DICE West '19

John Sheputis

Managing Director
Primary Digital Infrastructure

John Sheputis most recently was a Managing Director of GI Partners and the head of the firm’s Essential Tech+Science Fund. Additionally, Mr. Sheputis led the acquisition and development for its tech+science real estate business. He currently serves on the board of DRFortress. Prior to joining GI Partners, Mr. Sheputis was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortune Data Centers, which helped establish the wholesale data center segment in Silicon Valley in 2007. In 2014, the Fortune properties and team were merged with the Dallas Infomart to create Infomart Data Centers, where Mr. Sheputis served as President. Prior to Fortune, Mr. Sheputis founded and managed several Silicon Valley venture backed companies, several of which had successful exits to public companies.

Anthony Wanger

Developer, Investor & Advisor
Digital Infrastructure

Greg Carender

VP, Global Infrastructure Deployment
EdgeConneX

Greg Carender is the Vice President of Global Deployment for EdgeConneX, one of the largest privately-owned data center developer/operators headquartered in the United States. Greg joined EdgeConneX in 2016 where he leads the company’s PMO and efforts to analyze, permit, develop, and deploy new data centers around the globe. Prior to joining EdgeConneX, Greg was a Director in PwC’s Capital Projects & Infrastructure practice where he worked on major initiatives for some of the world’s largest broadband and wireless carriers. Greg has over 20 years of experience leading operations and capital projects. He got his start in the data center industry back in the late 90s while building long haul fiber networks. Greg is a Purdue University graduate, has an MBA, and has completed post graduate course work at Stanford, Cornell, and Robert Gordon University. Greg holds several industry certifications and has served on Georgia Tech’s School of Building Construction Advisory Board for the past 5 years. He has also served on the American Institute of Constructors National Board of Directors for the past 7 years, where is the outgoing National President.

Cory Keller

VP, Operations
Truebeck Construction

Michael Silla

Digital Infrastructure Executive

Rhea Williams

Principal, Site Selection
Oracle

David Dunn

COO
H5 Data Centers

David Dunn is COO of H5 Data Centers. Mr. Dunn has nearly 15 years of experience managing significant growth and delivering outsized returns on investment in the Internet infrastructure space. Mr. Dunn most recently served as vice president at the Zayo Group where he was responsible for managing the wavelength and mobile infrastructure business units. Prior to Zayo, Mr. Dunn was senior vice president at CoreSite where he held leadership roles in mergers & acquisitions, leasing, marketing and strategy. Before joining CoreSite, Mr. Dunn held roles at several private equity firms including The Carlyle Group and J.E. Robert Companies. Mr. Dunn earned a B.S. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Arman Khalili

Founder & CEO
Foundation Data Centers

Arman Khalili is the Founder and CEO of Foundation Data Center and is a Board Member of Evocative and brings with him over 25 years of experience in Internet Infrastructure industry. Prior to joining the company, Arman served as a Principal at Industry Capital a real assets based private equity firm in San Francisco. He was the founder and CEO of CentralColo also known as Element Critical. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Black Lotus, a leader in DDoS mitigation company, which was acquired by Level 3, and was the Founder/CEO of UnitedLayer, the largest privately held colocation provider in San Francisco. He was the founder of Sirius – one of the first ISPs in Silicon Valley, as well as the Co-founder and CTO of MusicBank, the first music subscription company. He has held numerous senior consulting positions at Level3, AT&T and Apple Computers.

Jeffrey Moerdler

Member
Mintz

Jeff heads our Real Estate and Communications practices in New York and has significant experience in general commercial real estate law. Jeff’s general real estate practice includes acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, and borrower’s side financing. He also has a particular focus on real estate challenges facing communications, technology, and energy companies, and represents property owners and telecom companies in telecom real estate matters, such as data center leases. His clients include both large national companies and smaller, local clients. He is frequently invited to speak on real estate, data center, and telecom topics. He also writes for several industry publications, and he is regularly quoted in national media. Jeff was a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and led many of its major real estate and telecom transactions.

