centers

Haynes Strader
Chief Development Officer, Skybox Datacenters

Ray Sidler
CEO & Co Founder, DataVerge

Stephen Perry
President, VP of Operations, Digital Fortress

Patricia Leyva
Senior Manager, Global Sustainability Engagement, SPO, Equinix

Marty Brennan
Director Engineering Process Governance, Credit Suisse

Charles Alberta
Director, Engineering & Preconstruction, Sabey Data Centers

Phillip Koblence
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, New York Internet (NYI)

David Liggitt
Founder and CEO, datacenterHawk

Buddy Rizer
Executive Director, Loudoun County Department of Economic Development

Imran Latif
Chief Operating Officer - Scientific Data & Computing Facilities, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Omar N. Elissa
Distinguished Technologist, Hybrid Cloud , Worldwide, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Jamie Thompson
Principal Infrastructure Risk Manager, AWS Risk Management, AWS

Miranda Gardiner
Executive Director, iMasons Climate Accord

Mark Gusakov
Nomad Futurist Advisory Board Member, Nomad Futurist

Phill Lawson-Shanks
Chief Innovation Officer, Aligned Data Centers

Valtin Gallani
Managing Director, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Sarah Keller
Director of Technology Sourcing and Supply Chain, Uber

Sean Graham
Research Director, Cloud to Edge Datacenter Trends, IDC

Allison Boen
President & Immersion Cooling Consultant & Advisor, Alcatex

Marina Ondarza
CEO - Americas, Quantum Switch

Navin Sathi
GM, Datacenter Operations, Microsoft

Doug Miller
Co-Founder, Strategic Partnerships Lead, Zero Labs

Yaerid Jacob
Founder, Blueprint Projects

Thomas Quinn
Founder, NE Edge

Craig McGahey
Founder and Managing Partner, CloudCenters LLC

Frank McCann
Associate Director, Global Wireline Standards and Support, Verizon

Jonathan Atkin
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

Mark Thiele
CEO & Founder, Edgevana

Matthew Pfile
CEO, Crane Data Centers

William Bubenicek
Sustainable Digital Infrastructure, Generate Capital

Gary Murphy
Principal, Mission Critical, HED

Logan Morello
Managing Partner, CEO, AD Carbon Data

Oliver Pike
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Arup

Steven Lucero
CEO, 3red8

Bill Kleyman
Board Member, Neu.ro

Jesline Leston
Construction Project Manager

Andy Lawrence
Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute

Carly Heissenbuttel
CEO, EvergreenEERS

Susanna Kass
Energy Fellow, Stanford University | Operating Partner, Digital Gravity Infrastructure Partners

Hugh Carspecken
Managing Director, Ubiquity

Martin Brennan
Director Engineering Process Governance, Credit Suisse

David Zorn
Director – Technology & Special Projects Research, Mangum Economics

Rob Lawson-Shanks
CEO and Co-Founder, Molg

Christopher Schaub
Distinguished Engineer- North East Data Center Operations, Global Network & Technology, Verizon

Martin Bouchard
President & Co-founder, QScale

Ankit Virmani
Senior Cloud Data Architect, Google

Debra Bernstein
Senior Principal Sustainability Technologist - Data Center Group CTO Office, Intel Corp

Leyla Sadigh
Associate | Electrical, Arup

Jacqueline Davis
Research Analyst, Uptime Institute

Edward Socia
North American Insight Director, datacenterHawk

Peter M. Curtis
CEO, PMC Group I

Jessica Bigelow
Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor - Data Center, Cigna, Evernorth Health Services

Peter Worley
Development Manager, Hyperscale, CloudHQ

Matthew T. Baldy
Americas Data Security Business Development Executive, IBM

Suresh Pichai
Principal Mechanical Engineer, Data Center of the Future, Arcadis

John Hawkins
Global Cloud Data Center Real Estate Lead, IBM

Joe Reele
Vice President, Datacenter Solution Architects, Schneider Electric

Vanjikumaran Sivajothy
Senior Manager, Software Engineering., Equinix

Paul Peterson
Senior Director - Facilities Manager, JLL

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

Scott Davis
Vice President of Sales, Black Box

Jon Gould
Software Sales Growth, Schneider Electric

Matt Wanderer
Managing Partner, 98six Redevelopment Partners

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

Guy Marom
VP, R&D, EdgeCloudLink

Michael Donohue
Managing Director, Sustainability & Business Development, Cumulus Data

