The Advisory Council was established to provide guidance to the organization. The Infrastructure Masons Advisory Council includes a combination of End User Infrastructure Masons who are responsible for some of the largest and progressive infrastructure portfolios in the world and Partner Infrastructure Masons who provide a complete view of the industry, with the goal to foster effective collaboration between Partners and End Users.
Advisory Council
Amber Caramella
Chief Revenue Officer, Netrality Data Centers, IM Women Global Executive Sponsor, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Amber Caramella is the Chief Revenue Officer at Netrality Data…
Amy Marks
Industry Innovator, Leader, Advocate, Autodesk, AC Member: 2020-Present
A pioneer in the construction industry, Ms. Marks is known…
Andrew Jay
Head of Data Centre Solutions, CBRE, Member at Large, AC Member: 2018-2020
Andrew is an Executive Director within the Global Corporate Services…
Andrew Schaap
CEO, Aligned Energy, 1st Degree Master, AC Member: 2018-Present
A data center, IT, private equity and real estate executive…
Bill Kleyman
Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions, Switch, Millenials/Gen-Z MRG Chair, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Bill Kleyman brings more than 15 years of experience to…
Brian Cox
Chief Executive Officer, STACK Infrastructure, AC Member: 2020-Present
Brian Cox is a founder, scaler and leader of organizations…
Carl Frögelius
Chief Executive Officer, EcoDataCenter, AC Member: 2021-Present
Carl Frögelius is the Chief Executive Officer of EcoDataCenter which attracted…
Charisse Richards
Chief Information Officer, Judicial Branch of Arizona, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Co-Chair, AC Member: 2020-Present
Charisse Richards has 25+ years of infrastructure and operations experience. …
Christian Belady
Vice President, Datacenter Advanced Development, Microsoft, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Christian Belady is a seasoned veteran in managing Datacenter/Infrastructure Development…
Curt Belusar
Hardware Engineering Leader, Hyperscale IT Development, 1st Degree Fellow, AC Member: 2018-Present
Curt moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2017…
Dave Wildman
Global Head of Facilities Operations & Infrastructure, Bloomberg, AC Member: 2021-Present
Dave Wildman leads the Facilities and Sustainability teams at Bloomberg…
Emma Fryer
Associate Director Data Centres, techUK, AC Member: 2021-Present
Emma leads the data centre programme for technology sector trade…
Frederic Xerri
Executive VP Europe, Legrand, AC Member: 2019-Present
Frederic Xerri joined Legrand in 1992, holding various positions in…
Heather Dooley
Advisory Council Member: 2021-Present, IM Women US MRG Chair
Heather has had a “front row seat” in the development…
Jason Carolan
Chief Innovation Officer, Flextential, AC Member: 2021-Present
Jason drives next generation network-enabled technologies at Flexential. He and…
Jim Smith
Former CTO, Data Center Executive, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
For over 11 years, Jim served in various leadership roles…
Joe Kava
VP of Data Centers, Google, 4th Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Joe Kava is vice president of Data Centers at Google.…
John Schmidt
Vice President of Global Data Center Solutions, Commscope, 1st Degree Fellow, AC Member: 2017-Present
John Schmidt is CommScope’s Vice President of Global Data Center…
Jose Ruiz
Senior Technical Director xScale, Equinix, AC Member: 2021-Present
Jose serves as the senior technical director for xScale at…
Karimulla Shaikh
Chief Technology Officer, Virtual Power Systems, AC Member: 2021-Present
Karimulla (Karim) Shaikh is the Chief Technology Officer at Virtual…
Laurie Oswald
Senior Vice President of Sales, Vertiv, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Laurie Oswald is the Senior Vice President of Sales at Vertiv.