Ken Parent

CEO
Element Critical

John Regan

Carter Funds
ACCI Fund CIO

John Regan serves as the Chief Investment Officer and has been in the technology and facilities infrastructure space for over three decades. In his most recent role as SVP of Acquisitions and CTO for Landmark Dividend, he executed on over a $1 billion in Digital Infrastructure acquisitions. Prior to Landmark, Mr. Regan worked with Carter Validus (CV) Advisors where he was instrumental in the development and execution of the CV Mission Critical REIT I & II data center platforms from inception. Mr. Regan made CV’s first acquisition in July 2011. By October 2017, pipeline development and management led to closing over 50 deals amassing $2 billion of data center assets totaling more than 4.5M sf. Mr. Regan is a data center industry leader frequently speaking and moderating at conferences across the U.S. having a number of articles published by and about him. Mr. Regan’s experience spans over 35 years within information technology, facilities infrastructure, business development, sales and acquisitions serving in various leadership positions while also providing advisory services and consulting for multiple startups. Mr. Regan served in leadership positions for 18 years with PWC, LLP as National Director of Data Center Services, National Director of Network Services, and Director of Infrastructure Delivery. In these roles Mr. Regan led technology and facilities infrastructure engineers and project managers through the execution of more than 26,000,000 square feet of real estate projects spanning renovations, restacks, retrofits, consolidations, new builds and the merger of technology and facility infrastructure of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. Mr. Regan achieved recognition by ComputerWorld for PWC as the number one Green IT organization worldwide in 2010 after completion of a state of the art Tier III LEED Gold certified data center and driving other conservation practices organizationally. Mr. Regan is also an expert in BCDR having developed and executed a multi-tiered program creating PWC’s firm-wide Disaster Recovery program. Mr. Regan has a Bachelor’s in Accounting from St. Leo University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Mr. Regan holds several certifications in the infrastructure space having achieved Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) credentials. He holds multiple certifications and various systems designations through Digital Equipment Corporation, Research Triangle Institute, and NCSU.

Michael Coleman

Global Head of Design & Delivery
Aligned Energy

An accomplished, forward-thinking, and goal-oriented data center executive, Michael has over 20 years of expertise leading various high-impacting data center projects and initiatives across industry leaders such as Google and Yahoo. As Global Head of Design & Delivery, Michael is responsible for the development and construction of cutting-edge data center campuses, ensuring alignment of performance with Aligned’s supply chain methodology as well as best-in-class design, efficiency, and operational objectives. He also leads large cross-functional teams to ensure the scope, quality, schedule and costs of each project are met as contracted, with a focus on enabling customers to achieve speed-to-market and scale with minimal exposure to risk. Prior to Aligned, Michael served as Head of Global Data Center Operations at Google, where he directed day-to-day operations across all of the company’s state-of-the-art data center campuses, as well as edge sites and Points of Presence (PoPs). Before Google, Michael was the Vice President, Global Data Center Construction and Operations at Yahoo!, where he was responsible for managing and supervising data center engineering and delivery teams in the execution of global data center strategies, including the development and construction of cutting-edge data centers. Michael’s earlier career encompassed serving as Operations Manager, Data Center Division at CEI, Group President – NW Region at SASCO, and Group / Project Executive at Cochran, Inc.

Keith Dines

Senior Leader, DC Site Selection & Construction Mgmt.
Nvidia

Keith Dines is a recognized expert on data centers. With over 30 years of experience developing data centers for enterprise and colocation providers he has a broad background in all phases of design, construction and IT deployment. Currently the Senior Leader of Data Center Site Selection and Construction Management for nVidia, he is responsible for the company’s strategy and implementation of its next generation of high-performance data centers for the future of machine learning and artificial intelligence in all of its deployments. Prior to joining Nvidia, Mr. Dines served in senior management positions for colocation companies including Digital Realty Trust, The Cambay Group, Aligned Energy, and Core Location. While focused on build-to-suit developments at Digital Realty, he developed customized solutions for NetApp, Savvis, ARM Technologies and Equinix. Earlier in his career as a data center consultant, Dines’ clients included corporate real estate executives, IT directors, and venture capitalists managing software developers, hardware manufacturers, on-line investment firms, on-line travel firms, telecommunications and a university hospital system. His most notable clients include Oracle, Charles Schwab, GI Partners, ViaWest, Adobe, and Stanford University Hospital.

