Top 10: Data Centre Influencers
The data centre industry continues to rapidly change, with new regulations, innovations and sustainability considerations to take into consideration every day.
As always, the enterprise appetite for AI throws up its range of challenges, from rising energy and water use, to being as digitally competitive as possible.
Luckily, there are experts on hand to help companies and investors navigate these opportunities and challenges. Data Centre Magazine is therefore spotlighting some of these high-profile influencers in the data centre space committed to powering the next chapter of industry growth.
Paul Hammer is a podcast host, technology innovator and keynote speaker who is well-known for connecting technology enthusiasts around the world. He is the co-founder and host of Uptime Punks, the digital transformation podcast, whilst also working as Head of Technology Cluster for Easyfairs.
With nearly a decade of experience, Paul has worked with some of Europe’s largest technology-led businesses to increase profits, cost reduction and elevate customer service standards.
9. Nabeel Mahmood
Location: US
Job title: CEO, Mahmood & MD, Nomad Futurist
With more than two decades of experience across the technology industry, Nabeel Mahmood is passionate about harnessing the power of technology to deliver competitive and transformational change and the need to develop digital leadership that will create the enterprise of the future.
He shares his expertise with the data centre community and wider technology sector via the Nomad Futurist podcast. This is designed to empower and inspire younger generations through exposure to underlying technologies that power the digital world.
Mara Ervin holds an expansive network of data centre builders, operators, manufacturers, consultants and SMEs. She owns Mara Jade Consulting that represents these individuals that strategically forms team arrangements and supply chain programmes to support infrastructure and delivery needs tackling critical path items.
Eager to prioritise efficiency and sustainability, she is also a Nomad Futurist Ambassador and the Chair (US Eastern) of iM Women, the organisation that aims to increase diversity and the number of women pursuing careers in infrastructure.
Tony Grayson is General Manager at Compass Datacenters and is a distinguished business and technology leader. He has more than 25 years of experience in driving technological and leadership success, blending his experience in cloud, edge, networking and the data centre industry with a tactical global strategy and astute financial management.
His work across the sector has allowed him to work in pivotal roles at companies such as Facebook, AWS and Oracle, leading him to become an expert in transformative leadership, product management and operations.
6. Lauren Ryder
Location: Australia
Job title: CEO, Leading Edge Global
Lauren is a global leader in business transformation and specialises at the intersection of human potential and technological innovation. As the founder and CEO of Leading Edge Global, she leads teams dedicated to driving growth through digital transformation and professional development programmes.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lauren successfully delivers large transformation programs for global businesses, focusing on empowering forward-thinking leaders through leader-led change. Her work at Leading Edge Data Centres in Australia saw her deliver exceptional customer and employee experience for the company’s new regional data centres.
Amy Daniell has been in the industry for more than a decade, having spent the early part of her career delivering data centre builds for leading technology companies. Notably, she worked for AECOM to drive mission critical engineering worldwide, which resulted in her becoming an industry thought leader.
Prior to joining STACK EMEA as SVP Strategy and Development, she was Director of Data Centre Engineering at Microsoft, before joining NTT as Senior Director, Hyperscale.
Joanna Soucy specialises in driving business growth and technical content development. At Aligned Data Centers, she is responsible for implementing business strategies to maximise reach and effectiveness of its mission, vision and values.
Her expertise has helped steer some of today’s fastest growing data centre, cloud and network brands.
Prior to this, Joanna served as Vice President of Strategic Development at iMiller Public Relations (iMPR), overseeing account management, client services and project management teams in executing all aspects of PR and marketing strategy.
At Huawei Digital Power, Sanjay uses his wealth of experience to tackle the unprecedented challenges facing the data centre industry. Currently SVP and CTO of Huawei Digital Power, he has witnessed the evolution of critical infrastructure first-hand over his 35-year career.
His career mirrors the technological shifts that have reshaped industries, with his experience spanning the globe in key locations like the US, Asia-Pacific and EMEA markets. He is often regarded as one of the top technology voices worldwide.
2. Andy Davis
Location: UK
Job title: Director, Data eXec & DataX Connect Podcast Host, Inside Data Centre Podcast
Andy Davis is the Director of Data Centre Club, a business that partners with clients around the world to provide sector-specific solutions for data centres. He provides market leading recruitment services across EMEA, APAC and the US.
Helping organisations and individuals identify leading data centre talent, utilising his global business network of more than 53,000, Andy’s credibility is near-unparalleled. He is highly regarded for his expertise within the data centre sector which enables him to support and educate businesses to make the right decisions to close their skills gaps and drive innovation.
Andy also hosts the Inside Data Centre Podcast, interviewing those working within the data centre sector.
Susanna Kass is a renowned cloud sustainability executive and clean energy advisor, committed to driving higher ESG standards for data centres. She acts as a consistent voice across the industry by working towards the common goal of accelerating the clean energy transition.
Susanna’s work at InfraPrime has allowed her to aid countless organisations to achieve their carbon neutrality goals by 2028-30.
As part of her role as an Energy Fellow at Stanford University, Susanna collaborates with the Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Science Engineer Masters students. She works to instill a holistic understanding of metastructures and create sustainability-driven projects that promote clean energy and deliver net zero.
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