Data Center Investment Conference & Expo, Northwest

Melvin Greer

Chief Data Scientist, Americas
Intel Corporation

Melvin Greer is Chief Data Scientist, Americas, Intel Corporation. He is responsible for building Intel’s data science platform through graph analytics, machine learning and cognitive computing to accelerate transformation of data into a strategic asset for Public Sector and commercial enterprises. His systems and software engineering experience has resulted in patented inventions in Cloud Computing, Synthetic Biology and IoT Bio-sensors for edge analytics. He functions as a principal investigator in advanced research studies, including Nanotechnology, Additive Manufacturing and Gamification. He significantly advances the body of knowledge in basic research and critical, highly advanced engineering and scientific disciplines. Mr. Greer is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and U.S. National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, GUIRR. Melvin has been appointed to Senior Advisor and Fellow at the FBI IT and Data Division. Melvin is charged with acceleration of the FBI mission by supporting appropriate data collection, data analytics, discovery and visualization via advanced data science and AI techniques. Melvin is one of the 2018 LinkedIn Top 10 Voices in data science and analytics. He also received the Washington Exec inaugural Pinnacle Award as the 2018 Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year. Melvin received the 2017 BDPA Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2012 BEYA Technologist of the Year Award which recognize his outstanding technical contributions that have had a material impact and high value to society as a whole. Melvin Greer has been appointed Fellow of the National Cybersecurity Institute where he assists government, industry, military, and academic sectors meet the challenges in cyber security policy, technology and education. Melvin is Professor, Master of Science in Data Science program at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Adjunct Faculty, Advanced Academic Program at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches the Masters of Science course “Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence”.

Ileana Incorvaia

Principal TPM, Emerging Platforms Integration
Microsoft

Ileana works in the Cloud Operations + Innovation CTO office at Microsoft, focusing on enabling and scaling next gen platforms into Microsoft's Data Centers. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ileana worked for the Data Center Engineering team for LinkedIn, focusing primarily on energy efficiency and operational cost saving measures. Before that, Ileana worked for a sustainability consulting firm, and Amazon Web Services' Data Center teams. She has a B.S in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Sustainable Design.

Dave Crowley

Founder
Telcopedia Consulting

An Industry Technology Consultant, C-Level Executive, Board Member, Innovator and Investor with a history of leading strategic teams to including: renewable energy, hyper-scale land developer, network infrastructure (Terrestrial/Submarine Cable Systems, Metro/Long Haul Dark Fiber, Lit Services); content distribution networks; data center relations and design, as well as internet peering/transit. With over 30 years’ experience, David embodies a unique industry perspective and can articulate an in-depth knowledge of network design, architecture, capacity management, traffic engineering, deployment, scheduling and support for some of the world’s largest network infrastructures. David managed a $1B annual network infrastructure budget spanning the globe with multiple investments in subsea and terrestrial fiber projects valued in excess of $6.6B over the term while at the same time achieving $4.7B in cost reductions over that same term. He is a motivational, results-oriented leader with a record of directing top-level international teams to grow and deliver business worldwide. Highly regarded by partners, customers and executive teams, David is known as a creative problem solver, skilled leader, key adviser and astute business development strategist supporting hundreds of billions in revenue globally.

Hunter Newby

Owner
Newby Ventures

Hunter Newby is an American entrepreneur, investor, conservationist and the owner of Newby Ventures. His primary field of interest has been network infrastructure. As Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer and a Director of Telx, he pioneered the carrier-neutral Meet-Me-Room and the development of carrier hotels and data centers in the United States leading to massive value creation and economic development throughout the Country. Since the sale of Telx he has been and continues to be a founder, developer and investor in the creation of multiple network-neutral infrastructure businesses all across North America. Mr. Newby is a recognized authority in the network-neutral interconnection and data center industry. He has served on multiple company boards, is a published author, public speaker and has been quoted in several publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today. He has also been the recipient of numerous awards including being named to the Global Telecoms Business Top 40 Under 40 in 2010. Mr. Newby earned a B.S. in Communications from Drexel University.

John Sabey

Executive Director
Sabey Data Centers

John directs activity for Sabey Data Centers’ three million square feet of mission critical space held in the current portfolio, as well as new development, acquisition and the creation of new service offerings. He also serves as Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Sabey Corporation, overseeing the commercial real estate portfolio comprising office and medical technology space. His business career started in Chicago with Prudential Real Estate Investors and he joined Sabey Corporation in 1995.

Michael Foust

Chairman
Bridge Data Centres | DataBank | Vantage Data Centers

Kristin Leung

Senior Vice President
GIC Real Estate

Kristin Leung is a Senior Vice President of the investment team in GIC Real Estate. She is responsible for both public and private equity investments in the US real estate sector, which includes overseeing the listed real estate equity platform, private equity fund investments and more recently, leading GIC Real Estate’s data center sector investments. Kristin joined GIC in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, CA. Prior to working at GIC, Ms. Leung served as Vice President at Morgan Stanley where she covered US REITs. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Kristin worked in the consulting practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers and FTI Consulting focused on restructuring troubled companies.

