Bruce Myatt, PE is a registered Mechanical Engineer, Founder of Silicon Valley’s Critical Facilities Round Table (CFRT), and National Director of Mission Critical Facilities at M+W Group in San Francisco. He has over 25 years of engineering consulting experience working with critical facilities such as data centers, clean rooms semiconductor fabs, nuclear power plants, and DOE’s nuclear weapons production facilities. He has recently led work for LBNL and PG&E related to data center energy efficiency benchmarking, technology demonstration, new construction and retrofit design assistance, and retro-commissioning.

Bruce has actively pioneered server cooling solutions that isolate air flow in order to prevent the “recirculation” and “short-circuiting” of chilled air in data center environments. He has been selected as a technical advisor to DOE, EPA, CEC, LBNL, and PG&E Committees focused on Data Center Energy Efficiency.

He has provided data center energy efficiency presentations and panel discussions for audiences at Data Center Dynamics, Uptime Institute’s Global Symposium, Next Generation Data Centers, The Data Center Summit, Data Centers 21, Cisco’s Executive Green Data Center Round Table, HP Executive Briefings, Intel’s Great Eco Debates, 7x24 Exchange National Conference, IFMA, Building Automation, Converging Technologies Conference, IMN’s Data Center Developers Conference, and several PG&E Customer Energy Efficiency conferences.

Bruce is Co-Chairman of the CFRT Energy Committee, member of the Board of Advisors and Technical Columnist for “Mission Critical” Magazine; member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Data Center Energy Committee; Board Advisor to 6Connect Inc., Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sigma Phi Delta International Social-Professional Engineering Fraternity; and, recently, a member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of the Bay Area.

As the Managing Director of Data Center Development for FedEx Charles B. Hilliard (Brad) provides strategic direction and defines long range planning for the company’s data center facilities around the world. In addition Hilliard provides leadership and oversees all aspects of the day to day management of data center hardware and service management in multiple FedEx data centers globally. With annual revenues of $43 billion and service to more than 220 countries and territories, FedEx processes more than 6.5 million tracking requests daily and more than 20 million package labels monthly via FedEx ShipManager.

A passionate ambassador for IT solutions that meet the business needs, Hilliard is an active advocate for IT sustainability and progressive asset management. Under his leadership FedEx opened its first environmentally sustainable data center based on the application of a number of green design standards. The Enterprise Data Center-West (EDC-W) is among the most efficient data centers in the U.S. In 2011, the EDC-W was LEED Gold certified under the Green Building Certification Institute Rating for new construction and was awarded IDG’s InfoWorld Green 15 Award.

Prior to his current position, Hilliard served as director of Customer Automation Technical Support and led the development of multiple technical marketing and supply chain solutions. Before joining FedEx Services, Hilliard was responsible for corporate facility planning at FedEx Express. In this function Hilliard managed the long range planning of all FedEx office, call center and on-airport package sorting facilities in the U.S.

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Hilliard earned his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology from the University of Memphis and his master’s degree in Information Systems Management from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee.

As the Executive Vice President of Compute Platform Services (CPS), Jim Borendame is in charge of providing robust and efficient computing platform technologies that form the backbone of the banking infrastructure. He is responsible for the overall strategy and management of teams under CPS that include Domain Management, TIS Business Continuity Planning, Open Systems, Open Systems Storage Management, Data Center Management, Server Management & Control, and Mainframe and Midrange Services.

Mr. Borendame has more than 30 years of experience in IT management, and he joined Wachovia Bank in 2006. During his tenure as Senior Director of Mainframe Data Centre Services in Wachovia Bank, he managed the data center facilities and provided strategic direction in areas like data center proximity risk mitigation, distributed server virtualization, parallel sysplex integration, and data center security remediation.

Before joining Wachovia Bank, Mr. Borendame headed JPMorgan Chase’s Global Technology Infrastructure (GTI) Operations and Production functions. His previous assignments include creation and operation of a geo-diverse Enterprise Command Center Function for Bank One, Head of Operations at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Director of Infrastructure for Montgomery Ward, and Director of Systems Software for International Harvester Co.

Mr. Borendame has an extensive experience in planning and implementing IT projects and has facilitated a strategic outlook for managing technology platforms in the banking domain. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with a Computer Science specialization from Northern Illinois University.

Ben Stewart has 25 years of military experience as a Commander in the U. S. Coast Guard and retired in 2003. He now holds the position of Senior Vice President, Facility Engineering for Terremark, a Verizon Company and leads a team of professionals who design and build energy efficient mission critical facilities around the world. He is also the company’s Facility Security Officer ensuring all government national security requirements are satisfied. He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School and holds a Masters in Business Administration from Monmouth University. He is currently pursuing his PhD, is a Professional Engineer and the Area Chair for the University of Phoenix/South Florida Campus College of Information Systems and Technology. His is also the founder and President of the Miami Chapter of AFCOM; a professional organization that fosters the education and advancement of professionals in the field of data center design and management.