Lee Kirby
Chairman, Salute Inc., Veterans MRG Chair, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Lee has more than 40 years of experience in all…
Lex Coors
Chief Data Center Technology and Engineering Officer of InterXion, a Digital Realty Company, AC Member: 2021-Present
Over the past 30 years of his career, he has…
Mark Monroe
Principle Engineer, Datacenter Advanced Development Group, Microsoft, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Mark Monroe is a Principle Engineer in the Datacenter Advanced…
Mark Swift
Vice President of Engineering and Marketing, Legrand, Journey 1st Degree, AC Member: 2019-Present
Mark Swift is Vice President of Engineering and Marketing for…
Martin Lynch
Chief Executive Officer, Pure Data Centres Group, AC Member: 2019-Present
Martin has over 30 years’ experience leading mission-critical and development…
Michael Lahoud
Chief Operating Officer and Partner, Stream Data Centers, 1st Degree Journey, AC Member: 2017-Present
Lahoud is responsible for the implementation of Stream Data Centers’…
Nancy Novak
Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters, Member at Large, AC Member: 2020-Present
Nancy Novak, Compass Datacenters’ Chief Innovation Officer, has over 25…
Paul Finch
Interim CEO and COO, KAO Data, Member at Large, AC Member: 2020-Present
Paul Finch is interim CEO and COO at Kao Data,…
Pete Jones
Chief Development Officer, Yondr Group, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Ask Pete Jones what his colleagues and clients like most…
Peter Gross
Managing Partner, PMG Associates, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Peter is the Managing Partner at PMG Associates. Prior to…
Rachel Peterson
Vice President, Data Center Strategy at Facebook, AC Member: 2021-Present
As Vice President for Data Center Strategy at Facebook, Rachel…
Randy Brouckman
CEO, EdgeConneX, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2017-Present
Mr. Brouckman has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications,…
Raymond Tong
CEO and Executive Director, SUNeVision, Member at Large, AC Member: 2020-Present
Mr. Tong has been the Chief Executive Officer and Executive…
Santiago Suinaga
Managing Director, KIO Networks, AC Member: 2020-Present
Santiago, Managing Director of KIO Data Center Services Business Unit,…
Tarun Raisoni
CEO and Co-Founder, Rahi Systems, AC Member: 2020-Present
Tarun is the Co-Founder and CEO at Rahi, a global…
Terri Simpkin
Associate Professor, Univeristy of Nottingham, Member at Large, AC Member: 2018-Present
Terri Simpkin is an industry experienced academic, educator, researcher, public…
Thomas Furlong
VP Infrastructure Data Centers, Facebook, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
As the Vice President of Infrastructure Data Centers at Facebook,…
Yuval Bachar
Innovator, Leader, Evangelist for Data Center & Networking Technologies, AC Member: 2021-Present
Yuval Bachar recently started a startup company (ECL). ECL defines…
Original Founding Partner
One of Infrastructure Masons guiding principles is to enable members to give back to each other, the industry, and the world. On behalf of the leadership team and our global membership, we thank Rob Roy for his selfless support as the Original Founding Partner of this professional association.
Rob Roy
CEO Founder Chairman, Switch, 3rd Degree Master
Rob Roy is CEO and Founder of Switch, developer of…
Advisory Council Alumni
The following individuals were prior Advisory Council representatives and contributed to the success and formation of the Infrastructure Masons organization.
Bart Korink
Chief Operating Officer, ISG, AC Member: 2020-Present
Bart Korink is Chief Operating Officer at global construction specialist…
Brian Davis
Head of Americas Data Center Segment and Strategic Account Manager, ABB, Member at Large, AC Member: 2018-2020
Brian Davis is Head of ABB’s Data Center Industry Segment…
Jack Pouchet
1st Degree Journey, AC Member: 2017-2019
Jack Pouchet is the Vice President of Market Development at…
Jakob Carnemark
AC Member: 2017-2018
With over 25 years of experience building and operating data…
Kevin Dalton
Senior Vice President of Construction and Critical Facilities Engineering and Design (CFED), RagingWire Data Centers, 1st Degree Journey, AC Member: 2019-2020
Kevin Dalton is Senior Vice President of Construction and Critical…
Lance Sabados
AC Member: 2017-2019
Lance Sabados is Vice President of Sales for Universal Electric…
Martin Murphy
Chief Operating Officer, CBRE Data Centre Solutions, AC Member: 2021
Martin Murphy is the Chief Operating Officer within CBRE’s Data…
Phil Lawson-Shanks
1st Degree Journey, AC Member: 2017-2018
Mr. Lawson-Shanks has been at the forefront of designing and…
Spencer Viernes
COO & CLO, Virtual Power Systems, AC Member: 2020-2021
Spencer Viernes is the COO & CLO for Virtual Power…
Stephen Rousset
1st Degree Fellow, AC Member: 2017-2018
Stephen is the Director of Architecture for the Dell EMC…
Sureel Choksi
1st Degree Journey, AC Member: 2017-2019
Serving as President and Chief Executive Officer, Sureel has over…
Tom Ray
Chairman & CEO, EdgeCore, AC Member: 2019-2020
Tom is a co-founder of the Company and is based…
Tony Bishop
SVP, Platform & Ecosystem Strategy, Digital Realty, 2nd Degree Fellow, AC Member: 2019-2021
As part of the Digital Realty senior leadership and CTO…
Ty Schmitt
2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-2018
Ty is the Executive Director for Dell’s Modular Infrastructure Solutions…
Zahl Limbuwala
Executive Director Strategy (Data Center Solutions), CBRE, AC Member: 2020-2021
During his career Zahl has qualified and led teams in…