Senior Vice President, Global Customer Care and Experience

Equinix

Chris Kimm is Senior Vice President of the Global Customer Care and Experience organization at Equinix, the world’s leading digital infrastructure company. Kimm leads more than 900 global teammates responsible for post-sales customer interactions. The organization is comprised of Customer Experience, Customer Project Management, Customer Success Management, Global Service Desk, and Technical Account Management.

Together, these teams work to ensure Equinix customers are supported every step of the way, from installing and running of data center operations, to maximizing Equinix’s digital product offerings, all while delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Outside of his core responsibilities in Global Customer Care and Experience, Kimm is active in the company’s work on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. From 2019-2021 Kimm was the leader of the Equinix Allies Council, a group of Equinix senior leaders who advocate for underrepresented communities at Equinix, are actively investing in their own development as inclusive leaders and leading change throughout the company.

Born and raised in the Washington DC area, during his career, Kimm has lived and worked outside of the US and has led teams on five continents. Before joining Equinix, Kimm’s experience was in the IT and telecommunications industries. After six years in IT, Kimm in 1997, joined UUNET Technologies, the first commercial Internet Services Provider, and via successive acquisitions, became a leader at WorldCom, MCI, and Verizon in a wide variety of functions. In January 2018, Kimm joined Equinix as Senior Vice President of Americas Data Center Operations. Kimm moved to Global Customer Care and Experience in February 2023.

Kimm is thrilled to be married to his wife, Emily, to be the father of four daughters and grandfather to one granddaughter.

Vice President of AWS Public Policy- Americas

Amazon

Shannon Kellogg is Vice President of Public Policy at Amazon, where he leads the company’s public policy efforts in support of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) business in the Americas. In this role, he manages government affairs professionals in the US (at both the federal and state/local levels), Canada, Mexico, South Americas, and Central America and the Caribbean. Kellogg and his team focus on issues such as cloud computing, cyber security, data protection, procurement policy, machine learning, education, workforce development, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, and energy sector issues.

Prior to joining Amazon in October 2012, Kellogg was Senior Director of Government Affairs for EMC Corporation, serving as the head of the company’s public policy office in Washington, DC. During his nine-year tenure at EMC and RSA (the Security Division of EMC), Kellogg also served as Director of Information Security Policy and Director of Global Government and Industry Affairs.

A 21-year veteran of the IT industry, Kellogg also had senior public policy roles at the Business Software Alliance, the Information Technology Association of America and the Global Internet Project before joining RSA/EMC. Kellogg was a founding member of the National Cyber Security Alliance, serving on the Alliance’s board from 2004 – 2011, including as Board Chairman and Treasurer. He currently serves as a Board Member of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, is a Board Member and Board Secretary of the American Council on Renewable Energy , and also currently serves as a Visiting Fellow for the National Security Institute at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School.

Kellogg received his Master of Arts in International Transactions from the George Mason University School of Public Policy in Virginia.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

CyrusOne 

CyrusOne’s general counsel, Robert Jackson, champions a commercially-oriented, “focus on what matters” approach to business, fueled by a relentless passion for digital infrastructure, real estate development, and value creation.  His journey as business lawyer, trusted advisor, and real estate executive, provides a unique perspective that complements the company’s diverse senior management team.  Robert currently leads the company’s legal, human resources, and environmental health, safety, and sustainability teams, is a member of the capital and pricing committees, and works extensively with the Board of Managers as secretary.

Since joining the company in 2015, Robert has provided steady leadership during a period of dramatic growth, challenge, and change.  He continues to focus on scaling internal and external legal resources to provide difference-making solutions to support the company’s transformative global growth.  His EHSS team drives the company’s industry leading ESG strategy.  Under Robert’s leadership, our HR team is responsible for the development of our deep and diverse team, with an emphasis on teammate engagement and inclusion.  Most recently, Robert was a key advisor and contributor in the strategic review process that resulted in the historic 2022 take-private of the company in a record-breaking $15B transaction and the post-closing strategic planning to support alignment among new stakeholders.