KC Mares has been focused on energy efficiency with data centers for over 10 years, building about $8 billion of data centers and operating data centers in over 20 countries, working for Google, Yahoo, Equinix, Exodus and many other data center leaders. In addition to co-chairing the SVLG Data Center Energy Efficiency demonstration program, KC Mares leads data center energy efficiency programs, site selection and other efforts for FaceBook, LBNL, US DoE, and many others. He has been working with Rumsey Engineers on the design of data centers with PUEs below 1.08, and with companies to develop and design highly efficient data centers and complete site selections. He is also currently developing a large data center power park with multiple sources of renewable energy. Recently KC Mares led Yahoo!’s worldwide data center strategy, development and construction, lowering energy consumption to achieve Yahoo!’s carbon neutrality. He managed performance-based energy contracts for Johnson Controls and Honeywell, and developed co-generation and renewable energy plants. KC Mares has co-chaired the SVLG's Energy Committee and served as director of energy for Sun Microsystems and Target’s stores. His work has earned numerous awards, including twice EnergyStar Partner of the Year. He has crafted legislation for energy solutions and is a pundit of long-term energy solutions that improve the quality of life, environment and sustained economic vitality.

Randy Ortiz is the vice president of data center design and engineering at Internap. He is a veteran of the data center design and construction industry, having successfully designed and project managed more than one million square feet of mission critical space, including Internap’s Green Globes-certified data centers in Santa Clara and Dallas. Prior to joining Internap, Randy served as president and executive editor of AFCOM”s Data Center Journal, where he was responsible for the technical guidance of the publication and developed a data center design education program for the industry. He began his career a manager, designer and analyst for data center and mission critical properties of various sizes, including several large data center projects for financial and pharmaceutical companies. Randy received his graduate education in Architectural Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University.

Patrick Flynn has recently joined IO as Lead Sustainability Strategist to identify, evaluate and capture opportunities in sustainability. Prior to joining IO, Patrick received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and worked for Good Energies, a renewable energy and energy efficiency investor, where he primarily focused on venture investment opportunities and portfolio company support in the green buildings and energy efficiency sector. Before his time with Good Energies, Patrick was an engineering consultant, working for Edwards and Zuck on high-rise building HVAC system design, and also earned his Professional Engineering license and LEED (Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design) accreditation in the process. Patrick graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Economics.

Peter Light is responsible for Product Management at Bloom Energy. He was instrumental to the initial customer selection, feature definition, marketing, and launch of the company’s first commercial fuel cell-based Energy Server. Today he focuses on commercializing new products for new markets. Peter is an expert in distributed generation technology, policy, and the emerging markets of renewable biogas, and tradable environmental benefits. Peter previously held positions at Energy & Environmental Economics (E3) and the Rocky Mountain Institute. Peter holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University.

David Banys is the Director of Marketing for Green Revolution Cooling, an Austin-based manufacturer of performance submersion cooling systems for OEM servers. The company's flagship product is the CarnotJet™ system, a data center solution that requires less investment than air cooling (even free cooling) while reducing data center energy use by 50% and providing cooling overhead of up to 100 kW of true (fanless) computer per rack. The submersion cooling technology is server agnostic, accepting servers from any OEM, including Dell, HP, IBM, and Supermicro.

Mike Bailey leads Ecova’s Engineering Services team which provides engineering and analytical services to Ecova utility and business efficiency and resource management programs. A licensed professional engineer in Oregon and California, Mike has almost 20 years of engineering and project management experience in a wide range of industries, including agriculture, aerospace, oil production and refining, semiconductors, data centers, food service, commercial construction of owner-occupied facilities, and tenant improvement projects of leased spaces. Mike has extensive experience working with facility systems. Mike is Certified Energy Manager (CEM) from the Association of Energy Engineers. Mike brings a strong background in financial analysis and business management to his position at Ecova, with an MBA from Babson College and previous work for Intel as a Finance Manager responsible for over $1 Billion in annual capital purchases. In addition to his activities at Ecova, Mike serves as a voting member of the Northwest Regional Technical Forum (RTF) the technical advisory committee to the Northwest Power Council. Mike also serves on the board of directors of the Oregon Association of Professional Energy Managers (OAPEM), and is an active member of ASHRAE.

Leah Schoeb is a Senior Partner and the Evaluator Group bringing expertise ranging from cloud infrastructure and virtualization to storage performance. She draws from over 20 years of experience in the computer industry helping systems companies with performance optimization, marketing positioning, benchmark evidence creation, and guiding industry standards development for server, virtualized, and storage solutions.

Prior to joining Evaluator Group Leah has served in several leadership roles both on the engineering and marketing sides for performance for companies, such as, VMware, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Intel, and Amdahl. Recently she has developed and executed long-term plans for the generation of new cloud computing performance evidence and used novel means to disseminate it to the industry. Leah has also participated and provided thought leadership for industry groups such as, Transaction Performance Council (TPC), Storage Performance Council (SPC), and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). She currently serves the SNIA as the Vice Chairperson of the Technical Council and the Chair of the Green Storage Initiative.