Cary Frame

Chairman
Polargy

Cary runs Polargy, sometimes into the ground, but most times to good success. He shows up for work mostly because he likes inventing things, with that he is trying to change the way data centers are built. He is particularly keen on figuring new ways to bring speed to the construction equation. For example, after two years of development Polargy launched its structural ceiling system with speed as must have. Today, builders are installing 75,000 square feet in a quick 8 days. On the personal side, Cary is easily distracted by shiny objects. However, when you’re talking to him you will have his full attention; he won’t be checking his text messages.

Tony Grayson

General Manager
Compass Quantum

Tony Grayson is the General Manager of Compass Quantum and is known as a cloud and datacenter leader throughout the industry. He regularly speaks and writes on topics ranging from sustainability to energy to datacenters. Before joining Compass, Tony was an SVP at Oracle, responsible for their cloud physical infrastructure. Before Oracle, Mr. Grayson held senior positions with AWS and Facebook. Before embarking on his datacenter career, Tony served for 20 years in the United States Navy in multiple places, including Commanding Officer of USS PROVIDENCE (SSN-719). He is a winner of the prestigious VADM James Stockdale Award for inspirational leadership.

Herman Brown

Chief Information Officer
San Francisco District Attorney's Office

Herman Brown serves the City and County of San Francisco as the CIO for the SF District Attorney’s Office. His private-sector mentality and a track record of success, has proved valuable contributions to the City & County for the last 6 years; with the last 2 years in his current role. With over 25 years of experience in IT, Herman’s managed several enterprise initiatives that consolidated services, streamlined processes, and lowered overall city operating costs. His experience spans various industries; defense, manufacturing, healthcare, software development, advertising and now local government. Herman’s aims to bring efficiency, transparency, and productivity to government by leveraging technology. As CIO for the DA’s Office, Herman leads the effort to transform a government law firm laden with paper to a digital one that rivals any private sector organization.

Chris Orlando

CEO
ScaleMatrix and DDC Cabinet Technology

Chris leads business and commercial efforts for ScaleMatrix and its various brands and business units. Focused on both strategic direction and overall execution, he credits his nearly two decades of experience across a broad spectrum of positions within the hosting space with helping him anticipate the constant changes which face this ever evolving industry. Prior to ScaleMatrix, Chris served as president of the Complex Drive Data Center Group for four years, and held a number of key leadership positions within the hosting and colocation industry.

Jon Pettitt

CCO
Excool

Jon Pettitt is a highly experienced, successful and well-regarded business leader within the data center Industry. Since 2011 Jon held the position of Vice President of data center for EMEA & APAC, specialising in data center cooling solutions and energy efficient systems for the Munters data center business area, Jon has over 15 years of extensive knowledge of HVAC projects for data centres and critical facilities. His background has included employment at York International and Johnson Controls.

Jeremy Rodriguez

Director, Data Center Engineering
Nvidia

Jeremy Rodriguez started working for Nvidia in 2018, forming the data center focused cloud infrastructure group. He has over 15 years of experience in leadership roles covering data center, hardware engineering, and information technology industries. He has a wide range of expertise in artificial intelligence, modular, and hyperscale data centers in combination with server and storage solutions. In his current role, he leads Nvidia’s data center and cloud infrastructure engineering organization with responsibilities for strategic, R&D, and tactical planning of AI, cloud gaming, and supercomputer data centers. Mr. Rodriguez has worked for many high-growth companies (Facebook, eBay/PayPal, VMware) deploying and managing 100s of megawatts of data center and server solutions. Jeremy’s accomplishments include; the construction of a LEED Platinum data center, patents on data center optimizations and efficiency measurements, the Green IT Award for Modular Data Center Deployment by the Uptime Institute, and multiple awards by the TBM Council. Jeremy and his teams have also been the focus of case study publications from the Green Grid and Stanford University.

Edward Buck

VP, Technology & Service Delivery
VPLS

Edward Buck is the Vice President of Technology and Service delivery at VPLS. Ed’s executive responsibility includes the design, delivery, maintenance, operations, and support of all VPLS services. Prior to joining Evocative, Ed was a VP at UnitedLayer a San Francisco based Colocation and Hosting Company. Ed also founded ASPextra in 2003, a company focused on providing scalable and highly available managed hosting solutions. At ASPextra, Ed built a network and service delivery internet infrastructure compromising of multiple, geographically dispersed data centers serving clients in the US, Europe, and Asia. Ed was a senior manager at Oracle where his responsibilities included corporate business development, technology acquisitions, and strategic alliances. While at Oracle, Ed was deeply involved in technical evaluation, acquisition, and implementation of Internet and e-commerce technologies that shaped much of the Internet ecosystem in its early years. Ed is a regular contributor to a number of open-source projects. He received his B.A. from Pomona College.