Born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, home of the University of Missouri – Columbia, Robert is - in his words - a “Tiger by birth.”  He is a proud graduate of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business (BS Finance), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (JD with distinction) and the University of Florida Levin School of Law (LLM Taxation).  Robert represents the company on the Board of Directors of the Data Center Coalition, the trade association of the data center industry, serving as a member of the executive committee, and as a director of Tech Titans, the technology association of North Texas. 

Robert and his wife live in Highland Park, Texas, and he enjoys spending time with their three children, playing basketball, and nurturing a life-long love of photography.

Chief Operating Officer

CloudHQ

Mr. Harney is the COO of CloudHQ LLC, a hyperscale data center developer, owner and operator with major data centers in Northern Virginia.  CloudHQ has significant land holdings in Data Center Alley and Prince William County that are data center ready.  CloudHQ is expanding into the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

Mr. Harney is a graduate of Montana State University and New York University’s Real Estate Institute.  He is also a member of ULI and NVTC.

Global Economic Development Lead

Google 

Adria D. Troyer is the Global Economic Development Lead for Google. In this role, Adria leverages her experience providing thought-leadership to Google on economic development market operations, risk management, policy and advocacy, and economic development structuring. 

Prior to joining Google, Adria worked for Ernst and Young LLP (EY)’s Location Strategy, Tax Credits, and Incentives Advisory practices. In this role, she advised national and international companies on site selection and location feasibility, identified and negotiated tax incentives, structured incentives transactions, and secured sustainability incentives. Early in her career, Adria served in a number of roles in the Ohio Governor’s office and worked as a Digital Projects Manager on a presidential campaign. 

Adria received her Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School and has been admitted to the Ohio Bar. Adria also received a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Political Science, magna cum laude, from Kent State University.

VP & Global Head of Hyperscale 

Iron Mountain Data Centers

As VP & Global Head of Hyperscale for Iron Mountain’s Data Center Business Unit, Rohit is responsible for sales, delivery, and account management of IMDC’s hyperscale business to maximize our growth strategy, increase customer satisfaction, and deepen executive-level relationships. 

Rohit has held previous roles within Iron Mountain, including VP, Sales & Customer Success, North America, where he was responsible for our commercial activities for retail & enterprise customers, including new logo acquisition, growth within existing accounts, customer satisfaction, and renewals of existing customers. Prior to that, he was VP, Account Management & Customer Success, North America, where he was responsible for our overall customer relationships for our enterprise and retail customers, including customer satisfaction, and renewals of existing customers. Prior to Iron Mountain, Rohit held positions with Verisign at their Security Services business unit and America Online/Time Warner. 

He holds a Master of Business Administration, specializing in technology marketing from the University of Maryland, College Park. Rohit lives in Washington, DC with his wife, 9-year-old son, and their dog Hamilton.

Rohit represents Iron Mountain on the boards of the Data Center Coalition and Clean Energy Buyers Association. Rohit is also a board member of the Little Folks School in Washington, DC.

EVP, Strategic Development

Aligned Data Centers

Mr. Robinson is Aligned Data Centers’ Executive Vice President of Strategic Development and General Counsel, responsible for all legal and development matters for the Company since inception. He has been in practice for over 25 years, cultivating strategic relationships, identifying and analyzing development opportunities, finalizing sales and commercial transactions, and handling all matters involving all types of contractual matters globally, business development, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities transactions (public and private), intellectual property (including patents and trademarks), construction, and regulatory matters.  Prior to joining the Company in 2011, he held senior executive positions within telecommunications and service providers, including general counsel of Con Edison Communications and general counsel and co-CEO of a managed video services provider.  Before going in-house, he was associated with the New York City offices of international law firms.  Mr. Robinson received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (magna cum laude) and a Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School.

Chief Marketing and ESG Strategy Officer

Cologix

Page Haun joined Cologix in 2020 as the company’s first Chief Marketing and ESG Strategy Officer. In this role, Haun is focused on accelerating the company’s growth by building marketing programs and thought leadership to promote Cologix’s exceptional colocation and interconnection platform as well as leading ESG initiatives that are sustainable and deliver a positive impact for employees, customers, partners and local communities. 

