2025 Conference Advisory Board
The Data Center World 2025 Conference Advisory Board has created a cutting-edge program providing real answers for today's data center challenges. We will be tackling all the major pain points our industry is experiencing on a day-to-day basis, bringing value for every member of your team, regardless of position.
Bryan Darby
Vice President, Strategic Technology Initiatives, QTS
Andrew Fanara
Sustainability Advisor, Casne Engineering
Carrie Goetz
Principal & CTO, StrategITcom
Vlad Galabov
Research Director, Cloud & Data Center, Omdia
Melissa Olson
Data Center Solutions Leader, Belimo
Bill Kleyman
DCW Program Chair, CEO & Co-Founder, Apolo
Alan Howard
Principal Analyst, Data Centers & Colocation, Omdia
Ryan Gruver
IT Director, Banner Health
Buddy Rizer
Executive Director, Loudoun County Economic Development
Nancy Novak
Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters
Ben Stewart
Sr VP for Operations, NTT Data Centers
Bill Skinner
Head of Data Centers, Bloomberg
Michael Whitlock
General Manager - Ashburn Campus, Sabey Data Centers
Garima Kochhar
Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA
Douglas Mouton
Global Digital Infrastructure Professional and Climate Advocate
Raymond Parpart
Director Data Center Strategy & Operations, IT Services, The University of Chicago
Emeritus Board
Jane Hsieh
Sr. Director of Sales, Aligned Data Centers
Al Nichols
Vice President, Silverback Data Center Solutions, Inc
Rebecca Weekly
VP of Infrastructure Engineering at GEICO
Ben Kaplan
Sr. VP, Global Critical Facilities, Turner Construction