Peter Feldman, CEO and Principal of DataGryd, has over 20 years experience in data center development, management and design, with a focus on implementing energy-efficient technologies. He’s held CTO, President, and founding roles at successful startups, and has served as the primary technical and business development interface with companies such as United Technologies Power for their hydrogen and natural gas fuel cell technology and CCHP micro-turbines for data centers. Feldman has additionally worked with optical and wireless network engineering for rural broadband, IT infrastructure management and wireless network infrastructure. He is a member of a number of professional trade organizations, and has industry related patents.

Jack McCall is the Managing Director, Superconductor Power Systems for AMSC. Jack has over 25 years experience in the utility T&D business holding a variety of product engineering, product management, system engineering, business development, marketing, and strategic planning roles. He has his Master’s in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and his BSEE from Gannon University, Erie, PA. He is a member of the IEEE and CIGRE, and just joined the AWEA Transmission Committee.

Brent Behrman is a well-known data center industry executive with over 20 years of experience within the high technology industry. Brent serves as Compass Datacenters’ Senior Vice President of Sales and is responsible for our direct and channel sales efforts. Prior to joining Compass, Brent was responsible for building Digital Realty Trust’s highly successful global sales organization, delivering over $3 billion in total contract value, as the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales and served as a member of the company’s Senior Leadership Team. In this role, Brent oversaw Digital Realty’s go-to-market and client/channel relationship strategies that included opening the Asian and Australian markets for the company. Prior to joining Digital, Realty Brent was Director of Sales for mobile software developer Vettro. Brent also served as the Director of Sales for Entrust, a leader in the security software industry. Brent spent the first seven years of his career at Nortel Networks serving in the finance, marketing and sales organizations. Brent holds a B.B.A. degree in Marketing from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. from the University of North Texas. Brent is active in his church, coaches youth sports and is an avid golfer.

Bonnie Blake-Drucker is an architect whose firm, BlakeDrucker Architects has been bringing Sustainability through Design and Specification to the University of California for over 20 years. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and past winner of Best Overall Sustainable design for the 2006 HSW 6 laboratory Renovation and designed the first LEED-CI certified laboratory renovation in the country and the first LEED-CI Gold Certified laboratory for UCSF in 2010. She brings a lifetime of geekiness, from building radios and go karts to software creation for architects into every project. Her firm is often the go-to firm for the tough projects at the University of California.

Mark Thiele is EVP of Data Center Tech at Switch the leading data center company. Previous to joining Switch, Mark was VP of Data Center Strategy at ServiceMesh an industry leader in the Cloud Management space. He is also a strategic advisor to CSRware of San Francisco CA, and serves on the Green Industry Advisory Board of CSU Fullerton. During his off hours Mark performs his duties as President and Founder of Data Center Pulse.

Mark's experience and industry thought leadership have been demonstrated in many major IT initiatives, including the planning and construction of VMWare's highly efficient LEED Platinum certified data center in Wenatchee Washington. He has a long list of accomplishments that are highlighted by the innovative, effective & efficient implementation and use of IT infrastructure..

Mark has lead Global IT Infrastructure teams at VMware, Brocade, Gilead, & HP. He is an active member of Infrastructure 2.0, has represented several companies on The Green Grid and is a regular speaker at industry events on topics such as the future of data centers, cloud computing, IT leadership and carbon reporting.

Richard joined UnitedLayer in January 2006 through the merger of ASPextra into UnitedLayer. Richard was co-founder and managing partner of ASPextra, a leading managed services provider headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and servicing clients around the globe. As COO of UnitedLayer, he manages all operational functions at UnitedLayer - from Technical Operations and Product Development, to global sales and services. Prior to co-founding ASPextra, Richard was a strategic, marketing, & business development consultant for three years. His clients ranged from startups to enterprises all of which had technologies that they were bringing to market. Before building his own successful consulting practice, Richard was a business development executive for two leading venture backed IT services startups, SeniorSurfers, bringing the Internet and its services to Older Adults through a peer tutoring model, and TechPlanet, bringing IT services to the small and mid-sized business market much like Best Buy's Geek Squad. Richard started his year Silicon Valley career with Montgomery Securities (acquired by Bank of America) as a corporate finance analyst in their private equity and media/communications groups and then moved into economic consulting for a boutique consulting firm, Peterson Consulting (acquired by Navigant Consulting). Richard received his Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Colgate University with a minor in Economics and has completed graduate level work in finance at University of California, Berkeley. Richard is a frequent speaker on technology, marketing and strategy

Tim Crawford is an internationally renowned thought leader in the areas of IT transformation, innovation and cloud computing. Tim has served as CIO and other senior IT leadership roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics, and National Semiconductor. Tim regularly speaks at industry conferences, is well published and often quoted by business and technology publications.

Areas of expertise include strategy, mergers & acquisitions, cloud computing, infrastructure, operations and core applications. Tim serves as an advisor to global enterprises, government agencies, venture capital firms and startups. Tim’s approach focuses on driving business value through key game-changing strategies.

Tim received an MBA in International Business with Honors and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems both from Golden Gate University.