 | Paul Himes
Founder
Himes Associates
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Paul has led the firm in the management of $4B worth of project work. Himes Associates is an owner’s representative firm that provides national Program Management, Project Management, Project Consulting, and Relocation Management services with core competencies in Mission Critical. He remains involved in negotiating contracts, providing claims management and quality control.
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 | Marty Friedman
Partner & Managing Director
DH Capital
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| Marty has more than 25 years of investment and commercial banking experience, working primarily in the media and communications industries. At DH Capital, Marty advises managed hosting providers and data center operators, helping companies raise capital, develop strategies, and acquire and divest assets. |
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 | Ben Stewart
SVP, Facility Engineering
Terremark Worldwide
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Ben and his team design, build and commission new data center floor space. This includes power, cooling, security, layer zero and layer one infrastructure, life safety and facility management systems. Ben came to Terremark with over 20 years of military experience as a Commander in the U. S. Coast Guard.
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 | Jim Flyzik
President
TheFlyzikGroup
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Jim served over 27 years in the federal government including positions as Senior Advisor to Governor Ridge in the White House Office of Homeland Security, Vice Chair of the Federal CIO Council, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems and CIO for Treasury where he provided oversight, strategic planning and management direction on a $3B budget. Prior to his Treasury, Jim held key IT management positions at the U.S. Secret Service for 18 years.
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 | Buddy Rizer
Director of Business Development
Loudoun County
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Buddy is the Business Development Officer for Loudoun County. His focus is on the technology arena including Loudoun's thriving Data Center cluster. He works with a stable of companies that include Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros, Equinix, AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Neustar and the Washington Redskins.
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 | Ross Rebraca
Director of Technology
HITT Contracting
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| HITT's Technology Sector clients include federal agencies, the State Department, and a number of corporations. Before joining HITT in 2006, Ross managed the Construction Department at MCI - long time HITT Contracting clients. He began his career as a UPS technician in the mission critical field in 1982. |
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 | David Tolson
Owner
DBT-DATA
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| DBT-DATA provides data center solutions to federal, enterprise, and internet customers. They acquire, develop, own, and operate facilities that are engineered to the high standards and also strategic reliable, cost-effective and risk-averse geographies. |
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 | Scott Morrow
Senior Asset Manager
Digital Realty Trust
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Scott oversees a portfolio of data centers totaling 2M SF in Northern Virginia. Previously, Scott served as principal at Crane Neck Investments, a commercial real estate development and management company. Before Crane Neck, he served as a senior investment officer and VP of Asset Management for the John Hancock Real Estate Investment Group institutional account portfolio.
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 | Daniel Golding
VP and General Manager, Ashburn
RagingWire
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Dan is responsible for the day-to-day operations of RagingWire Data Centers newest expansion in Ashburn. He has over 15 years of experience in the Internet, data center, and critical facilities fields. Prior to joining RagingWire, he was managing director of DH Capital, a leading investment bank in the data center sector. He also was VP of Research at industry analyst firm Tier1 Research.
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 | David Ruppe
EVP & Chief Technology Officer
PowerLoft Services, LLC
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David was responsible for the development of Power Loft @ Innovation, the award-winning data center in Manassas that is now part of COPT’s data center solutions portfolio. He is now focused on developing the next generation of highly scalable, green data centers. Previously, David managed the development of multiple data center initiatives for the US Government and PSINet. He has overseen the design and construction of 2M SF of mission critical space.
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 | Phillip Sandino
Director, Customer Solutions
Dominion Virginia Power
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Phillip leads the teams that design new electric service connections and manages accounts for key commercial and industrial customers. His engineering experience, coupled with his vast knowledge of the utility industry, have made him an effective liaison to the Northern Virginia Technology Council, an integral member of several municipal energy task forces throughout the region and an innovative member of the company’s data center marketing team.
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 | Doug Turtz
Executive Director, Sales
AboveNet
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| Doug leads the AboveNet East Region Sales team focused on providing high bandwidth solutions to enterprise and government. Doug has played a significant role in the growth of AboveNet, now listed as the 33rd fastest growing public company by Forbes. Under his guidance the team has expanded into new verticals, enabled cloud solutions and played a critical role in the foray into social media. Doug is a member of AboveNet’s Product Council and works extensively with AboveNet partners. |
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 | Dennis Cronin
COO
Steel ORCA
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Dennis develops and operates a digital service business enabled by the next generation data center (the “Digital Utility Center”) in partnership with industry leading IT and mission critical providers. He has 37 years of experience designing, constructing and operating mission critical facilities, and is founder and director emeritus of 7x24 Exchange, a columnist for Mission Critical magazine and is an active blogger on mission critical subject matter.
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 | Dottie Spruce
VP, Business Development
CyrusOne
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| CyrusOne specializes in enterprise data center colocation, offering the highest power redundancy (2N architecture) and highest power-density infrastructure, supporting 250+ watts per square foot across the entire data center floor. Dottie has led the charge of converting the unconverted. Previously, she served with Burroughs (which became Unisys), and Paranet, an infrastructure services provider where she was served as director of sales and operations. |
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 | Colin Coyle
Consulting Principal, US Public Sector
HP Technology Consulting & Critical Facilities Services
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Colin is responsible for the expansion of the public sector market sector for HP’s consulting practices in critical facilities, networking, storage, and educational services. Colin arrives with a proven track record of success in building public practice areas for some of the country’s largest and most successful A/E/C firms, including KBR Halliburton, HLM/Heery, HDR, and HNTB.
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MODERATORS
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| David Ritchey
First VP
CBRE
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Since joining CBRE in 2010, David assisting his clients with the successful completion of 600K SF of transactions valued at $200M. He has established himself as a valued advisor and partner to the most sophisticated owners and occupiers of office and data center facilities in the region. His expertise is in acquisitions, development, marketing and finance.
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| J. Caleb Boggs III
Partner
Blank Rome
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J.C. has over 25 years of experience in law and public policy. He represents leading IT and financial services firms before Congress and the Administration, providing legislative, regulatory and federal business development advice. Previously, he served as counsel to the U.S. Senate Banking and Governmental Affairs Committees.
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