Data Center Manager of the Year
2025 Data Center Manager of the Year Award
In its third year, the Data Center Manager of the Year award, recognizes and celebrates exceptional leaders in the Data Center Community!
Do you know an exceptional leader in the data center organization? Someone who exemplifies all the qualities of a trailblazer in a mission critical environment, a person that is dedicated to ensuring uptime, team building, sustainability, and innovation? Someone who is always striving to work smarter, plan for the future, and advance their organization? Tell us about them! And feel free to nominate yourself!
We will be awarding one special leader with Data Center World’s Data Center Manager of the Year Award in Washington, D.C., in 2025!
3 finalists and the winner will receive:
A free standard pass to Data Center World 2025 + discounted passes for their team
Recognition during the General Session at Data Center World
Complimentary year of AFCOM Membership
A plaque
The nomination window is closed.
Innovation Challenge 2025
Data Center World's 4th annual tech startup competition will occur at our annual conference in Washington, D.C., the week of April 14, 2025. The Innovation Challenge pits data center technology startups against each other. Interested in competing? The submission window is closed.
Data Center Manager of the Year Winners
2025 Data Center Manager of the Year Award Winner
Ryan Patten
Director of Site Operations, Novva Data Centers
Thank you to our finalists for their submissions:
- Jakob Bergstedt, Head of Operations, Conapto
- Jeffrey Burns, Data Center Manager, NYI
- James Hart, Operations & Maintenance Regional Director East, TECfusions
- Ryan Osborn, Director of Operations, Scott Data Center
2024 Data Center Manager of the Year Award Winner
Bjarne Sørbø
Operation Director, Green Mountain
Thank you to our finalists for their submissions:
- Rebecca Beard with DC Blox
- Len Fransen with T5 Data Centers
- Joe Kendra with STACK Infrastructure
- Glen Lobacz with NTT Data
2023 Data Center Manager of the Year Award Winner
Paul Abston
Data Center Manager - Infrastructure Operations Group Leader,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory