Scott Davis – Former CTO, DuPont Fabros TechnologyScott A. Davis has over 30 years of Data Center experience, specialized in the engineering, design and operation of high-reliability Hyperscale facilities. Mr. Davis was formerly the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President for DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., (DFT); responsible for the design and management of DFT’s portfolio of thirteen Data Centers which comprised over 1,880,000 square feet (~175k m2) of computing space and 347MW (megawatts) of critical UPS power capacity. During his time at DFT, Scott and his team have pioneered several new innovations to data center design, including MV Isolated-Parallel UPS, MV oil-filled PDU’s, together with several cooling innovations that have achieved real-world PUE’s of 1.15. Prior to joining DFT, Mr. Davis served for eight years at AOL where he oversaw the day-to-day operations of all of AOL’s domestic and international data centers. Earlier in his career, Scott worked for several consulting engineering firms that specialized in data center design and construction, including CCG Facilities Integration. Mr. Davis earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
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Evolution Of The Mega-Scale Data Center & Tales From TOR-1
September 25, 2018 at 7:30 am - 10:30 am UTC-5
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Meet Our Keynote:
Scott Davis – Former CTO, DuPont Fabros Technology
Sean Smith, P.Eng. – Principal and Director of Business Development, Morrison Hershfield
Sean Smith, P.Eng. – Principal and Director of Business Development, Morrison HershfieldSean is a Principal with Morrison Hershfield and has been at the firm for almost 20 years. He has worked in both Canada and the U.S. In his role, Sean is part of the leadership team for Mission Critical Facilities and is involved in business development, general management, project management, design, analysis, field review, and construction management for a wide variety of data center, telecommunications and other critical facility projects.
Dan Jolivet, P.Eng. – Vice President, EllisDon Corporation
Dan Jolivet, P.Eng. – Vice President, EllisDon CorporationDan has 20 years of experience in completing Major Construction Projects throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Dan has been responsible for some of EllisDon’s most complicated Projects such as the SickKids Research Centre Laboratory, The Scarborough Hospital Expansion and Toronto General Hospital. Over the course of the last 7 years, Dan has lead EllisDon’s initiative in the Data Centre Field. He has worked on more than $500M (combined construction value) of Data Centre construction of which about $120M worth of work has been in existing Operating Data Centres.
Matthew Zieg – VP National Accounts & Business Development, Vertiv Co.
Matthew Zieg – VP National Accounts & Business Development, Vertiv Co. Matt Zieg is responsible for managing the growth and development of strategic accounts in key market verticals, such as Colocation, Retail, Healthcare/Insurance and Utilities. In his 20 years of service with Vertiv, Matt has contributed in varying roles, including engineering support, marketing and sales. His diverse background, including experience as an IT business analyst, has helped Vertiv’s business expand into new markets and strengthen enterprise relationships. Matt holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Ohio University.
Zenon Radewych – Principal, WZMH Architects
Steven Dumas – VP, Design Management, Digital Realty
Steven has over 30 years of experience in facility design, construction, and operations the last 15 years exclusively in the data center industry. The unique multiple discipline background has provided Steven with the opportunity to experience and drive numerous state-of-the-art designs ranging from 100% free air/adiabatic cooling to water side economizers with chiller assist as well as distributed redundant and catcher static UPS topologies to Iso-Parallel Rotary UPS topologies.
Jakub Pawelczak – Manager of Project Delivery, Morrison Hershfield
Jakub Pawelczak – Manager of Project Delivery, Morrison HershfieldJakub Pawelczak joined Morrison Hershfield as a Project Manager in the Project Management Services Group. Jakub has experience as a Project and Construction Manager in Mission Critical facility installations across North America and the Caribbean and with complicated MEP design-build projects globally. Prior to joining Morrison Hershfield, Jakub worked as a Project Engineer for a Toronto-based consulting firm in their Data Center Design Build division and as a Project Manager for a Toronto-based manufacturing equipment and automation manufacturer and installer.
This event is brought to you by Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical, EllisDon, Vertiv Co., WZMH & Digital Realty.