Data Center Federal Cloud Transformation

Wole Moses is Director of Cloud Solutions for Microsoft Federal. In his role, Wole is responsible for digging deep into customer business problems with a view on how AI, IOT and other cloud technologies can help drive transformation. Wole has 21 years of experience in the technology industry and during this time has worked with both commercial and public sector organizations to help them leverage innovation and best practices across both segments. During his career at Microsoft he has led product management at Microsoft Headquarters, and led technical sales strategy in various field sales roles. He also spent 4 years working for Microsoft Middle East and Africa (while based in Istanbul Turkey and Dubai UAE). Wole regularly presents at national and international conferences to share the latest Microsoft security, and cloud solutions and best practices. In his time away from work he enjoys history, travel (pre-pandemic), working out and music.

Ms. Warren has a unique combination of emerging technology engineering and leadership experience within government and technology driven environments. She has extensive experience in developing and acquiring cloud and IT strategic solutions for CIO’s in the US Federal government. She has a proven ability to maximize performance of IT organizations, including standing up and executing Department-level cloud and cyber programs. She is an accomplished technology leader, adept at strategy, building team-work and cooperation, and driving solutions. She has a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with multiple government agencies, customers, executive management, and staff, and promote mutual understanding and problem resolution. Since 2013, she has been leading the IT Modernization, Enterprise Technology Adoption and Cloud Engineering emerging market concentration at MITRE, including research and application of new models, methods, tools and approaches across the Federal Government. She is the author of MITRE’s Enterprise Cloud Adoption Framework (ECAF), which has been used successfully by multiple government departments and agencies to strategize, design, plan and adoption cloud on an enterprise scale. Specific areas of expertise include: • Enterprise Cloud Adoption Strategy and Leadership • Information Technology Leadership, Governance and Management • Strategic Planning • Integrated Emerging Technology Adoption and Adaptation • Cross-Government Information Sharing • IT Management Best Practices • Cyber Security and Business Continuity certified • SAFe Agile Certified

Ms Hulbert is CEO of Opus Interactive. Shannon has led the strategy and vision for the cloud provider since 2011. Prior to cloud, Shannon was in the utility energy-efficiency sector for 8 years. Opus Interactive is a hybrid and multicloud solutions provider with a dedicated FEDRAMP Moderate Ready IaaS/PaaS environment and can be found on the FedRAMP marketplace under OpusGov (OG). OG is housed inside of FISMA High faciliites, operated by screened US citizens. This environment is restricted to US federal, state, local and tribal governments, and their partners - backed by over 24 years of proven reliability in the commercial sector.

Adam Knobloch has been involved in the commercial real estate event and media space since 2010, having held roles in sales, account management, production and coordination. He joined Bisnow Media as the Global Director of Data Centers after having led event sales and strategy efforts in the CRE space for nearly a decade. Since 2012, he has found a significant passion for the data center and technology sectors, while building an international network of active followers across numerous asset classes in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland. In his current role, Adam oversees Bisnow Media's event and sponsored media strategy for the data center sector, having expanded its Datacenter Investment Conference & Expo (DICE) Series event offerings to more than 15 markets, with an international presence in the UK and Canada. He previously held a board member role on the Telecom Exchange (TEX) Advisory Board, collaborating on content, speaker recommendations and event strategy. Additionally, he has made a point of promoting local and national organizations with a focus on STEM education and advancing the next generation into the technology sector through support, collaboration and ambassadorship. Notable organizations include the Nomad Futurist Academy, Infrastructure Masons, H5 Data Centers' STEM Fest and local chapters of both 7X24 Exchange and AFCOM. In his personal life, Adam is a musician, having toured the east coast as the drummer of The Gantry. He was a frequent member of the NYC folk/indie rock music scene and is currently the drummer for A.M. County. Adam holds a Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration from American University's Kogod School of Business, with a focus on Marketing and Public Relations.