With more than 25 years of technology experience, Haun has held various global marketing leadership positions. Prior to joining Cologix, Haun was the head of Brand Strategy, Content and Creative Services at Equinix. While at Equinix, Haun also led Americas Regional Marketing, Marketing Planning and one of the company’s top global customer experience initiatives. Additionally, Haun has held several marketing leadership roles in the telecom and media and entertainment industries at Dolby Laboratories, AT&T Broadband/Comcast and Charter Communications. Throughout her career, Haun has been known to be an advocate for change and was recognized for developing winning strategies, delivering results, building and leading high performing teams as well as positively impacting diversity, equity and inclusion. 

As a recognized leader in the industry and in her communities, Haun is involved with multiple non-profits that focus on providing opportunities for early education in low income communities as well as mentoring both students and professional colleagues. Haun has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics and Spanish from Vanderbilt University. 

Board Representative to be announced.

Senior Vice President

Digital Realty

Mr. Lucey is a Senior Vice President at Digital Realty, focusing on investment activities and government relations. Previously, Mr. Lucey served as Senior Vice President-Portfolio Management. In this role, he was responsible for leasing and overall financial management of the company’s North American assets. Mr. Lucey also served as Managing Director, APAC for Digital Realty, based in Singapore, from June 2022 through December 2022.

Before joining Digital, Mr. Lucey held senior leadership roles at Fidelity Investments, based in Boston. From January 2009 to January 2016, he was an executive at Pembroke Real Estate, an affiliate of Fidelity Investments, overseeing Pembroke’s U.S. portfolio. Mr. Lucey was a Managing Director of Fidelity Real Estate Group from February 2008 to January 2009. From October 1996 to February 2008, he was a member of Fidelity Investment’s Legal Group, where his last position was Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Mr. Lucey began his career as an attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP.

Mr. Lucey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and a Juris Doctor from the Vanderbilt University School of Law.

SVP, Finance 

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure

Julie Brewer leads EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure’s finance organization, including strategic financial planning, capital markets, accounting, procurement, treasury, and investor relations. Julie brings to EdgeCore deep experience in finance and asset management within the data center industry. Prior to joining EdgeCore, Julie held several roles at CoreSite Realty Corporation, most recently as Vice President, General Management, of CoreSite’s Los Angeles and Denver markets. In that role, Julie was accountable for revenue generation, profitability, strategic planning, and capital allocation across a $2 billion portfolio of data center assets. Before joining the general management team, Julie was a member of CoreSite’s finance organization, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, capital structure, investor reporting, and underwriting.

Julie earned her BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia.

Infrastructure Data Center Strategy, Advocacy

Meta

Rebecca is the Data Center Advocacy Manager at Meta. In this role, she leverages her background in economic development strategy, public policy, and research to evaluate state and local policies that impact data center operations. 

Prior to joining Meta, Rebecca was a State Government Affairs Manager at Portland General Electric, Oregon’s largest electric utility, where she advocated on policies in western states related to decarbonization, resource adequacy, customer programs, and utility structuring. She also represented Google and Yahoo as a contract lobbyist on high-impact policies ranging from tax incentives to digital privacy, and worked on non-partisan tax and energy ballot measures and elections analysis in states and local communities across the country. 

Rebecca holds a Masters in Urban Studies and Planning from Portland State University, where she also received her Bachelor of Arts in History and English Literature.

Director of State & Local Tax Policy

Microsoft

Joe is the Director of State & Local Tax Policy at Microsoft.  Joe has been with Microsoft for 28 years.  His roles have included overseeing Microsoft’s Indirect Tax function, including:  Compliance & Reporting, Research & Analysis, Planning & Implementation, Emerging Business Consultation, Audits & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Incentives & Credits.  Joe also supports the company’s data center organization on all U.S. tax matters.    In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for the Data Center Coalition, Joe serves on the WA State Department of Revenue Business Advisory Council, the Association of Washington Business Tax & Fiscal Policy Council, and is a member of the Washington Research Council Board of Directors.  Joe is a graduate of the University of Montana and holds a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting & Finance and he has passed the CPA exam.  He has four children and is a resident of Sammamish, WA.

EVP, Acquisitions

Prime Data Centers

Chris Sumter serves as EVP of Acquisitions for Prime. He brings 20 years of experience in mission critical data centers and colocation facilities. He previously served as EVP at Jones Lang LaSalle where he oversaw the west coast. Prior to this he was co-founder of Santa Clara-based Vantage Data Centers.

