Board
Dean Nelson
Chairman & Founder, 3rd Degree Master
Dean Nelson is the Founder and Chairman of Infrastructure Masons, a professional association of industry executives and technology professionals entrusted…
Eddie Schutter
Chief Technology Officer, Switch, 3rd Degree Master
Eddie Schutter is the Chief Technology Officer for Switch. Eddie is responsible for technical and operational leadership, optimization of production…
Julie M. Albright, Ph. D.
Director, Member at Large
Dr. Julie Albright is a Sociologist specializing in digital culture and communications; She has a Masters Degree in Social and…
Maricel Cerruti
Treasurer, 1st Degree Journey
Maricel Cerruti is a principal and Director of Marketing and Business Development for Teladata, a California based consulting firm specializing…
Oliver Jones
Secretary , 1st Degree Master
Oliver Jones is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Chayora, an international infrastructure investor, developer and operator of hyperscale data…
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 Centers. She is responsible for Netrality’s revenue generation strategy and…
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 division of CBRE based in London. He is head of…
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 his role as Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions at…
Brian Cox
Chief Executive Officer, STACK Infrastructure, AC Member: 2020-Present
Brian Cox is a founder, scaler and leader of organizations tackling the most challenging elements of the digital economy. Brian…
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. Charisse has held various senior leadership roles in the Data…
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 at global scale. He has developed one of the largest…
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 to head a hyperscale engineering organization that develops server and…
Dave Wildman
Global Head of Facilities Operations & Infrastructure, Bloomberg, AC Member: 2021-Present
Dave Wildman leads the Facilities and Sustainability teams at Bloomberg – namely the teams managing the operational aspects of Bloomberg’s…
Emma Fryer
Associate Director Data Centres, techUK, AC Member: 2021-Present
Emma leads the data centre programme for technology sector trade body techUK, representing the interests of operators to Government and…
Frederic Xerri
Executive VP Europe, Legrand, AC Member: 2019-Present
Frederic Xerri joined Legrand in 1992, holding various positions in marketing in Germany and France until 1999, when he took…
Heather Dooley
Advisory Council Member: 2021-Present, IM Women US MRG Chair
Heather has had a “front row seat” in the development of internet infrastructure. From the early days of DSL and…
Jason Carolan
Chief Innovation Officer, Flextential, AC Member: 2021-Present
Jason drives next generation network-enabled technologies at Flexential. He and his team translate market trends into strategic initiatives that inform…
Jim Smith
Former CTO, Data Center Executive, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
For over 11 years, Jim served in various leadership roles at Digital Realty Trust including CTO with responsibilities spanning the…
Joe Kava
VP of Data Centers, Google, 4th Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Joe Kava is vice president of Data Centers at Google. His current responsibilities include engineering, construction management and delivery, critical…
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 Solutions where he leads a team of Solution Architects and…
Jose Ruiz
Senior Technical Director xScale, Equinix, AC Member: 2021-Present
Jose serves as the senior technical director for xScale at Equinix. He is responsible for the technical strategy and execution…
Karimulla Shaikh
Chief Technology Officer, Virtual Power Systems, AC Member: 2021-Present
Karimulla (Karim) Shaikh is the Chief Technology Officer at Virtual Power Systems, where he leads technology strategy and product development.…
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 aspects of information systems, strategic business development, finance, planning, human…
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 built exceptionally strong credentials in the design of versatile, cost-effective…
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 Development Group at Microsoft, working on issues in energy and…
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 Legrand’s Starline Business Unit (formerly Universal Electric Corporation), manufacturer of…
Martin Lynch
Chief Executive Officer, Pure Data Centres Group, AC Member: 2019-Present
Martin has over 30 years’ experience leading mission-critical and development projects and businesses in the IT, Telecoms and outsourcing sectors.…
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’ overall business strategies and go-to-market operations, including the expansion of…
Nancy Novak
Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters, Member at Large, AC Member: 2020-Present
Nancy Novak, Compass Datacenters’ Chief Innovation Officer, has over 25 years of construction experience and has overseen the delivery of…
Pete Jones
Chief Development Officer, Yondr Group, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Ask Pete Jones what his colleagues and clients like most about him, and he’ll consider his words carefully before answering.…
Peter Gross
Managing Partner, PMG Associates, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Peter is the Managing Partner at PMG Associates. Prior to his role at PMG Associates, Peter lead the Mission Critical…
Phill Lawson-Shanks
Chief Innovation Officer, Aligned Energy, 1st Degree Journey, AC Member: 2017-2018, 2021-present
Phill has more than 25 years of experience identifying new opportunities for further growth of leading data center infrastructure, network…
Rachel Peterson
Vice President, Data Center Strategy at Facebook, AC Member: 2021-Present
As Vice President for Data Center Strategy at Facebook, Rachel oversees Facebook’s global infrastructure expansion and strategy. Rachel is responsible…
Randy Brouckman
CEO, EdgeConneX, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2017-Present
Mr. Brouckman has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, software and data centers. Prior to leading EdgeConneX, Randy served…
Santiago Suinaga
Managing Director, KIO Networks, AC Member: 2020-Present
Santiago, Managing Director of KIO Data Center Services Business Unit, has more than 15 years of experience in the Data…
Tarun Raisoni
CEO and Co-Founder, Rahi Systems, AC Member: 2020-Present
Tarun is the Co-Founder and CEO at Rahi, a global data center, IT and audio/video solutions provider. Tarun is a…
Thomas Furlong
VP Infrastructure Data Centers, Facebook, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
As the Vice President of Infrastructure Data Centers at Facebook, Thomas Furlong has responsibility for the creation and execution of…
Tommy Fitzpatrick
Senior Managing Director, Datacentre Solutions Americas at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) EMEA, AC Member: 2020-Present
Tommy Fitzpatrick is the Senior Managing Director, Datacentre Solutions Americas at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) EMEA
Yuval Bachar
Innovator, Leader, Evangelist for Data Center & Networking Technologies, AC Member: 2021-Present
Yuval Bachar recently started a startup company (ECL). ECL defines a new data center category by democratizing the high-end data…
Committee Chairs
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. Charisse has held various senior leadership roles in the Data…
Dennis Cronin
CEO-Americas, DCIRN, Education Committee Chair
Having built and operated mission critical facilities across the United States, Dr. Cronin has over 40 years of mission critical…
Hannah Ormondroyd
Head of People, Data Centre Solutions at CBRE, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Chair
Hannah Ormondroyd is an accomplished Human Resource leader with over twenty years generalist experience, working across a variety of industry…
Lovisa Hagelberg
Business Development Director, CBRE, Sustainability Committee Vice Chair
Bio pending.