Jason Reed

Chief Acquisitions Officer
Carter Validus

Jason C. Reed brings more than 20 years of real estate experience in complex global real estate transactions, law and management to Carter Validus. As Chief Acquisitions Officer and Senior Vice President, Data Center Investment Management, Mr. Reed provides the strategic vision to turn business goals into actionable plans with appropriate risk management. As acting Principal of Longview Real Estate Advisors, a full service advisory firm to the data center and telecommunications industry with a focus on mission critical real estate assets, he was responsible for the firm’s acquisitions, leasing and management strategy. Formerly the Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate at Equinix, Inc., Mr. Reed was accountable directly to the Chief Development Officer and Real Estate Committee of the Board of Directors for the allocation and investment of $2 billion annually across 22 countries and 44 metropolitan areas. Notably while at Equinix, Mr. Reed successfully implemented a global real estate administration program with coordination across several stakeholder groups including the regional Presidents, Tax, SEC accounting and Audit. Prior to Equinix, Mr. Reed served in various roles at Level 3 Communications, most recently as Vice President, Global Real Estate and Facilities, where he was responsible for the strategic planning, investment and management of 23 million square feet of global real estate consisting of over 10,000 properties across North America, EMEA, and Latin America. Mr. Reed received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, followed by earning his Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in Taxation at the University of Denver.

David Mace

Managing Director
GI Partners

David Mace is a Managing Director of GI Partners. He has investment responsibilities for, and currently serves on the boards of Flexential and Far Niente Wine Estates. While at GI, Mr. Mace previously served on the boards of Duckhorn Wine Company, PC Helps, The Planet, The Telx Group, SoftLayer Technologies, and was a board advisor for ViaWest. Prior to joining GI Partners, Mr. Mace was with Palladium Equity Partners in New York and with J.H. Whitney in New York and San Francisco, where he served on the boards of Ariat International, Hard Dollar, and Physicians Surgical Care, and was a board advisor for Brooks Sports. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking at Bear, Stearns & Co. in New York.

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.

Robert Breynaert

Global Managing Director, Strategic Alliances
Equinix

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.

John Ford

VP & General Manager, Intergate.Seattle
Sabey Data Centers

John is responsible for developing and managing leasing and marketing programs to address business needs for a wide variety of verticals s including large enterprise clients, government agencies, telecommunication carriers, financial, healthcare, and media companies.

David McCall

VP, Innovation
QTS

David believes good relationships and purpose affects one's life at every moment. He has been able to realize his calling to create teams that simplify and enhance people’s interactions within the world of technology. In the industry since 1997, his career has been anything but typical leading IT and technical teams in Hyperscale, Cloud, Hybrid IT, and Colocation. In his spare time, David enjoys boardgames with friends, family time with his wife and three teenage daughters, and perfecting how to grill.

Dan Stoll

Senior VP, Dark Fiber Solutions - West Region
Zayo

Dan Stoll is senior vice president of Dark Fiber Solutions West Region at Zayo. Dan joined Zayo as part of the company’s Electric Lightwave acquisition in 2017. At Electric Lightwave Dan led the company with a focus on delivering network solutions to large enterprise, government, education and wholesale customers, while driving the company’s strategic fiber assets and differentiated support model. Dan joined Electric Lightwave in 2000 as a business manager with the company’s Utah operations and held a range of leadership roles including vice president of customer operations and senior vice president of strategy and development. Dan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in business from Westminster College and earned an MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

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.

Casey Vanderbeek

Director, Client Technical Solutions
Infomart Data Centers

Casey joined Infomart Data Centers in 2016 to build out Infomart’s solution design and implementation disciplines. He is an expert in understanding customer requirements and being able to identify a solution to meet their needs. Casey has a 20-year history in supporting, planning and managing information technology initiatives. Immediately before joining Infomart Casey spent 10-years with ViaWest where he was instrumental in building the Oregon market and was the lead solution engineer for the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. His experiences in managing IT Teams and corporate data center initiatives has given Casey the ability to address the real-world concerns of Infomart’s customers. Casey has a BA in Business Management from the University of New Mexico.

Steven Lim

Senior VP, Marketing & Product
RagingWire Data Centers

Steven Lim is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product at RagingWire Data Centers, responsible for the strategic direction of the company’s Product Management and Marketing teams. Over his career, Steven has led marketing teams to generate significant revenue growth and enterprise value. He has built corporate brands, shaped the customer experience, and structured unique go-to-market solutions. Prior to joining RagingWire, Steven served as a Customer Marketing Leader at LinkedIn and Vice President/Head of Marketing at Vantage Data Centers, where he was part of a senior executive team that increased the company’s valuation five-fold. Previously, Steven had management responsibilities at Equinix, McAfee and Cisco. Mr. Lim earned an MBA from the Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Michael Boyle

Director, Strategic Planning
Westin Building Exchange

Michael Boyle is the Strategic Planning Director for the Westin Building Exchange located in Seattle Washington. He has held a variety of positions with the WBX since 2001. With over 19 years of experience in data center infrastructure, telecommunications, and information technology, Mr. Boyle has worked in virtually every aspect of data center design, development, and construction. This includes physical site planning, lease contract negotiation, bandwidth vendor selection, and hardware acquisition / installation. In addition, Mr. Boyle has experience overseeing complex, multimillion dollar, contracts in foreign countries for the U.S. government. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Business Economics from the University of California.

Maddie Merton

VP, Business Retention & Expansion
Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County

William Hunter

Owner & Consultant
TBHE Consulting LLC

Bill Hunter is the Principal Consultant and Owner of TBHE Consulting, a Washington State-based consultancy focusing on Data Center Site Assessments, Design Assist, and Operational Review. Bill is a veteran of Amazon Web Services, The Walt Disney Company and AT&T Wireless Cingular. Bill has over 27 years of experience in design, construction, siting and operation of data centers both domestically and internationally. You can reach Bill at bill@tbheconsulting.com.

Alan North

Founder & President
NORLINX Systems, LLC