Director of Public Policy & Economic Development

QTS Data Centers

Nick Blessing is the Director of Public Policy & Economic Development at QTS Data Centers, a leading global provider of colocation data center services and technology infrastructure. Nick and his team focus on growing the QTS business by partnering with governments of all sizes to implement business friendly policies and secure creative, differentiated economic development tools for QTS and its customers. Nick has created and grown QTS’ multi-state government affairs practice and has been responsible for the implementation of various public-private workforce development programs, sustainability initiatives, community partnerships, and pro-industry legislative policies across the country.

A proud southern Virginia native, Nick attended the University of Virginia where he focused his studies in Government and fostered his passion for state and local government.

Vice President - Real Estate

Quantum Loophole 

Sylvia Kang is Executive Vice President of Real Estate at Quantum Loophole. She brings more than 15 years of experience in site selection, energy and lease contract negotiations, financial analytical modeling and energy management to her current role.

At Quantum Loophole, Sylvia leads site selection and energy management. Her strategic oversight is critical to driving Quantum Loophole’s disruptive, first-of-its-kind gigawatt-scale, master planned data center  development that leverages environmental sustainability at its core. With experience hailing from Cyrus One, Microsoft, and Yahoo! combined with previous experience from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, her consultative approach and understanding of the complexities to high-stakes decision making, positions her strengths effectively both internally and externally with clients. Sylvia’s energy, commitment, and excellence show consistently in the engagement and respect she both offers and earns every day.

Throughout her career, Sylvia has led teams to drive tens of millions of dollars in data center development cost savings. She has negotiated a multitude of data center service agreements, single-tenant and wholesale capacity leases and was a key driver behind industry-leading legislative changes.

Prior to joining Quantum Loophole, Sylvia served as Vice President of Site Selection and Acquisition for Cyrus One where she led the evaluation, recommendation and acquisition of portfolio data center sites that are designed, constructed and operated to drive the lowest total cost of ownership. While serving in this capacity, Sylvia drove Texas and Arizona legislative changes for data center infrastructure and equipment and other proprietary incentives.

While at Microsoft, Sylvia served in a pioneering role to develop the data center analytics team. She implemented the adoption of a single consistent methodology to evaluate the company’s global data center portfolio; established a competitive philosophy of lease vs. build analytics to drive build costs lower; and created and implemented a total cost of ownership model to evaluate site selections, equipment selections and design options.

Before entering the data center profession, Sylvia spent over a decade as a tax advisor with seven years in state and local tax practices at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and KPMG. As a result of her role and experiences at PwC and KPMG, Sylvia has helped pass data center favorable legislation in over 10 states.

Passionate about cost analytics and value engineering data center designs, Sylvia’s name in the industry is now synonymous with the development of intelligent, leading-edge processes for data center site selection with careful integration of civil, utility, engineering, tax, finance and legal requirements.

Sylvia’s accomplishments serve as an inspiration to young women everywhere who are interested in pursuing STEM fields as well as serving in executive leadership roles while also achieving work-life balance. When she is not driving lower TCO data center site solutions, you will find her snowboarding or skiing in Tahoe with her daughter, Taylor.

She remains steadfast in her commitment to mentorship, having conceptualized and developed teams from incubation to maturity. She also demonstrates daily her dedication to cross-team collaboration across divisions and organizations to ensure decision and implementation excellence.

Vice President, Public Affairs

STACK Infrastructure

As Vice President of Public Affairs Kevin Hughes manages the Public Affairs organization for STACK and leverages his experience in tech and infrastructure policy, infrastructure strategy, operations, and program management, to create a more favorable environment for data center development and highlight the benefits of the industry to policy government stakeholders at the state, local, and federal levels.

Prior to his current role, Kevin spent over 10 years at Meta advising their global policy and product leadership on how to develop policy strategies for future product development, leading a team comprised of policy, legal, and product professionals to establish global organizational strategies to adapt to new regulatory structures, working within the technical infrastructure space on data center and network infrastructure policy issues, and deploying data centers and networks as a technical program manager.