Maile Kaiser
Senior Vice President of Sales, Coresite, Marketing and Awareness Committee Chair
Maile Kaiser is CoreSite’s Senior Vice President of Sales. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, she is responsible…
Rob Aldrich
Technology Executive, Sustainability Committee Chair
Rob focuses on ensuring Information Technologies (IT) can achieve the outcomes they promise. As the leader of hundreds of data…
Member Resource Group Leaders
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 Centers. She is responsible for Netrality’s revenue generation strategy and…
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 his role as Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions at…
Claudia Massey
Global Vice President of Business Operations for the Cloud & Service Provider Segment, Schneider Electric, LatinX MRG Co-Chair
Claudia Massey is the Global Vice President of Business Operations for the Cloud & Service Provider Segment for Schneider Electric. …
Heather Dooley
Advisory Council Member: 2021-Present, IM Women US MRG Chair
Heather has had a “front row seat” in the development of internet infrastructure. From the early days of DSL and…
Ivonne Valdes
Sales VP, Cloud & Service Provider Segment, Schneider Electric, LatinX MRG Chair
Ivonne Valdes, the WW VP of sales for the Cloud and Service Provider Segment at Schneider Electric. She has over…
Jaime Leverton
Chief Executive Officer, Hut 8, IM Women Canada MRG Chair
A transformational leader with a proven track record for accelerating growth, Jaime Leverton has served as the driving force behind the operational…
Kacey Armstrong
Senior Project Manager, Vertiv, Millenials/Gen-Z MRG Co-Chair
Kacey Armstrong is a Senior Project Manager with Vertiv, where she manages the complete project lifecycle for fully loaded and…
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 aspects of information systems, strategic business development, finance, planning, human…
Liz Raven
Head of Management Systems, Yondr, EMEA Lead Millennials-GenZ MRG
Liz Raven is the Head of Management Systems at Yondr, where she manages the Audit Programme, ensures Yondr stays compliant…
Nicole K. Henley
Operations Manager, Google, Veterans MRG Vice Chair
Dr. Nicole K. Henley has worked in information technology for the past 20 years. She is an Operations Manager for…
Local Chapter Leaders
Annika Svensson
Project Manager, Datacenter Innovation Region, Nordics Local Chapter Lead
With 25+ years’ experience from the IT and telecom industry, Annika Svensson’s expertise spans from leading roles in business and product development through project management to corporate management.
Beth Gentle
Australia Local Chapter Lead
Beth is the Leader of iMasons’ Australian Chapter, which she and the Australian Team officially launched at ADAPT’S CCDC Conference…
Narendra Sen
Founder and CEO, RackBank Datacenters, India Local Chapter Lead
Narendra Sen is the founder and CEO of RackBank Datacenters Pvt Ltd, which is solving the digital infrastructure challenges of…
Patricia Rodríguez Henríquez
Spanish Local Chapter Lead
Patricia has been leading the iMasons Spanish Chapter since 2018. Under Patricia’s leadership The Spanish Chapter has been very productive…
Scott Payton
Chairman, Global Data Center Engineering, Japan Local Chapter Lead
Scott Payton is a senior technical leader with a proven global record of accomplishment, delivering large capital projects to global…
Stephane Duproz
CEO, Africa Data Centres, Africa Local Chapter Lead
Stephane Duproz is CEO at Africa Data Centres, where he oversees the commercial and operational development of the pan-African network…
Executive Directors
Jeff Omelchuck
Executive Director, Member at Large
Working closely with the iMasons Board of Directors and staff, Jeff is responsible for overall strategy and execution to meet…
Simon Allen
Executive Director, Member at Large
Working with the iMasons Board of Directors and colleagues, Simon is responsible for design and execution of strategic plans with…