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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

Anahita Mouro
Global Lead Data Center Field Reliability & Quality, Google

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

Ron Vokoun
Director, National Market Development, Everus Construction Services