Kevin is a member of the Data Center Coalition’s Board of Directors and Co-Chairs the Coalition’s Policy Council; is an appointed member of the Board of City of Fredericksburg’s Economic Development Authority and serves as acting Treasurer; is a member of the Executive Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council; and is on the Advisory Board for the University of Mary Washington’s College of Business.

Kevin was awarded a BA in Political Science from The University of Mary Washington.

SVP of Government and Public Affairs

Switch

Natalie Stewart is the Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for Switch. She brings extensive experience in public policy development, community and political relations, campaign and ethics compliance, business development, land development and advocacy to her work at Switch. 

Natalie leads the Government and Public Affairs division that develops and implements the company’s public policy work in the areas including technology, tax, economic development, energy and sustainability policy, and education and workforce. Natalie directs these efforts for Switch nationally, and is focused on jurisdictions where Switch has prime campuses: Nevada, Michigan, Georgia, and Texas. In addition, Natalie leads Switch's federal efforts in Washington DC. 

Natalie works closely on strategic partnerships, and on client development strategies. She uses her knowledge of infrastructure and public sector needs to play a large role in business development for Switch. 

Prior to joining Switch, Natalie’s distinguished career included legislative staff positions with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and State of Michigan. Natalie served in leadership positions with two Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives, the Office of Michigan Attorney General, and the Michigan Secretary of State. Natalie served on many presidential and congressional political campaigns. She worked on Capitol Hill for the United States Senate and served as a federal lobbyist for the Associated Builders and Contractors in Washington D.C.

A native Michigander, Natalie is active in the community and serves on the Board of the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, ArtPrize 2.0, the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum, The Georgia Chamber, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association and is the Chair of the Friends of West Michigan PAC. Natalie has a B.A. from Boston College and Masters work in public policy through Michigan State University. 

A self-proclaimed "sports" mom, you can often find Natalie in a rink or on the sidelines cheering for her three children and pursuing her passion for travel and cooking. 

Vice President, Global Marketing

Vantage Data Centers

Serving as Vice President, Global Marketing at Vantage Data Centers, Mark Freeman leads the company’s corporate and product marketing programs. He is responsible for building brand awareness, driving demand generation and increasing customer engagement.

Mark has more than 20 years of strategic marketing experience delivering high-impact business results, including growing market share, acquiring and retaining customers, launching products, expanding into new markets and rebranding companies. Throughout his career, Mark has been a part of numerous public and private companies. He is a trusted advisor and business partner, working with various executives and department leaders to deliver shareholder value through organic and M&A growth.

Prior to joining Vantage Data Centers, Mark served as the Senior Director of Marketing at DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT Data Centers) where he was responsible for advancing the company’s brand, accelerating organic growth through direct and indirect sales channels, and diversifying the company’s markets and product offerings.

Mark has extensive experience in a range of sectors, including technology (SaaS, hardware, wireless communications and physical infrastructure), services and publishing. He played an instrumental role in the growth of organizations such as CalAmp, Wireless Matrix, BizFlow, Balfour Beatty Construction and Standard Publishing.

Mark graduated from Indiana State University with a B.S. in public relations and a double minor in marketing and journalism. He also holds an M.S. in marketing from The John Hopkins University.

Senior Development Manager

Yondr Group

Jennifer Reininger is a Senior Development Manager for the Americas at Yondr Group. She has over 17 years of experience within the data center industry, leading global real estate acquisition, site development, power and network evaluation and planning process development, strategic planning as well as data center operations.

Prior to joining Yondr, Jennifer developed and implemented the new site due diligence service offering at ESD and led technical design for multiple projects, lending her expertise, mentorship, and was a key resource to the technical team.

Additionally, Jennifer spent 15 years and helped grow the $525M acquisition of CyrusOne into the world’s 3rd largest publicly traded data center REIT, with an enterprise value of over $10B. She was an integral member of the team responsible for the global selection of sites for the company’s world-class mission critical facilities.

Prior to the Cincinnati Bell’s acquisition of CyrusOne, Jennifer also held several positions within the operations team at Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions where she led and streamlined operational processes, reporting and trending analysis.

Throughout her years in the industry Jennifer has thoroughly enjoyed taking part in publications and speaking engagements.

Jennifer received her Liberal Arts Degree with a focus in Human Occupation from Xavier University.