Brad Barton
EVP Real Estate Development, Applied Digital

Craig Huffman
CEO, Metro Edge Development Partners

Satej Desai
Data Center Engineering, Nvidia

Stephanie Schmidt
General Manager Platform Strategy & Market Intelligence, Intel Corp

Robert Novo
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-novo/, Oracle

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

Matt Stansberry
Vice President, North America, Uptime Institute

Spiros Liolis
Managing Consultant, Mission Critical Facilities, EYP Mission Critical Facilities

Jim Davis
Principal, Sustainability & Resilience Strategy, Ramboll

Sudhir Kalra
SVP, Global Operations, Compass Datacenters

Christopher Downie
CEO, Flexential

Shannon Miller
CEO, Mainspring Energy

Wil Tirado
Vice President - Global Carrier Engagement & Strategy, EdgeConneX

Anna Timme
Head of Sustainability, Secure Power & Data Centers, Schneider Electric

Danielle Rossi
Global Director – Mission Critical Cooling, Trane

Patrick Quirk
Chief Technology Officer, Nautilus Data Technologies

Vicki Worden
President & CEO, Green Building Initiative

Peter M. Curtis
CEO, PMC Group I

Sam Prudhomme
CCO, Instor

Michael Hardesty
Mechanical Engineer, Black & Veatch

Elisha Olivestone
Director Business Development & Channel Partnerships, Waterfall Security

Michael Chai
VP, Sales, Aligned Data Centers

Peter A. Panfil
Vice President of Global Power, Vertiv

Mara Ervin
US Head of Sales, ONNEC & East Coast Regional Chair, IM Women, Infrastructure Masons

Mark Walter
Vice President of Sales Data Center Solutions, Albireo Energy

Mark Liston
Vice President, Strategic Accounts, PowerSecure

Herb Villa
Sr. IT Solutions Engineer, Rittal

Patty Solberg
Product Manager, Engie

Brent Ness
Sr. Director - Data Center Business Development, Mainspring Energy

Joseph Junda
Managing Director - TMT, Capital One

Alessandro Lombardi
CEO, Piemonte Holding

Alison Marlow
US Chair - Armed Forces, Infrastructure Masons

Anubhav Raj
Chief Financial Officer, Aligned Data Centers

Benjamin Kroll
Director, Debt and Structured Finance at Newmark, Newmark

Bobby Little II
Sr. Director, Investor Relations, NTT Global Data Centers Americas

Brendan Lynch
Vice President, Barclays

Brian Schafer
Principal, Highland Associates & President, 7x24 Exchange Metro New York Chapter

Chester Reid
Global CFO, Yondr

Cristopher White
Managing Director, Investments, Penzance

Cyre Mercedes Denny
Vice Chair - LatinX Community, iMasons & Global Program Director, Schneider Electric

Evan Kaufman
Private Equity Director, KKR

Ilissa Miller
CEO, iMiller Public Relations

Jeff Omelchuck
Executive Director, Infrastructure Masons

Jim Gao
CEO, Phaidra

Karlton Holston
SVP - Asset Management, Digital Infrastructure, Landmark Dividend

Liam McDermott
General Manager, Grundfos

Miles Loo
Vice Chairman, Global Practice Lead - Data Centers & Life Sciences, Newmark

Raj Vohra
EVP Data Center Investments- Americas, Thor Equities

Rhett Weiss
CEO, DEALTEK

Robert Book
Vice President, Arroyo Investors

Robert Dugdale
Sr Director Business Development, IPsoft & Vice Chair, NYC Chapter, Infrastructure Masons

Seymour S. Sammell
Partner, ZMC

Stefan Nilsson
Chief Commercial Officer, Conapto

Svein Atle Hagaseth
Chief Executive Officer, Green Mountain

Tom Liddy
Marketing manager, DCD>Academy

Vlad-Gabriel Anghel
Head of Solutions Engineering, DCD>Academy

Zachary Bobroff
Director, AMI Product Office, AMI