DCD>Connect 2024 - Virginia | Data Centre Dynamics | 6 November 2024 | Lansdowne Resort & Spa, 44050 Woodridge Pkwy, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA

Three dedicated content stages. Best-in-class technology discovery. Unparalleled networking opportunities. Whatever your role in the data center industry, this event gives you access to the information you need to design, plan, build and operate at the forefront of the industry.

In addition to our world-class content, our events are celebrated for their peer-to-peer networking opportunities. Throughout the event, you'll engage with fellow delegates through a variety of small-group activities, whether it’s a silver service lunch briefing, a technology exchange session, a closed-door debate, a group 5k run, a pickleball tournament, a golf tournament, an under-30s cocktail hour, or an icebreaker party at the beautiful!

2024 Speakers

Rhea Williams
Chief Commercial Officer, E3 Platforms

Taylor Hammond
Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Capital Markets, eStruxture Data Centers

Greg Ratcliff
Chief Innovation Officer, Vertiv

Matt Wanderer
Managing Partner, 98six Redevelopment Partners

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

Duncan Ng
Vice President Solutions Engineering, Vultr

Jeff Zygler
Founder, CEO, Active Infrastructure

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

Michael Maniscalco
Chief Technology Officer, Applied Digital

Arthur Valhuerdi
Chief Technology Officer, Hudson Interxchange

Angela Adam
VP, Commercial & Business Assurance, eStruxture Data Centers

Rick Galietta
Director, Office of the CTO - Enterprise Strategy and Platform Enablement, Digital Realty

Richard Hallahan
Senior Solutions Engineer, Digital Realty

Daniel Pope
Co-founder & CEO, Submer

Kaitlin Savage
PJM Lead, Energy Markets & Innovation, Google

Vello Ehvert
President, Ehvert Mission Critical

Kristin Fletcher
OEM Liaison, Data Center Liquid Cooling, BP

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

Phill Lawson-Shanks
Chief Innovation Officer, Aligned Data Centers

Rob Faktorow
Vice Chairman, CBRE

Scott Rugen
Senior Vice President, Data Centers, USA, Exyte

John Sasser
Chief Technology Officer, Sabey Data Centers

Mark Sánchez
Senior Director, Data Center Deployment Latam, Scala Data Centers

Doug Recker
President and Founder, Duos Edge AI

Joel Wynn
Vice President, Data Centers & Mission Critical Solutions, Southwire

Kris Lengieza
Global Technology Evangelist, Procore

Travis Hauser
Director, Technical Operations, T5 Data Centers

Rob Coyle
Director of Technical Programs, Open Compute Project

Tim Cassidy
Marketing Director, Nalco Water: An Ecolab Company

Carsten Baumann
Director, Strategic Initiatives & Solution Architect, Schneider Electric

Danielle Rossi
Global Director – Mission Critical Cooling, Trane

Kindra Martone
Nautilus Data Technologies

Dylan Boday
Vice President, Technology Lifecycle Services Product Manager, IBM

Leyla Sadigh
Associate | Electrical, Arup

Damien McCants
Preconstruction Executive, DPR Construction

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

Allison Boen
President & Immersion Cooling Consultant & Advisor, Alcatex

Pedro Gomez
Director of NGEU Business, Ferrovial

Roland Ruprecht
Global Technical Director, Teknor Apex Company

Erick Soares
Senior Global Product Manager, Data Center and Renewables, C&D Technologies, Inc.

Bill Kleyman
CEO, Apolo

Tony Rossabi
Chief Executive Officer, OCOLO

Mike Mattera
Global Director of Corporate Sustainability and ESG Officer, Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Cosimo Pecchioli
IT Hardware & OEM Partnership Director, BP

Stephanie Schmidt
VP, Strategy, Communications, Enterprise, and Cloud, Flex

Sherri Harrell
SVP, Platform Product Management, Flexential

Gregory Thompson Jr.
Chief Information Security Officer, Vantage Data Centers

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

Bob Walicki
RD&E Program Leader, Nalco Water: An Ecolab Company

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

Mike Meyer
President, Standard Calibrations Inc.

Molly Igoe
Director of Policy, Communications, and Advocacy, CO2EFFICIENT

Wangda Zuo
Professor of Architectural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University

Shelley McCain
Director Energy Transition & Enterprise Accounts, Technology Sector, Shell Energy

Steve Conner
Chief Technology Officer, Vantage Data Centers

Lauren Barbir
Data Centers & Tech Business Development Director, HDR

John Lee
Executive Director, Wells Fargo

Daniel Moore
Senior Director, Operations Business, CyrusOne

Guy Marom
VP, R&D, EdgeCloudLink

Andrew Lindsey
CEO and Co-Founder, Flexnode

Michael Beatty
Global Data Center & Microelectronics New Construction Team Leader, Nalco Water: An Ecolab Company

Alessandro Lombardi
President, Elea Data Centers

Adrienne Ratmansky
Sr. Consulting Manager, Accenture

Mukul Anand
Global Director, Business Development - Applied HVAC Global Products, Johnson Controls

Obinna Isiadinso
Global Sector Lead, Data Centers & Cloud, International Finance Corporation

Buddy Rizer
Executive Director, Loudoun County Department of Economic Development

Sanjeev Verma
President & Chief Executive Officer, Black Box

Mark Gusakov
Chief Certification Officer (CCO), International Data Center Authority Advisory Board Member, Nomad Futurist

David McCall
VP of Innovation, QTS Data Centers

Julie Callagee
CFO, Atmosphere Data Centers

Chris Lettiere
Senior Director Data Center Operations, CoreSite

Priya Velamakanni
Managing Director, JLL

Dave Sterlace
Account Director, Data Centers, Hitachi

Jon Pettitt
CEO, Excool

Ashley Sturm
Vice President of Marketing, Nautilus Data Technologies

Peter Worley
Development Manager, Hyperscale, CloudHQ

Moises Levy
Managing Director, Research and Market Intelligence, DatacenterDynamics

Craig Compiano
CEO, Modius Inc.