Mary Jane Horne

Senior VP, Network Operations & Engineering
iBASIS

Tony Rossabi

CEO
Recovery Point Systems

Tony Rossabi is CEO of Recovery Point Group Holding Company, where he focuses on the growth of Recovery Point Systems, a leader in DRaaS, and other companies within the portfolio. A talented and seasoned executive, Rossabi brings over twenty years of experience in technology, communications, data center infrastructure sales, marketing, operations, and strategic planning. Prior positions include Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer of TierPoint, Managing Director for Digital Realty Trust’s colocation and connectivity business unit (Telx), and Senior Vice President of Global Carrier Solutions at TATA Communications.

Arnett Thomas, II

Director, 5G/4G IP/Optical Networking & Cloud Packet
Nokia

Arnett Thomas, II is a senior technology and business leader with over 25 years of building, developing and managing high performance networks and organizations for both Fortune 500 high-tech firms and startups. He is highly experienced in directly and indirectly leading cross-functional national and global sales, product, engineering and operations teams. Thomas is a strategic thinker with strong communications skills possessing a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Marc Bhuyan

Project Manager, Machine Learning Infrastructure
Google

Ajay Garg

Director, Data Center Management
Intel Corporation

Ajay Garg leads a worldwide team of sales and marketing for Intel DCM. Intel DCM provides real time device level management across a wide range of data center devices such as servers, switches, PDUs to improve Data center efficiency and agility to constantly changing workloads, helping data center operations to better contain costs. Ajay has been in the Software technology industry for the last 15 years and has worked at Intel since 1999. He has diverse experience in the field of Product Sales and Marketing, Innovative Product development and R&D in various divisions within Intel. He has done extensive work in partner ecosystem development programs and successfully completed business contracts with over 100 technology companies during his tenure at Intel. Ajay has expertise in exploring new ideas and converting them into products and develop a suitable business models in multiple regions for new product. He has 6 patents in area of networking and security. Ajay earned his Masters of Science and Technology from OHSU and Masters in Computer Science and a Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kentucky.

Nabeel Mahmood

Co-Founder
Nomad Futurist Foundation

Nabeel Mahmood is a Technologist, Futurist and a Keynote Speaker. His career is driven by one question – what’s next? He is passionate about the power of technology to deliver competitive and transformational change and the need to develop digital leadership that will create the enterprise of the future. He believes strongly in simplification, with a purpose. Nabeel brings 18 plus years of experience leading large-scale global technology organizations through seasons of explosive growth via M&A, global expansion, implementing new business models and technology innovation. His expertise includes leading organizations through transformation changes, connecting IT to the needs of the business, technology innovation, Big Data, Cloud, ERP, IoT, Mobility and Data Centers. He brings a unique blend of experiences spanning the entire breadth of technology from Grid to Chip. At, heart he’s a true technologist and futurist, he is a proven strategist, winsome communicator and leader with extraordinary vision and operational expertise within very large, complex organizations. Nabeel is a strategic CIO identifying opportunities that are being underpinned by emerging technologies. He serves on multiple boards and is an advisor to CIOs and CEO across a number of industries.

Jesse Sycuro

Managing Director, Data Center and Facility Solutions
BGIS

Jesse is a Managing Director within BGIS’ critical facilities management center of expertise, responsible for managing Client data center operations and continuous improvement including training, energy efficiency, and maintenance management. Jesse brings over 15 years of experience in systems operations and optimization, energy efficiency, and program management. In addition, he has multiple years of experience managing a multi-region portfolio of large-scale client enterprise data centers. Jesse is a Professional Engineer, Certified Commissioning Professional, and United States Navy nuclear power veteran. He serves on the International Board of Directors for the Building Commissioning Association and chairs the Committee for Best Practices of Ongoing Commissioning.

