DICE Northwest

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.

Timothy Doherty

CEO
Digital Fortress

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.

Robert Cowan

Director, Facilities
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Bob Cowan is the Director of Facilities for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He is responsible for day to day Operations, Maintenance and Repair of the beautiful, highly complex, world class, 1.6 million square foot, Fred Hutchinson Campus. The 15 building Campus, located in Sunny Seattle WA, is dedicated to both Cancer Research and Treatment, has over 4,000 staff and boast of 3 Nobel Prize winners amongst the staff. Bob’s been at the “Hutch” over 18 years and during that time has overseen an expansion program of more than a million square feet, helped the Center win over 20 Energy Awards at both local and national level, weathered more inspections than you can count JCAHO, DOH, FDA, AAALAC, CAP, etc.. And even found time to take a 6 month sabbatical where he took his family on an around the World Adventure covering over 40,000 miles. Bob’s a retired Navy Commander; originally from Grosse Ile, Michigan (a small island between Michigan and Canada) He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering and from the University of Florida with a Masters in Civil Engineering. Bob is married to the former Kristina Lindstam of Stockholm, Sweden and has three children Nicklas, 18, Clara, 17 and Hanna 14.

Steven Brooks

IT Facilities Senior Engineer
Puget Sound Energy

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.

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.

Teresa Duran

CIO
John L. Scott

Eyal Itskovich

Director, Acquisitions - Hyperscale/AI Infrastructure
Microsoft

Bruce Eisele

VP, Operations
H5 Data Centers

Bruce Eisele is Vice President of Operations at H5 Data Centers where he is responsible for strategic and operational activities. Bruce has over 25 years of experience managing engineering and data center teams supporting of critical business systems. His career includes leadership roles at Intuit, where he managed data center sites across North America, including enterprise data centers hosting the company’s flagship products – QuickBooks and Turbo Tax. He and his team were responsible for managing construction, commissioning and completion of Intuit’s largest data center, located in Washington State. Previously, Bruce served as Engineering Manager at PSS, leading teams responsible for design and implementation of innovative solutions for government agencies.

Jamie Brockamp

Senior Program Manager - GCET
BGIS

As a senior member of BGIS’s Global Critical Environments Team (GCET), Jamie provides operational solutions and risk management oversight to BGIS’s ongoing critical facility operations programs at client sites throughout North America. Jamie has over two decades of experience in data center operations, mechanical service operations, transition, project delivery, and facilities management and a deep understanding of critical systems infrastructure. Jamie’s 18+ years of critical environments experience with the BGIS organization includes roles in field service, site operations, project management, consultative assessments, and transition to operations leadership.

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.

Jim Rudd

Director, Network Engineering - Center IT
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Amith Pulla

Technical Program Manager
Intel Corporation

Robert Breynaert

Global Managing Director, Strategic Alliances
Equinix