John Shingler
Executive Vice President, T5 Data Centers

Andrew Ruef
Business Development Manager, Janitza

Greg Pierce
Senior Business Development Manager of Data Center Hardware, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave

Angela Beier
Channel Manager, Cyber Power Systems

John Hilt
Head of Data Center & Operations, GEICO

Liam McDermott
Sales Development Manager, Data Centers, Grundfos

Fengrong Li
Managing Director, Power, Renewables and Energy Transition, FTI Consulting

Matt Stansberry
Vice President, North America, Uptime Institute

Caleb Kershner
Supervisor - Catoctin District, Loudoun County

Brandon Ryan
Director of Sales – Data Center Solutions, Albireo Energy

Elisha Olivestone
Director Business Development & Channel Partnerships, Waterfall Security

Yuval Bachar
Founder & CEO, EdgeCloudLink (ECL)

Ellen Yang
VP, Regional Construction, Prime Data Centers

Susanna Kass
Energy Fellow, Stanford University | Data Center Advisor, UNSDG-EP | Operating Partner, Digital Gravity Infrastructure Partners

David Bell
Vice President of Utility & Micro Grid Development, VoltaGrid

Trenton Thornock
Founder, Wyoming Hyperscale White Box

George Gehringer
Vice President of Sales, North America & LATAM, Submer

Joey Hougham
CEO, Trangistics

Reid Senescu
Vice President Of Product Management, Doxel

Mario Sawaya
Vice President, Global Technology Market Sector Leader, AECOM

Chris Ezennaya
Chief Project Director, AQ Compute

Jamie Smith
President and Chief Operating Officer, RPower

Will Patrick
Sr. Director of Data Center Solutions, Black Box

Benjamin Myers
National Accounts Sales Executive, DH Pace

Edward Socia
North American Insight Director, datacenterHawk

Doug Mouton
Advisory Board Member, Fidelis New Energy

Dave McGrew
Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Trangistics

Andrey Bugrov
CEO, Waste to Energy

Patty Solberg
Product Manager, ENGIE

Andrew Webber
Founder & CEO, Digital Power Optimization

Tom Shepherd
Executive Director of Data Centers, Cummins

Margarita Groisman
Founder, CentralAxis

Peter Smith
SVP Sales - Energy Management Solutions, RPower

Darren McGrath
Managing Director, DCD>Academy

Ed Struzik
Partner, ERM, North America Supply Chain Lead, ERM

Julius Neudorfer
CTO & Founder, NAAT & Chair of the Data Center Energy Effectiveness Workgroup, The Green Grid

Joe Melia
Director, Preconstruction, CloudHQ

Tom Flanagan
Senior Originator, Constellation

Santiago Suinaga
Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Masons

Haynes Strader
Chief Development Officer, Skybox Datacenters

Sandhya Mutreja
Global Head of People and Int Comms, Yondr

Michael Evans
Senior Vice President of Sales - Americas, Salute Mission Critical

Chris Thompson
Vice President of Global Microgrids, Alternative and Sustainable Energy, Vertiv

Evan McAvoy
Director, Business Development, Solar Turbines

Bruce Myatt
Director, Data Center Engineering & Design, Enercon

2024 Partners

• ABB
• Aecom
• Airedale
• Albireo Energy
• Apislogik
• Aquatherm
• Atkore
• Axys
• Belden
• Belimo
• Bgis
• Black Box
• Boyd Trusted Innovation
• C&D Technologies
• Cadence
• Carrier
• Castrol
• CBRE
• CentralAxis
• Cleveland Cable Company
• Commscope
• Constellation
• Corning
• Power Generation
• CxAlloy
• CyberPower
• Danfoss
• DataCenterPost
• DCD Academy
• DDC Solutions
• DhPace
• DPO
• Doxel
• E Tech Group
• EAE
• Eaton
• Ehvert Mission Critical
• Enabled Energy
• EnerSys
• Engie
• Excool
• Exyte
• Facility Grid
• Foresight
• Generex
• +GF+
• Greener Data
• Grundfos
• Hitachi Inspire the Next
• Infrastructure Masons
• Infrastructure Masons
• Imiller Public Relations
• Infinitum
• Jenbacher
• Janitza
• Johnson Controls
• JSA
• K&N
• Laminar
• LAndgate
• Lantana Led
• Legrand
• Damac A Maysteel Product
• Modius
• A Rolls-Royce Solution
• Munters
• Musashi Energu Solutions
• Nalco Water
• MP Narada
• Nautilus Data Technologies
• NDCGarbe
• Nextera
• Nomad Futurist
• Nucor
• Open Compute Project
• Okla
• Panduit
• Parklane
• PDM
• Powersmith
• Procore
• Rovisys
• Roxtec
• Power
• SAS Transition
• Life Is On | Schneider Electric
• Siemon
• Solar Turbines
• Solid
• Southwire
• Stack Infrastructure
• SCI | Every Measurement Matters
• Structure Source
• Stulz
• Submer
• Subzero
• Sumitomo Electic Lightwave
• Taco Comfort Solutions
• Tatsuta
• Teknor Apex
• Toshiba
• Trane
• Trangistics
• Utility Innovation Group
• Vertiv
• VoltaGrid
• WE Waste to Energy Generating
• Waterfall
• Wolters Kluwer
• Xnrgy
• Yotta
• ZincFive