The 7th Annual Provider Forum on Data Centers & Cloud Services Infrastructure (East) | Information Management Network (IMN) | 8 June 2017 | Washington DC, WA, US

IMN is excited to be bringing its Provider Forum on Data Centers & Cloud Services Infrastructure (East) to Washington D.C.! Mark the dates in your calendar now: June 8-9, 2017, Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C.

Now in our seventh year and building on the success of our previous programs, we have expanded the focus to better reflect a drastically evolving industry.

Addressing the critical business issues that C-level executives at data centers, colocation and Cloud service providers must face, the agenda focuses on four key themes: Optimizing Business Models & Strategies for Growth; Expanding to New Service Offerings & Revenue Opportunities; Cost-Effective Infrastructure Investment, Future-Proofing & Security Measures; and Cost Reduction & Mitigation Strategies.

Leading data center and cloud service providers, end-user clients, investors, capital and service providers to the industry participate in the forum annually.

Bookmark this website for regularly updated program information.

Stephen Belomy
SVP US West Coast
Etix Everywhere

Sagi Brody
Chief Technical Officer
Webair

Jeffrey Burges
President
DataSite Colo

Mario Calderone
VP of Real Estate
Server Farm

Tate Cantrell
Chief Technology Officer
Verne Global

Hugh Carspecken
Dart Points

John Clune
CEO
Cavern Technologies

James Coakley
Senior Managing Director
Next Tier / HC

TODD Coleman
President
WAE Group

Shawn Conaway
VP, Cloud Adoption
FIS

Steve Cooper
The Strativest Group LLC

Chris Curtis
Senior Vice President, Development & Acquisitions
Compass Datacenters

Rick Drescher
Managing Director, Technical Services
Savills Studley

Peter Feldman
CEO and Principal
DataGryd

Tami Fratis
CEO
IPR International

Joseph Furmanski
Director, Data Center Facilities and Technologies Enterprise Technology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Daniel Gaffney
Director of Global Critical Facilities
BNY Mellon

Andrew Gold
SVP of Corporate Development & Chief Counsel
Infomart Data Centers

James Grice
Partner
Lathrop & Gage LLP

Jim Griffith
CEO
Corporate Technologies LLC

Svein Hagaseth
Senior Vice President North America
Green Mountain Data Center

Tim Horan
Managing Director, Communications and Cloud Equity Research
Oppenheimer & Co.

Shay Houser
CEO
green cloud technologies

Brian Johnston
Chief Technology Officer
QTS – Quality Technology Services

Kylle Jordan
Economic Development
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development

Tim Kiser
Owner and Founder
Colo Atl

Jeff Kopp
Manager, Business Consulting
Burns & McDonnell

Nicholas Kottyan
President & CEO
DataChambers, LLC

Julian Kudritzki
COO
Uptime Institute

Erik Levitt
CEO
Open Data Centers

Michael Levy
Global Product Manager
CenturyLink

Miles Loo
Executive Managing Director
Cushman & Wakefield Western, Inc.

Ali Marashi
Chief Technology Officer
vXchnge

Jeffrey Moerdler
Member
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C

Knut Molaug
CEO
Green Mountain Data Center, Ltd.

Emily Naughton
Associate
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Yan Ness
CEO
Online Tech

Hunter Newby
Owner
Newby Ventures

Robert Nolan
Managing Partner
Halyard Capital

Luke Norris
CEO & Founder
Faction

Matt Olson
Director
Burns & McDonnell

John Parker
Data Center Operations Manager
ESRI

Jack Pressman
Executive Managing Director
Cyber Innovation Labs, LLC

Ben Radhakrishnan
Lead Faculty, MS Sustainability Management Program,
National University

Buddy Rizer
Executive Director
Loudoun County Department of Economic Development

Ron Sacks
Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Partner
Provdotnet, LLC

Aaron Sawchuk
Co-founder and Chairman
ColoSpace, Inc

Eli Scher
Chairman and CEO
New Continuum Holdings Corporation

John Sheputis
President
Infomart Data Centers

Mark Solovy
Managing Director – Technology Finance Group
Monroe Capital

Sean Patrick Tario
CEO & Catalyst
Open Spectrum Inc.

Pete Tseronis
Founder and CEO
Dots and Bridges LLC

Aaron Wangenheim
COO
T5 Data Centers

Thomas Watts
CEO
Watts Capital Group

GOLD SPONSORS:

KC

SILVER SPONSORS:

Dominion

BRONZE SPONSORS

Cyxtera

Greenburg Traurig

Invest.IS

Loudoun Virginia

Minnesota Employment and Economic Development

Mintz Levin

Munters

PDU Cables

Savills Studley Critical Facilities Group

Virginia's e-reigon