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Michael Coleman

Global Head Data Center Infrastructure, ByteDance

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Michael Coleman

Global Head Data Center Infrastructure, ByteDance

An accomplished, forward-thinking, and goal-oriented data center executive, Michael has over 20 years of expertise leading various high-impacting data center projects and initiatives across industry leaders such as Google and Yahoo.  

An accomplished data center design, construction, and operations executive with an exemplary record of designing and leading best-in-class large scale global data centers for industry leaders such as Google and Yahoo. Recognized for providing innovative mission-critical solutions to facilitate high availability, high performance, and the ability to scale-up and scale-out. Acknowledged for his talent of building teams focused on promoting best practices that drive operational excellence. Robust data analytics and business acumen, coupled with strong analytical skills and drive for results. Ability to identify areas of deficiencies and implement innovative solutions.

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Joe Reele

VP, Solution Architects, Schneider Electric

Joe Reele

Joe Reele

VP, Solution Architects, Schneider Electric

Joe Reele is the Vice President, Datacenter Solution Architects at Schneider Electric,. He is responsible for bringing together the full suite of Schneider Electric products and services. Joe influences and inspires a large team of highly talented professionals to provide cutting edge designs, innovative solutions and operational models for Mission Critical Facilities/Operations.

Joe has an impressive track record of more than 10 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning, business unit development and growth, project development, operations management, and system engineering strategies. He provides strong technical and leadership skills with proven ability to successfully analyze an organization's critical operational business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions.

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Herb Tracy

Global Director of Critical Site Operations, BlackRock

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Herb Tracy

Global Director of Critical Site Operations, BlackRock

Herb Tracy's experience includes over 30 years of MEP Engineering, Facilities Management, Data Center Design and Management, Alternative Energy - Fuel Cells, Windmills, and Photovoltaic, Power Plant Maintenance and Management - Combined Cycle Gas Turbines and Steam Turbines, Environmental, Health, and Safety Management, and Business Development.

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Trent McCarley

VP of Strategy, Motivair Cooling Solutions

Trent McCarley

Trent McCarley

VP of Strategy, Motivair Cooling Solutions

Trent McCarley is the VP of Strategy at Motivair.

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Dan Loosemore

CEO, DatacenterDynamics

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Dan Loosemore

CEO, DatacenterDynamics

Dan Loosemore is currently CEO at Data Center Dynamics (DCD); helping empower individuals who plan, build, design and operate digital infrastructure to make informed decisions faster. DCD attracts over 15 million views to its publishing sites every year, making it the most read data center publication in the world. It's L&D business trains over 3000 engineers every year and the DCD event series attracts over 20,000 annual attendees. Since 2022, DCD has been part of the InfraXMedia portfolio and is a proud sister-business of Yotta.

Dan has spent 15+ years scaling B2B media, event and subscription-based platforms in technology and software driven industries. He is passionate about the future of B2B technology marketing and sales, supporting the industry's leading solutions providers on their GTM strategies.

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Keynote: The end of AI optimism? Global disruption and what comes next

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  • Investment & Markets
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DCD>Debate: Cooling conundrum - Is AI pushing data centers into treacherous territory?

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DCD>Talks mitigating business risks to maintain business velocity with Hunter Nash & Brian Hearst | Aon

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DCD>Talks making it make sense with Travis Talcott | EkkoSense

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DCD>Talks delivering the cloud in the age of AI with Ehsaan Farsimadan | AWS

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John Lee

Executive Director, Wells Fargo

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John Lee

Executive Director, Wells Fargo

John Lee is an innovative technology executive focused on operational excellence through driving change. Combining a proven track record for providing outstanding results and building teams with diverse skills to deliver the highest-level of customer service. Core abilities regarding analysis and optimization. Passionate about continuous learning.

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DCD>Debate: Clouded judgment - Are enterprises asking too much of cloud providers?

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Enterprises today face the challenge of scaling while addressing sustainability goals, AI demands, and energy scarcity - all against a diverse backdrop of evolving cloud solutions. At the same time, AI demands companies make new investments and new decisions on where to place their ever-increasing workloads.

Ensuring operational efficiency, maintaining performance at scale, and finding the right balance between scalability, flexibility, and cost are no easy tasks. Despite these challenges and growing uncertainties, insights from today’s enterprises will lead to future success. Joining this panel to explore success journeys and contemplate roadmaps that will shape the future of the enterprise.

  • Demand vs. resources: How can the enterprise find the right balance between scaling up and resource demands?
  • Flexibility & innovation: How can enterprises demand flexibility without compromising on performance and efficiency?
  • Liquid cooling & AI: New AI services require new hardware that demands liquid cooling, presenting a challenge for legacy enterprise sites.
  • Community is key: Will insights into your peers’ transformation journeys be the key to success?
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