Chris Yetman

COO
Vantage Data Centers

As COO, Chris has over 18 years of operations, engineering and IT experience in the Internet infrastructure industry. Chris is responsible for leading operations, security, network and IT for Vantage. He most recently served as SVP, Process and Technology at Integra. Previously, Chris was VP of AWS Infrastructure Operations at Amazon, where he had worldwide responsibility for operations and network for Amazon’s data centers. Chris also served as SVP of Operations at Level 3 Communications, SVP of Operations at Elevation Data Centers and VP of Operations Architecture at Genuity. Chris graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.

Chris Curtis

Global Head of Data Centers
Prologis

Twyla Powell

Business Attraction Manager
Henrico County Economic Development Authority

Twyla is an experienced business development professional who has worked for 20 years in private sector business development and project management and eight years in public sector economic development. Most recently, in her former role as Business Development Manager for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, she was responsible for attracting capital investment and new jobs to the Commonwealth. As the EDA’s Business Attraction Manager, she leads the Business Attraction program to bring new domestic and international businesses to Henrico.

Chris Pumphrey

Executive Director
Douglas County Economic Development Authority

Enrique Torres

VP, Corporate Development - Real Estate
Equinix

Enrique Torres joined Equinix in 2014 and serves as Vice President of Corporate Development, Real Estate Investment. Mr. Torres focuses on managing the real estate development investment process, capital prioritization, and supporting Equinix's Hyperscale expansion. Mr. Torres brings to Equinix over 10 years of real estate investment, capital markets, and finance experience. Mr. Torres also serves as a Director at Mid-Pen Housing, a non-profit, low-income housing developer. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Torres served as an Acquisition and Corporate Finance Manager at Rexford Industrial where he helped close over $150 million in acquisitions and led the financial analysis for company's IPO. Prior to joining Rexford, Mr. Torres worked at Green Street Advisors as a REIT Equity Research Analyst where in 2012 was awarded the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Award. Mr. Torres received his B.S. degree in Economics Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and his International MBA with honors from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

Jeff Tuthill

Principal & Regional Leader, Property Tax Texas
Ryan

Principal, Ryan, Dallas office Specializes in providing property tax consulting services to a variety of industries and property types, including data centers, healthcare, and large new developments. Southwest Region Leader, Commercial Property Tax, Ryan Responsible for the administration and development of Ryan’s southwest regional commercial real estate practice. Previous Senior Director, Property Tax, national property tax consulting firm Served on the Commercial Real Estate Executive Committee. Director, Property Tax, national accounting firm Senior Manager, Gulf Coast Area Director of Property Tax and Incentives, national accounting firm PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Mr. Tuthill lectures on various property tax topics for Ryan clients. Additionally, he has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations: Council On State Taxation Institute for Professionals in Taxation Sales Tax Symposium Southern Methodist University Real Estate Society BOARD & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Metroplex Technology Business Council Southern Methodist University Real Estate Society Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals EDUCATION & ACCREDITATION Bachelor of Arts Degree, Economics, Southern Methodist University Certified Senior Property Tax Consultant, Licensed in Texas Jeff Specializes in providing property tax consulting services to clients in a variety of industries and property types, including data centers and large new developments. He is responsible for the administration and development of Ryan’s southwest regional commercial real estate practice.

Jim Fletcher

Strategy Partner
Momenta Partners

Jim Fletcher joined Momenta Partners as a Strategy Partner, in the office of the CTO. in 2017. He most recently served IBM as an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the IBM Watson Internet of Things Platform. In this role, Jim had responsibility for the architecture and technical direction for IBM’s Internet of Things platform including identifying technologies, architecture, M&A and strategic partnerships. During his career at IBM, Jim served in executive management and technical leadership positions in areas of networking, IT systems management, and pervasive computing. Jim holds over 60 patents, is an IBM Master Inventor, and member of the IBM Academy.

Christina Kite

Global Director, Strategy & Operations
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Christina Kite is a senior technology, finance, and operations executive with more than 25 years of experience leading large, global cross-functional teams and programs for Fortune 50 and Government organizations. She is currently the Global Director for Strategy and Operations at Amazon Web Service’ Professional Services Before joining AWS, Christina was the Vice President of Global Business Strategy and Analytics at Oracle where she was responsible for driving key business and customer strategies and initiatives across the cloud development organization. Prior to Oracle, she was the SVP for Corporate Group Strategy & Operations at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She has also held senior executive positions at Goldman Sachs, Cisco and Northrop Grumman. An aerospace engineer who grew to CFO, Christina also has her MBA from MIT and graduated cum laude with a BS in Management Science. She also has attended graduate programs at Stanford University and the University of Southern California (USC).

Scott Noteboom

CTO
Quantum Loophole

Scott believes that the only place for a rebel is a revolution. At Quantum Loophole, Scott serves on the front lines of the Decarbonization Revolution. His mission is to help enable next-generation data centers that autonomously orchestrate supply and demand between clean energy and cloud computing resources. His intention: Better, faster, cleaner and cheaper– pick four. A former mercenary in the Cloud Revolution, Scott served as VP of Operations at Yahoo! and Head of Global Infrastructure at Apple. He led deployment and operation of two of the world’s largest clouds, driving innovation in the data center and distributed compute space. In backing the Clean Energy Revolution, data centers are breaking away from their dirty energy-hog past. Scott served as CEO and Founder of Litbit, and earlier grew a small underground bulletin board (bbs) into a sizable Internet Service Provider (ISP.) Scott likes to brag about creating one of the world’s first Voice over IP (VOIP) companies, learning that being first isn’t always worth bragging about. A wise person once said that “rebels die.” Scott’s been working to prove that wrong ever since. Technology rebel. Challenging the status quo. Green and clean advocate. Transformation revolutionary. CTO of Quantum Loophole.

Ramkumar Ravichandran

Manager, Data Science
Google

Jonathan Reichental

Founder & CEO,
Human Future

Dr. Jonathan Reichental is the CEO of Human Future, a global business and technology education, advisory, and investment firm. He is the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the City of Palo Alto, and a multiple award-winning technology leader whose 30-year career has spanned both the private and public sectors. In 2017, he was named one of the top 100 CIOs in the world and in 2016 he was named one of the top 20 most influential CIO’s in the United States. Dr. Reichental is also recognized as a global thought leader on a number of emerging trends including urban innovation and blockchain technology. In 2013 he was recognized as one of the 25 doers, dreamers, and drivers in government in America. He also won a best CIO in Silicon Valley award and a national IT leadership prize. His innovative work in government has also been recognized by the White House. Dr. Reichental is an adjunct professor at several universities including UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco. He is a popular writer and online host, producing several highly successful online courses with LinkedIn Learning. He co-authored The Apps Challenge Playbook and he is a frequent public speaker on a wide range of technology and business-related topics. He co-hosts the popular podcast, Drinking Wine Talking Tech. He is currently working on his latest book about Smart Cities for Wiley & Co. (release date: May 2020)

Mark Adams

Independent Advisory Board Member
AirTrunk

Eric Crabtree

Chief Investment Officer
International Finance Corporation

Patrick Fiel

Senior VP, Corporate Development
EdgeConneX

Patrick Fiel is SVP, Corporate Development, at EdgeConneX, the only global data center platform focused exclusively on the Edge and Hyperscale. Patrick has nearly 20 years of experience negotiating corporate development, legal, real estate investment trust (REIT) and capital markets transactions. At EdgeConneX, Patrick leads global corporate development and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including responsibility for structuring and executing EdgeConneX’s corporate strategies and growth initiatives. Previously, Patrick was with Equinix, the world’s leading interconnection and retail colocation data center provider. He also has served as a public company general counsel/ chief legal officer, an in-house counsel to a large financial institution focusing on global corporate investment banking, and as a capital markets advisor while at a multinational law firm. Patrick graduated from the College of William & Mary (where he has taught International Business Management as an adjunct professor) and the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Robert Walsh

Managing Director
Devonshire Investors at Fidelity Investments

Rob Walsh is a Managing Director at Devonshire Investors, the private equity group for Fidelity Investments. The group oversees a multi-billion dollar portfolio of real estate, venture capital and wholly-owned operating companies. Rob is focused on and oversees the telecom investments at Devonshire Investors. The portfolio includes COLT Technology Services, a fiber-optic network provider throughout Europe and Asia and COLT Data Center Services, a carrier neutral data center operator throughout Europe and Asia, as well as other telecom-related investments. Earlier in his career, Rob worked in operations at a privately-held manufacturing company and as a management consultant.